Category: Tri-Town News

  • Friends of the Disabled seeks volunteers

    JACKSON — The Friends of the Disabled, a volunteer committee consisting of members of the Commission for the Disabled/Handicapped as well as community members, is looking for volunteers to assist in their fund-raising projects. The purpose of the Friends, in addition to securing funds needed for special projects, is to work with commission members to…

  • Air patrol gets new commander

    Col. Robert Diduch has recently accepted the position of commander to Civil Air Patrol’s New Jersey Wing on McGuire Air Force Base. According to a press release, Diduch has been serving as the Northeast Region Director of Operations and New Jersey Wing Counter Drug Officer. He has held New Jersey Wing positions of chief pilot/standards…

  • Adult Girl Scout volunteer visits NASA

    Renee G. Naden, of Jackson, is one of 28 experienced Girl Scouts of USA adult master trainers who experienced the inside story of a working NASA center this past October at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, Calif. The participants toured the labs where spacecraft designs and testing were done. They also experienced new Earth…

  • Speed limit reduced on Buckalew Road

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — Despite objections from the police department’s traffic safety officer, the Township Council has voted to reduce the speed limit on Buckalew Road from 50 mph to 35 mph. The council took the action at its meeting on Nov. 23. The change was opposed by…

  • Students honored

    Biology majors from Monmouth University, West Long Branch, received a second-place award for best research poster presentation at the 37th annual Conference of the Metropolitan Associ-ation of College and University Biologists (MACUB) held Nov. 6, at Long Island University, Brooklyn, N.Y. More than 70 posters were presented. Under the supervision of Monmouth University biology professor…

  • Datebook

    • Ronald McDonald will be the guest for the morning at the Howell library, 318 Old Tavern Road, Dec. 9 at 9:30 a.m. He will be reading to children. • A holiday shopping fair will take place at the Community Bible Fellowship Church, 3071 Lakewood-Allenwood Road, Howell, Dec. 11 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.…

  • Photo

    JEFF GRANIT staff Jackson Memorial High School’s Bill Fenimore (l) and Kyle Nagy (r) console Joe Schroeder following the Jaguars’ 17-14 loss to East Brunswick in the Central Jersey Group IV state championship game at Rutgers Stadium, Piscataway, on Dec. 5. For story, see sports.

  • Strength of services boosts two counties

    In its November Research Report the Milken Institute’s Best Perfor-ming Cities Index ranks Mon-mouth-Ocean counties in the Top 10 Best Performing Cities in the United States for the second consecutive year. Trenton, the state capital, was the only other New Jersey community ranked in the Top 20, coming in at 19th place. According to a…

  • Panel fails to produce compromise on street

    Issue of new access road to Wall homes remains undecided BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer Despite good intentions, an ad hoc committee that was formed to find a mutual resolution for a neighborhood conflict in Howell failed to reach a consensus and disbanded. George Krebs, who headed the panel, said it…