Category: Tri-Town News

  • Change of gov’t study will not be done in ’05

    Residents of adult community raised issue during 2004 BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer LAKEWOOD — There will be no change of government question on the Lakewood ballot this November, according to Township Committeeman Raymond Coles. Coles, who spoke to the Tri-Town News on July 5, said plans to appoint a committee…

  • Valentin confirmed as Monmouth prosecutor

    Manalapan man first Hispanic in N.J. to be a county prosecutor BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer JORGE ROD State Sen. Ellen Karcher (D-Monmouth) congratulates Luis A. Valentin after he was confirmed by the state Senate to become the new Monmouth County prosecutor. Luis A. Valentin was appointed to the position of…

  • ESL students celebrate newfound language skills

    LAKEWOOD — Town Square was the perfect site for a celebration on June 9. At the event — with the accompaniment of festive music provided by a genuine Mariachi band — 102 community residents received their graduation certificates for completing a three-month course in English as a Second Language (ESL). The course was run by…

  • Presence of rabies puts Ocean County on alert

    The number of animals testing positive for rabies in Ocean County this year increased to 14, with the addition of a rabid raccoon in Lakehurst and a rabid fox in Brick Township, according to an Ocean County Health Department spokesman. Both animals were tested and confirmed rabid by state lab technicians. “The raccoon was taken…

  • The 1920s will roar in ‘The Boyfriend’

    BY JENNIFER DOME Staff Writer BY JENNIFER DOMEStaff Writer BRICK — The days of flapper dresses and the Charleston will come alive again during the Brick Community Players’ production of “The Boyfriend.” “The Boyfriend” is a tale of a group of socialites who find romantic adventures at a finishing school on the French Riviera. Chosen…

  • Case moves to Superior Court

    BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer JACKSON — Township resident John Dellamura will face charges of promoting gambling and possession of gambling equipment in state Superior Court, Toms River, rather than in municipal court, according to Ocean County Supervising Assistant Prosecutor Robert W. Scott II. “The municipal court is not allowed to…

  • Aid squad makes special deliveries

    First-aiders come through for Howell residents when babies make their entrance BY FRAIDY REISS Correspondent BY FRAIDY REISSCorrespondent JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Two-week-old Peyton Wesley is held by the two Howell First Aid Squad team members Tom Mangels and Trish Varricchio, who delivered him in an ambulance en route to a hospital. Peyton’s mom Cynthia is…

  • Development corp. to seek change in UEZ boundaries

    BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer LAKEWOOD — The township’s Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ) will contract in size next year if the state approves a request for boundary changes this fall, according to Russell Corby, director of the Lakewood Development Corporation (LDC). Deputy Director Douglas Doyle presented the proposed changes at a…

  • Dover mayor describes mayor-council setup

    Charter study panel nears Aug. 2 deadline for report BY FRAIDY REISS Correspondent BY FRAIDY REISSCorrespondent JACKSON — A growing town needs a mayor, according to Dover Township Mayor Paul C. Brush. “I think, in a larger town, a committee form of government is not effective,” Brush told the Jackson Township Charter Study Commission at…