Category: Tri-Town News

  • Colts Neck couple chair Girl Scout fund-raiser

    HOWELL — Monmouth Council of Girl Scouts, headquartered on Route 524, has initiated a $3 million campaign to fund major new facilities being built on its 140-acre campus. The major capital fund-raising effort, first in the council’s 42-year history, has been seeded by a $1 million Green Acres grant. According to a press release, the…

  • Independent candidates ensure contested race

    Kirchhof, Walsh will challenge Lucey in Howell BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer Although Howell Coun-cilman Wayne Lucey ran uncontested in the June 7 Republican primary, and even though local Democrats did not put up a candidate, there will be a contested race for one Township Council seat in November. Two residents…

  • Proposed rezoning puts plan up in air

    Residents of two towns have panned development ideas BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer The Jackson Township Committee held its first reading Monday of an ordinance that would rezone the site of Ashlie Plaza, a proposed medical and office development bordering Jackson and Freehold Township. The 19-acre site is on Breezy and…

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    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Lida Haut, 5, of Brick, a pupil at the Alpha School, Lakewood, welcomes soldiers who are stationed at McGuire Air Force Base, Wrightstown, to “A Salute to the Troops,” which was held at the school June 8. For the story, see page 3.

  • No surprises in Jackson primary vote

    BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer JACKSON — Two Republican and two Democratic candidates clinched their party’s nominations in the June 7 Township Committee primary election. The two slates will now square off in the November election for two three-year terms on the governing body. In the Republican primary, Committeeman Josh Reilly,…

  • Banquet honors NAACP’s commitment to education

    BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer LAKEWOOD — The value of an education provides food for thought. Guests at the local NAACP’s 32nd annual Freedom Fund Banquet will be able to digest that idea — literally — when noted educator Donald L. Clark discusses the importance of an education on June 17.…

  • Board trims school tab, reduces tax hike to 5.2¢

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — Board of Education members voted June 1 to accept the $1.33 million cut made by the Township Council to the 2005-06 school year budget. The board had proposed a $98.6 million budget that included an increase in the school tax rate of 7.5 cents…

  • Howell police issue warning about telephone solicitations

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — The Howell Police Department wants the community to be aware that there may be an entity operating in the municipality that is soliciting contributions over the telephone purportedly for “the families of Howell police officers.” Cpl. Kevin Stout, president of PBA Local 228, told…

  • Jackson Optimist Club names new officers

    The Jackson Optimist Club has announced the names of the recently elected Executive Committee and Board of Directors for the upcoming year. They are Arnie Siegel, president; Joe Kienzlen, immediate past president; Vinny Rubio, president-elect; Pat Betancourt, vice president; Laura Debiak, secretary-treasurer. Sam DePasquale, Dave Furbish and Dave Franciosi have been elected to the Board…