Category: Tri-Town News

  • Housing advocates support initiative

    Lakewood leaders say town BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer More than a year after organizing a Sept. 20, 2003, march and rally for affordable housing in Lake-wood, resident James Waters is prepared to do it again. “I think that a future march is not out of the question,” Waters told the…

  • High school show to benefit counselor’s children

    BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer JACKSON — The community’s rising stars will shine at a Jan. 14 benefit concert to be held at 7 p.m. in the Jackson Memorial High School Fine Arts Center, Don Connor Boulevard. Members of the high school’s student council have organized “The Concert for the Cure”…

  • Brick utility approves Parkway Water purchase

    Authority already serves Ramtown section of Howell BY DANIELLE MEDINA Staff Writer BY DANIELLE MEDINAStaff Writer The Brick Township Municipal Utilities Authority (BTMUA) has taken the next step in its planned acquisition of the Parkway Water Co. by entering into a contract to purchase the company that serves the Ramtown section of Howell. Following a…

  • Jackson h.s. band selected to march at inauguration

    BY BETH ANN SCIALABBA Correspondent BY BETH ANN SCIALABBACorrespondent JACKSON — On Jan. 20, the Jackson Memorial High School band will make a special trip to Washington, D.C., to participate in the inauguration parade that will mark the official beginning of President George W. Bush’s second term in office. All 180 students from the Jaguar…

  • Animals survive accident en route to slaughterhouse

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Eleven sheep and five goats are now romping in a local pasture, thanks to the rescue efforts of Animal Control Officer Mary Klink. It was 10:30 p.m. Nov. 11 when Klink got a call about the carnage on a Washington Township section of…

  • Photo

    CHRIS KELLY staff The waters of Lake Carasaljo, Lakewood, provide the perfect bathing spot for a group of waterfowl that took a dip on Monday.

  • Jewish youth group collects clothing for children

    Members of the United Synagogue Youth (USY), Brick Chapter, are collecting gently used warm clothing for needy children in the community. Among the items already donated were several hand-knit, brand new, youth sweaters which were made and donated to the drive by Marion Zelman of Temple Beth Or. USY, Brick Chapter members attend Brick, Howell,…

  • Planning board selects new engineer, planner

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — Following more than two hours of interviews in closed session, two veteran Planning Board professionals were replaced with new appointees. Despite praise and agreement that they had always done a good job, engineer Greg Valesi of CME Associates and planner Richard Kniesler were replaced…

  • Focus on egg farm land has residents scrambling

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — About 50 residents showed up a recent Planning Board meeting to protest moves by the board they say will turn a local egg farm into an apartment complex. The residents were upset with the wording of a board resolution that appeared to favor a…