Category: Tri-Town News

  • Howell farm will be saved from possible development

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — A township farm recently received the honor of becoming the first farm in Monmouth County to be preserved through funding provided by the state’s Planning Incentive Grant (PIG) program. According to Monmouth County Pub-lic Information Officer Romeo Cascaes, the River Bend Farm is a…

  • Did you hear the one about the WOMB tournament?

    Adele Young Bloopers We like to start the new year by looking back at the typographical and grammatical errors that almost made it into one of Greater Media Newspapers’ 12 publications during the previous year. We’re grateful that these items did not make it into print, especially the ones we like to call … Things…

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    CHRIS KELLY STAFF Lakewood High School’s Izaiah Tucker (12) puts defensive pressure on an opponent from Pleasantville High School during the Piners’ 64-50 victory over the Greyhounds in Monday’s quarterfinal round game in the Holiday Jubilee at Neptune High School.

  • Actor’s career may tee off in golf film due in 2005

    BY LARRY RAMER Staff Writer BY LARRY RAMERStaff Writer Josh Flitter MARLBORO — An up-and-coming actor from Marlboro may have caught his big break. Josh Flitter, 10, is co-starring in a Disney movie, “The Greatest Game Ever Played,” that is due out in the middle of 2005. The movie stars Shia LaBeouf and tells the…

  • Heeding the call to serve the less fortunate

    Woman says her life BY JENNIFER DOME Staff Writer BY JENNIFER DOMEStaff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff Elaine French, Lakewood, has worked with the Visitation Roman Catholic Church in Brick on Project Appalachia and now serves as fund-raising chair for a new nonprofit organization, Bridges of Peace. Elaine French has a husband, has raised three sons,…

  • Funding issues slow plan for muster zone

    BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer LAKEWOOD — Township committeemen insist there will be a muster zone for Lakewood’s day laborers, but it does not appear as if it will be established anytime soon. “You’re not just building a patio, and it doesn’t come cheap,” Mayor Raymond Coles said. “I think everybody…

  • Plumsted says thank you to police officers

    BY KAREN F. RILEY Correspondent BY KAREN F. RILEYCorrespondent PLUMSTED — Dubbing the final Township Committee meeting of the year as Police Recognition Day, Mayor Ronald S. Dancer said he hoped the first recognition ceremony would become an annual event. The meeting was held on Dec. 27 in the municipal building. “We look forward to…

  • Transfer of development rights program explained

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — Members of the Township Council recently received a crash course in one aspect of the state’s Smart Growth initiative. The State Agriculture Development Committee (SADC) sent Timothy Brill to town hall to bring the council up to speed on a program known as the…

  • Freeholders plan to improve Maxim-Southard Rd. bridge

    HOWELL — At its meeting last week in Freehold, the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders approved a resolution to retain the services of a professional engineering firm to design the reconstruction of bridge HL-72 on Maxim-Southard Road. The bridge spans the Polly Pod Brook in southern Howell. The area around the bridge is essentially residential,…