Category: Tri-Town News

  • Musical pirate tale mixes action, romance

    Billed as family entertainment, musical will travel to Fla. venues BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer The magical phrase “Fairy tales can come true, it can happen to you” is a familiar one for Long Branch native Michael Attardi. “I am a huge fan of Walt Disney,” Attardi said just three days…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Lakewood High School students who are cast members in “A Chorus Line” rehearse for opening night, April 8. For more, see page 3.

  • Coles, Cunliffe to seek re-election

    LAKEWOOD — Democratic Township Committeeman Raymond Coles told the Tri-Town News this week that he will seek re-election to the Township Com-mittee. Coles said Tuesday that Demo-crat Charles Cunliffe, who is serving as Lakewood’s mayor in 2005, would also seek re-election. Cunliffe was unavailable for comment. Residents who want to run as a Republican or…

  • Former municipal attorney files notice of intent to sue

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — Richard Schibell, who was Howell’s municipal attorney during the administration of former mayor Timothy J. Konopka, has presented the township manager with a formal notice of his intent to sue Mayor Joseph M. DiBella. Schibell, through his attorney Sam Maybruch, has filed a tort…

  • BlueClaws, Thunder team up for education

    The Grand Slam We Care Foundation and its two member organizations, the Lakewood BlueClaws and the Trenton Thunder minor league baseball teams, are again teaming up with Wachovia Bank for the charitable community initiative called the Educational Winners Circle. The program helps fund educational opportunities for children in the Ocean and Monmouth County area along…

  • ‘A Chorus Line’ dances its way onto Lakewood stage

    BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff The highs and lows of Broadway will come to life on the stage of Lakewood High School, Somerset Avenue, on April 8, 9 and 10 when students stage the hit musical “A Chorus Line.” On Monday, cast members were hard at work perfecting…

  • This cell phone fan is waiting at ‘Point D’

    Lori Clinch Are We There Yet? Our eldest son, Vernon, has relentlessly been pleading his case for a cell phone for over a month now. He’s placed sticky notes throughout the abode, left advertisements on the steering wheel, and just last week, he posted a large sign in the living room that said, “Add a…

  • District sets goals for future

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — A 48-member Strategic Planning Committee recently gave the Board of Education its “blueprint to guide the district’s actions for the next five years.” Assistant Superintendent Jorden Schiff and several members of the committee delivered the 10-page proposal to the board. Schiff told board members…

  • Lakewood class of 1954 to relive happy memories

    BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer LAKEWOOD — Reliving the happy days of the early 1950s will be in store for members of the Lakewood High School class of 1954 when they celebrate their 50th year reunion at the Quality Inn of Toms River on May 7. By the time 1954 graduates…