Category: Tri-Town News

  • Teenagers reach out to grieving families

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer DAVE BENJAMIN Howell High School students [l-r, seated] Mike Clement and John Schaffer join world language supervisor Meryl Norych [l-r standing], students Melanie Langel and Sara Rizzo, along with retired school administrator Kathy Wisniewski, student Eliza Henry and teacher Beverly Ignatovicz [rear] to give teddy bears…

  • Officials will take second look at buffer zone

    BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer JACKSON — The Township Commit-tee will revisit two ordinances on July 11 that generated objections from residents at past committee meetings. The first ordinance incorporates changes recommended by the Pinelands Commission, which held a hearing on March 30 after the committee unanimously voted to approve an…

  • Rabbi urges supporters to show restraint

    Dean of high school faces charges of aggravated assault BY FRAIDY REISS Correspondent BY FRAIDY REISSCorrespondent Lakewood LAKEWOOD — The rabbi whose June 26 arrest touched off a pair of rallies and led to threats being made against the arresting patrolman has written a letter asking the township’s Orthodox Jewish community to stop involving themselves…

  • Indictment charges Howell man with causing death of teenager

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — A criminal homicide indictment has been handed down by a Monmouth County grand jury charging a Howell man with causing the death of township resident Amanda Reo in 2003. Reo was 17 at the time of her death. Paramedics found Reo unconscious and unresponsive…

  • Infernos heat up Jackson’s concert series

    JACKSON — The Jackson Recreation Department will host the fifth season of its “Concert Under the Stars” series July 15, Aug. 5 and Aug. 26 at John F. Johnson Jr. Memorial Park, at the intersection of Cooks Bridge Road and Manhattan Street. Concerts are offered to the general public in an open-air park setting with…

  • Passenger rail line hits snag near battlefield

    Natl. Park Service says line through historic site would cause great harm BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer It could become the battle over the battlefield. Monmouth County and U.S. National Park Service (USNPS) officials have begun discussions on the preservation of history in the face of proposed passenger rail service through…

  • Cat’s Pajamas will bring fun show to area libraries

    BY FRAIDY REISS Correspondent BY FRAIDY REISSCorrespondent She might be the worst mother in Monmouth County. Her three small children sneaked off on their own one day, returning only after they were almost swallowed by a great white shark, and Mrs. Fish has no idea how to prevent them from escaping again. Mrs. Fish is…

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    JOYCE BLAY Smiles like the one on the face of Rosie Hooten, 6, were the order of the day on the Fourth of July, when Lakewood residents showed their red, white and blue pride with a bicycle parade on Coral Avenue.

  • Monmouth will create Medical Reserve Corps

    FREEHOLD — In order to provide additional protections for Monmouth County residents, the Monmouth County Board of Health is establishing a Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) unit to strengthen the public health infrastructure and improve response capabilities in the event of an emergency. “It is an unfortunate fact of life that we now must prepare ourselves…