Category: Tri-Town News

  • Engineer receives honor

    JACKSON — Robert Marsala of Jack-son, an engineer at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Plainsboro, is this year’s PPPL Distinguished Engineering Fellow. He was honored during a ceremony and reception at the laboratory. The laboratory recognized Marsala for significant contributions to the advancement of plasma science and electrical engineering technology.…

  • Howell student invited to attend inauguration

    Christina Rourke, of Howell, has been nominated to represent her school, Howell High School, where she is a senior, at the Presidential Youth Inaugural Conference in Washington, D.C. in January. She is currently trying to raise the funds to be able to attend. Selected for exemplary performance in the classroom and an interest in leadership,…

  • Ocean County opens second off-leash dog park

    Ocean County’s canines will now have the opportunity to run and play without their leash at the county’s newest dog park in Lakewood. Ocean County Freeholder John C. Bartlett Jr., who serves as liaison to the county’s Department of Parks and Recreation, announced that the county’s second off-leash dog facility is now open. “We’re very…

  • Grange to seek approval for community garden

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — Representatives of the Southard Grange are hoping that municipal officials will allow the collective to produce a community garden on a section of township-owned land. Grange Master Elaine Taylor is an organic farmer who lives on Maxim-Southard Road. Taylor, who is a member of…

  • Property owners irked over proposed changes

    New group, HOOF, fears loss of equity if zoning changes BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer Some Howell property owners say they’ll sue the township to reverse zoning changes they claim will decrease their property equity. John Pearson, who owns 15 acres that could be changed from ARE-2 to ARE-6 zoning under…

  • Christine Kenny the poster child for juvenile diabetes

    Matawan girl BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer Christine Kenny, Matawan, 6, was diagnosed with type 1 juvenile diabetes at 22 months old and takes three to four insulin injections each day. This year the Kenny family raised $30,000 for juvenile diabetes research. ‘I feel low” are words that Chuck and Stephanie…

  • Jury rules school land price is $11.4 million

    Case centered on residential zoning that was in place BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer A state Superior Court jury issued a decision on Dec. 8 requiring the Jackson Board of Education to pay the Clayton Block company $11.4 million for 156 acres that were taken through condemnation in order to permit…

  • Organizations claim housing to fill need

    (Continued from page 9) affordable houses on this tract is between 300 and 400 units, but that could be subject to change. “Ideally, we would like to build townhouses if the cost allows us because they’re two-story buildings that are low-rise housing,” he said. “We’re looking to do something nice for people that will be…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff The Christmas spirit is evident at this home on Jahn Drive, Jackson.