Category: Tri-Town News

  • 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…

  • Airport authority plans improvements at facility

    BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer LAKEWOOD — Interested bidders should keep those cards and letters coming in to the Lakewood Airport Authority. Lakewood Airport Director Bert Albert said the authority would still consider bids to name the airport for a company or corporation. In an article that was published in the…

  • Board names new principals

    LAKEWOOD — The Board of Education has announced the appointment of new principals at Lakewood High School and the Lakewood Middle School. David Clauser was appointed to the post of high school principal. He was formerly the principal of Bound Brook High School, Somerset County, and Lincoln High School, Jersey City. His accomplishments include improving…

  • DEP expert: Residents should never feed bears

    Responding to the increasing number of bear sightings in Ocean County, approximately 50 animal control officers, police officers and public health officials attended a Bear Watch seminar to learn more about the lifestyle and habits of New Jersey’s approximately 3,000 wild black bears. The seminar was hosted by the Ocean County Health Department. “We wanted…

  • Lakewood officials may amend sex offender law

    BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer LAKEWOOD — The Township Committee may take action to further restrict the access of pedophiles to potential victims by amending an ordinance that was adopted July 14. That ordinance prohibits registered sex offenders from moving into a home that is within 2,500 feet of a school,…

  • Winding Ways residents demand Jackson payout

    Homeowners association waits for reimbursement from Twp. Committee BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer Jackson JACKSON — The residents of Winding Ways are mad as hell and they’re not going to wait any longer for reimbursement payments to which they are entitled. That was the message the residents of one of Jackson’s…

  • A moment of peace

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Debbie Cook, of Jackson, offers a prayer during the third annual tent revival held on the grounds of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Freehold Borough, Aug. 15-19. Guests from throughout Central Jersey joined members of St. Peter’s congregation at the event.

  • Assemblymen resolve to push for tuition bill

    BY ADAM RIBACK Correspondent BY ADAM RIBACKCorrespondent A bill that would limit the rising cost of higher education is going to need another push from state assemblymen Robert Morgan and Michael Panter (both D-Monmouth and Mercer) if it is ever going to have a chance to become law in New Jersey. In November, Panter and…

  • Proposal would amend school funding statute

    BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer The state Assembly recently passed A-3680, a proposed law that would amend and loosen some of the budget restrictions imposed last year on public schools in New Jersey through a law that came to be known as S-1701. S-1701 prohibits a school district from having more…