Category: Tri-Town News

  • Westlake Mews shows heart

    JACKSON — Senior citizens (average age 80-plus) living at the Westlake Mews apartment complex raised $1,425.58 in four days and sent a check for the full amount to the Houston Food Bank in Houston, Texas, for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. According to a press release, the humanitarian project was sponsored by the Westlake Mews…

  • Council tries again for panel

    HOWELL — Hoping that the third time will be the charm, the Township Council has once again introduced an ordinance that would let residents decide if they want to study a change in Howell’s form of government. The ordinance would give voters the opportunity to approve the formation of a charter study commission and to…

  • Allentown resident’s medium is massage

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer ALLENTOWN — For more than 14 years, Stephanie Lipnicki has promoted natural methods of maintaining a person’s well-being. Lipnicki, of Allentown, is a nationally certified massage therapist, licensed aesthetician and skin care specialist who has most recently dedicated herself to studying acupuncture and herbology, or the…

  • Supply drive under way for victims of Katrina

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — The township’s emergency services relief effort for Hurricane Katrina victims has moved to the next level, according to Dr. Hal Ornstein. Following the collection of $50,000 over the Labor Day weekend, representatives of the Southard Fire Department, Squankum Fire Department, Adelphia Fire Department, Ramtown…

  • Volunteer in right place to help students

    Lakewood woman dies in fiery accident on Squankum Rd., Howell BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — Quick thinking on the part of one person may have helped to save the lives of nine students whose school bus collided head on with a van. At about 9 p.m. Sept. 13, a…

  • Faire fight

    PHOTOS BY MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Clockwise from top — Warriors Kin-Ryu Arashi (Richard K. Ward, of Eatontown) and Lord Berkhardt (Tim Mayer of Spring City, Pa.) clash at the 24th annual Lakewood Renaissance Faire at Pine Park on Sept. 17-18. Griffin O’Donnell, 13, of Brick, makes like Robin Hood as he takes aim with a…

  • Knights return to make faire days shine in town

    BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer LAKEWOOD — Everything old is new again as the 24th annual Lakewood Renaissance Faire reopens a window of history on Sept. 17-18 in Pine Park, Route 526, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission will be $10 per adult and $1 per child ages 6-12. Children…

  • Donations, housing sought for victims

    JACKSON — Deputy Mayor Mike Kafton is asking residents of Jackson to pitch in and help victims of Hurricane Katrina. To help accomplish this goal, he is arranging for receptacles to be placed at the municipal building, 95 West Veter-ans Highway, and at Stop & Shop, 2275 West County Line Road, where residents can donate…

  • Board member will not take police position

    BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer JACKSON — Some dreams don’t always come true. For Planning Board Chairman Michael Reina, there will be no second career with the Jackson Police Department as a Class II officer. Although he was slated to begin evening classes at the Ocean County Police Academy, Lakewood, on…