Category: Tri-Town News

  • Bonjavanni will leave school board

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — Board of Education Vice President Mark Bonjavanni is resigning from the panel to take a paid position with the New Jersey School Boards Association. Bonjavanni, who is a teacher in Asbury Park, had to resign from his volunteer position with the board because the…

  • Group’s goal is to make Jackson’s streets safer

    BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer JACKSON — Traffic accidents can be prevented before they happen. That is the position of a citizens group that calls itself the Safe Roads for Jackson Committee. At the Aug. 8 Township Committee meeting, Susan Alacchi, a co-founder of the organization, read a letter to the…

  • Howell cops will conduct DWI stops

    HOWELL — The Howell Police Department will kick off its 2005 “You Drink and Drive, You Lose” campaign with a field sobriety checkpoint that will be conducted at an undisclosed location. According to Capt. Robert Scott, police officers will be conducting the roadside stop and sobriety checks on Sept. 3 from 11 p.m. to 3…

  • 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…

  • Transit head: All three rail lines still on board

    Assemblymen sought to remove Matawan and Red Bank options BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer The head of New Jersey Transit has said the agency will not take the possibility of passenger train lines from Ocean County to Matawan or Red Bank off the table. State assemblymen Michael J. Panter and Robert…

  • Resident hesitant to feel pain of property reval

    BY ADAM RIBACK Correspondent BY ADAM RIBACKCorrespondent Howell HOWELL — With a pending property revaluation scheduled for the near future, assessors may not be the most popular professionals in the community. Reaction has started to roll in since municipal officials hosted a public forum and residents who attended the meeting were told that some people…

  • Jersey auction to benefit multiple sclerosis society

    LAKEWOOD — The Lakewood BlueClaws will hold the fourth annual Lakewood BlueClaws Jersey Auction on Aug. 27 to benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society, Mid-Jersey Chapter. “We are pleased to once again team with the Lakewood BlueClaws to help those living locally who have multiple sclerosis,” said Michael Elkow, president, National Multiple Sclerosis Society,…

  • Nobel Peace Prize nominee to hold seminar

    HOWELL — Good News International will sponsor a three-day workshop with Nobel Peace Prize nominee the Rev. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy. The workshop, “The Nonviolent Jesus, Our Only Hope,” will be held Aug. 18 from 7-9 p.m. and Aug. 19-20, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at St. Veronica School, Route 9 north. Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Nobel…