Category: Tri-Town News

  • Town may limit sex offenders

    Officials call on state legislators to impose harsher sentences BY FRAIDY REISS Correspondent BY FRAIDY REISSCorrespondent FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Add one more town to the list of municipalities seeking to limit where convicted sex offenders may live. The Township Committee at its Aug. 23 meeting introduced an ordinance that would prohibit convicted sex offenders from…

  • Howell charter study panel hits roadblock

    Legal issues derail council BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer Despite having scheduled two special meetings in as many weeks, Howell’s mayor and Township Council had to finally abandon their effort to get a binding referendum question on the Nov. 8 election ballot. There were several reasons why the governing body had…

  • Jackson library schedules programs for September

    JACKSON — The Jackson Branch of the Ocean County Library, 2 Jackson Drive, offers many programs and events geared toward adults, children and teens throughout the year. All programs are free and open to the public, however, registration is necessary. For a complete list of schedules, visit the library, call (732) 928-4400 or visit the…

  • Photo

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Members of the Jackson Memorial High School marching band play for families and friends during the annual preview show held Aug. 25 at the high school. The award-winning Jaguar band will perform “The Phantom of the Opera” at its appearances this fall.

  • Doc rocks with imaginative guitar designs

    Lakewood oral surgeon saw Musicvox guitar featured in movie BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer Dr. Matthew Eichen shows the Musicvox Spaceranger guitar he designed that was played by the band Ming Tea in “Austin Powers in Goldmember.” LAKEWOOD — Most people do not associate oral surgery with rock and roll, but…

  • Monmouth offers tick testing for Lyme disease

    FREEHOLD — Monmouth County residents who find a tick on themselves or on their children soon will be able to have it tested to see if it is carrying Lyme disease, under a program being launched by the Monmouth County Mosquito Extermina-tion Commission. The Tick Identification and Tick Testing Service, which will be offered beginning…

  • Agreement reached on uses at Bonim fields

    Girls softball league will now share space at planned facility BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — A meeting among representatives of several Howell youth sports organizations and municipal officials has resulted in a home for girls softball and practice fields for Pop Warner football. In attempting to accommodate the wishes…

  • In the Service

    Navy Ensign Kurt P. Munz, son of Elizabeth M. Schneider, of Hope Valley, R.I. and Paul D. Munz, of Howell, and his shipmates participated in the third annual Joint Air and Sea Exercise (JASEX) with the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps in the Western Pacific while assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS…

  • Dalai Lama to speak at Rutgers Stadium

    The 14th Dalai Lama, spiritual and temporal leader of the Tibetan people, will speak on “War, Peace and Reconciliation” at Rutgers Stadium, Piscataway, at 8:30 a.m. Sept. 25. Gates will open 6:30 a.m. and there will be no admission after 10 a.m. The event is sponsored by Rutgers University. Tickets are $10 each, $5 for…