Category: Tri-Town News

  • Law sets new process for removal of trees

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — The Township Council has adopted a woodlands management ordinance which Mayor Timothy J. Konopka called “a great piece of legislation that will protect the town.” The new law has been dubbed Howell’s “tree ordinance.” It sets in place a permit and fee process for…

  • Datebook

    • Central Jersey Italian American Club will celebrate New Year’s Eve with a party beginning at 8 p.m. Dec. 31 at its club on Christopher Columbus Boulevard, Jackson. The charge of $15 per person includes hors d’oeuvres, buffet food, party favors, DJ music and more. All members and guests are welcome. Details: (732) 928-4180 or…

  • Fire guts restaurant

    Howell, Jackson depts. help to battle blaze at Manalapan eatery BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Snow covers what remains of the Peking Pavilion, Route 33, Manalapan, on Monday morning. The restaurant was gutted by a fire on Sunday afternoon. MANALAPAN — An investigation was continuing Monday into the…

  • Amendments could relieve school budgeting concerns

    State Sen. Ellen Karcher (D-Mon-mouth and Mercer) recently hosted a round table discussion on her proposed amendments to S-1701 — dealing with school district budgets — with 12th District superintendents and business administrators at Freehold High School, Freehold Borough. “I think these are sound amendments that will alleviate many of the concerns school districts have…

  • Police hope burned $20 bill can lead to solving bank case

    BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer MILLSTONE — Police are looking for help from area businesses and residents to solve two recent burglaries that may be related. At the recently burglarized PNC Bank at Route 33 and Millstone Road, police found a $20 bill that had been burnt along the edges, and…

  • Girl Scouts will collect cell phones to raise funds

    HOWELL — For years, the Girl Scouts have been associated with cookie sales when it comes to fund-raisers. Soon, you can add cell phone donations to that category. American Cellular Donation Organ-ization (ACDO), a nonprofit organization based in Michigan, has announced that the Monmouth Council of Girl Scouts will launch a used cell phone collection…

  • Villager asks, ‘Will you be their grandmother?’

    Charity founded by marketing guru aims to help Ugandan youths BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer Into her 25th year as a consultant, Sylvia Allen had shared her marketing savvy with countless groups in the United States and abroad. But she could remember none that listened more intently than the group of…

  • Board will not appeal decision on land value

    Clayton family to be paid $11.4 million BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer There will be no appeal by the Jackson Board of Education or Clayton Block Inc. of a jury decision made earlier this month to increase the value of condemned land on which the district’s second high school is being…