Category: Tri-Town News

  • Budget pro will review $121M plan

    BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer JACKSON — Municipal officials have hired school budget specialist Frank Marlow of Huntington, N.Y., to review the $121.1 million budget that voters defeated on April 19, according to Committeeman Mark Seda. The Board of Education placed the budget for the 2005-06 school year before the township’s…

  • Officials want to add funds for quality-of-life concerns

    BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer LAKEWOOD — Taxpayers will have to dig deeper in their wallets this year to improve their quality of life. At the May 5 Township Committee meeting, Mayor Charles Cunliffe announced that the committee would vote to amend the $50.8 million municipal budget it introduced last month…

  • Girl Scouts open HUGS fund-raiser

    Monmouth Council of Girl Scouts kicked off its HUGS (Help Us Grow Stronger) annual giving campaign on April 18 at the Commerce Bank, Shrewsbury, as a means of raising funds through charitable contributions from the community. The campaign will run for six weeks from April 18 to June 6. Monmouth Council’s goal is to raise…

  • Planning board cancels OK for Spalliero project

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — The Planning Board has voted to rescind a housing approval it had granted the developer of a proposed adult community. Following last month’s decision by the Township Council to rescind the zoning designation that paved the way for the Route 33 adult community project,…

  • Allentown woman will ride to fight multiple sclerosis

    ALLENTOWN — On May 21-22, Allentown resident Dorothy “Dee” Haker will cycle 170 miles in the “Coast the Coast” MS Bike Tour to end the devastating effects of multiple sclerosis. As if riding 170 miles was not difficult enough, Haker is riding it while dealing with her MS. According to a press release, Haker began…

  • Ocean County committee to address stormwater issues

    Stressing the importance of preserving and protecting the Barnegat Bay Watershed, Ocean County is taking the next steps in implementing new stormwater management regulations. The Ocean County Board of Freeholders has agreed to create a technical advisory committee to review and make recommendations on stormwater issues, including regional issues affecting more than one municipality. In…

  • Doors open at Lakewood resource, referral center

    LAKEWOOD — It will bring the “American Dream” of home ownership to low- and moderate-income individuals and families living in Lakewood. That is the focus of the Lakewood Resource and Referral Center (LRRC), which officially opened its doors to the public March 21. The center, 200 Clifton Ave., is the brainchild of township Committeeman Raymond…

  • Operations Manager

    JEFF GRANIT staff John Halpin has been named Operations Manager for Greater Jersey Press and will administer all printing, inserting and mailing activities, as well as building maintenance, at Greater Media’s press facility in East Brunswick. Halpin worked for many years at the Home News as production manager and most recently worked as a quality…

  • Builders claim they have OK for commercial space

    Crawford Holdings says board did not take action in time BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer The developers of the commercial component of the Colts Neck Crossing adult community in Howell have declared that they now have approval for three buildings totaling 32,041 square feet. In a legal notice published last week…