Category: Tri-Town News

  • Mayor wants special hearing on zone change

    Howell issue focuses on developers BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer Howell’s legal right to hold a special investigatory hearing on March 28 is being challenged by one of the people named to be under threat of subpoena to appear and give testimony. Mayor Joseph M. DiBella announced this week his intention…

  • Plumsted karate school will add fitness programs

    BY KAREN F. RILEY Correspondent BY KAREN F. RILEYCorrespondent PLUMSTED — Family Karate of New Egypt will become Family Karate and Fitness Center as they move into a larger location on April 2. Owners and sisters Stacey Tomaszewski and Suzanne Clifton have had their eye on the building at 27 Main St. since they opened…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Framed among the girders and stairs of an office building rising on Route 88 in Lakewood, construction workers tend to their tasks on the morning of March 22.

  • Blood drive to benefit youngster

    JACKSON — A blood drive for Alexandra Braue will be held March 26 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the new Jackson Pop Warner Field House at the Holman School Field on Manhattan Street. Alexandra and her family live in Jackson where she attends school and is a flag cheerleader for Jackson Pop Warner.…

  • Pinelands panel to examine Jackson buffer law

    Ordinance mandates 600-foot-wide buffer zone in Toms River corridor BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer A Jackson Township ordinance that would place a 600-foot-wide buffer around the Toms River corridor in the municipality will be the topic of discussion at a public meeting to be held by the Pinelands Commission on March…

  • Author’s first novel tells story of finding true love

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer Phil E. Eichinger HOWELL — Whether you’re looking for love — in all the wrong places or not — love may in fact find you just because you’re not looking for it at all. That’s the premise of a novel written by first-time novelist Phil E.…

  • Panel expects to hear data on train lines

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer BY MARK ROSMANStaff Writer Representatives of NJ Transit were expected Tuesday to reveal the findings of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) that examines the possibility of reinstating passenger rail service in interior Monmouth and Ocean counties. A meeting for legislators and other officials was scheduled to be held at…

  • In the Service

    Air Force Airman Craig M. Powell Jr., son of Angela Powell, of Lakewood, has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. During training, the airman studied the Air Force mission, organization, and military customs and courtesies; performed drill and ceremony marches, and received physical training, rifle marksmanship, field training…

  • FRHSD to hold hearing on $151M spending plan

    High school tax rate to decline in 3 towns, will rise in five others BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer The Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education will hold a public hearing on its 2005-06 school year budget at 8 p.m. March 29 at Marlboro High School, Route 79, Marlboro.…