Category: Tri-Town News

  • HUD grants help fund Lakewood improvements

    Lakewood LAKEWOOD – U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds are being spent on various public facility and public service projects and activities. According to a press release, in March, CDBG funds helped to buy new storm doors for all residences at the local housing authority. In April,…

  • Official vows to fight drug and DWI charges

    BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer JACKSON — Deputy Mayor Michael Kafton denied charges of drug possession and drunken driving in an e-mail that was read by Township Administrator Andrew J. Salerno at Monday’s meeting of the Township Committee. Kafton, 40, was not present at the meeting, but stated in the e-mail…

  • Jackson named as trustee to state bar association

    Lakewood resident and Office of State Police Affairs attorney Desha Lang Jackson was installed as a trustee to the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA) at the organization’s annual meeting at Bally’s Atlantic City, May 19. The 43-member Board of Trustees manage the affairs and property of the NJSBA. Jackson, an NJSBA member for eight…

  • Board demotes business administrator

    Lakewood panel cuts Fuoto BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer The Lakewood Board of Education has demoted Business Administrator Kathryn D. Fuoto to the newly created position of assistant business administrator, accor-ding to Board Attorney Michael Inzelbuch, who announced the change at Monday’s meeting. The action follows reports submitted by two accounting…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Rebecca DiStefano adds a moment of fun to Monday’s graduation exercises at Jackson Memorial High School, Jackson.

  • Retired teacher fulfills dream by writing book

    BY FRAIDY REISS Staff Writer BY FRAIDY REISSStaff Writer Carol Lott McNamara, a retired elementary school teacher who lives in Jackson, has written her first book for children, “Where’s My Shadow?” JACKSON — Ask Carol Lott McNamara why she looks so pleased, and she will tell you it is because of a little boy who…

  • New owner closes $10M deal for shopping center

    BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer LAKEWOOD — Profits may one day take flight again at Seagull Square. That is the hope of a new ownership team at Lakewood’s second largest shopping center, according to manager Simcha Shain. “We’re doing a feasibility study of the property, which we will continue to operate…

  • Firefighters saluted upon graduation from academy

    HOWELL — The Monmouth County Fire Academy recently graduated 59 volunteers from two separate Firefighter I classes. The ceremonies were held May 21 and May 22, respectively. The firefighters attended weekend classes beginning in February and have logged more than 130 hours of course work. They received training in rescue, fire extinguishment, hazardous materials response,…

  • Sex offenders prohibited from living in some areas

    BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer JACKSON — Registered sex offenders are prohibited from living in certain areas of Jackson under an ordinance the Township Committee adopted on June 13. The legislation was unanimously adopted by the members of the governing body. The ordinance was written in accordance with an 8th Circuit…