Category: Tri-Town News

  • Housing project gets start with land from town

    Lakewood committee gives STEPS idea a boost BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer A home of one’s own builds lives as well as neighborhoods. That is the belief of housing and jobs advocate Michael McNeil, who asked the Lakewood Township Committee in October for land on which to build 25 single-family homes.…

  • DiBella wants water co. to pay customers $1,000

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — Mayor Joseph DiBella vented his anger over a recent letter sent to the township from one of Parkway Water Company’s owners by firing off his own letter to the firm. While awaiting the consummation of the sale of Parkway Water to the Brick Township…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Opening day at Six Flags Great Adventure brought thrill-seekers to the Jackson amusement park for an afternoon of wild rides on March 25.

  • New Girl Scout facilities to be shown at open house

    HOWELL – Three hours of fun and family entertainment are on tap for visitors to the Monmouth Council of Girl Scouts open house scheduled for April 17 on its 140-acre site. The event is open to the public and will run from 1-4 p.m. The open house, according to CEO Susan H. McClure, will provide…

  • Suspended employees in municipal limbo

    Two seek back pay; one wants job back in Howell Township BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — Two suspended municipal employees are seeking whatever remedies are available, according to an attorney representing one of the men. According to township labor attorney Joel Scharf, Theodore Shostak is seeking reinstatement to a…

  • Garden State Parkway exit 91 improvement study under way

    Work is under way on a $600,000 initial study to upgrade Garden State Parkway Exit 91 in northern Brick Township. Funded by the North Jersey Transpor-tation Planning Authority (NJTPA), the 18-month study will consider several options to improve Ocean County’s northernmost Parkway interchange. The Ocean County Board of Freehold-ers will execute a contract to begin…

  • Buffalo Soldiers hold fast to proud history

    Club members relate story of black soldiers BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer PHOTOS BY DAVE BENJAMIN Thomas Costley, president of the National Association of Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Clubs, tells Manalapan High School students how the coarse hair of black soldiers in the 9th and 10th Cavalry reminded the Cheyenne Indians of…

  • Splashdown!

    CHRIS KELLY staff Jackee Peterson, 12, Casandra Delconzo, 13, and Patti Schaad, 12, of Brick, duck for cover as water is kicked up at the end of their ride on the log flume on opening day at Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson, March 25.

  • Local Optimists honored

    Several local Optimist clubs were awarded top honors in the New Jersey Lower New York (NJLNY) District at its recent quarterly convention held in Union. Joe Kienzlen, president of the Jackson club, and Vicki Knapp, last year’s president of the Howell club, were both awarded Honor President for the work their clubs have done throughout…