Category: Tri-Town News

  • 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.…

  • Brick council has final say on water co. purchase

    BY DANIELLE MEDINA Correspondent BY DANIELLE MEDINACorrespondent BRICK — As the Brick Township Municipal Utilities Authority’s (BTMUA) April 1 deadline to decide whether to move ahead with the purchase of the Parkway Water Co. approaches, some members of the Township Council have weighed in on the possible acquisition. During a recent interview, Councilman Stephen Acropolis…

  • ‘Eye Am’: The faces of the muster zone

    Portraits of immigrant work force now on display BY PAT HALSEY Correspondent BY PAT HALSEYCorrespondent Three times a week, Paul Guba left his Highlands home at 4 a.m. to set up his photographic equipment in a gathering hall for day laborers in Freehold, letting his subjects get comfortable with him before he invited them to…

  • It’s time to throw out the holiday leftovers

    Lori Clinch Are We There Yet? Cleaning comes in at 93 on a scale of 1-100 of my favorite things to do. Right in between flogging mice and hanging Sheetrock. Therefore, I like to start off my spring cleaning much the same way each year — by putting it off to the fall. I have…

  • Residents pan Wawa plan for gas pumps

    BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer JACKSON — A convenience store with gas islands is not a suitable business for a residential neighborhood. That is the sentiment of residents who live adjacent to the site of a proposed Wawa convenience store that would be built at South New Prospect and Bethel Church…

  • Former mayor, freeholder recalled as public servant

    BY JOYCE BLAY and DICK METZGAR Staff Writers BY JOYCE BLAYand DICK METZGARStaff Writers George Buckwald LAKEWOOD — H. George Buckwald, who gained legendary status as mayor of the township and as an Ocean County freeholder, was renowned for his honesty, according to those who knew him best. Buckwald died Feb. 23 at Kimball Medical…