Category: Tri-Town News

  • Dixel: ‘Disrespect’ led her to quit liaison post

    Resident kept council current on happenings at Board of Education BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — Barbara Dixel, who served as the Township Council’s liaison to the Board of Education for two years, informed the board on Nov. 17 that she has resigned from that post. Dixel said she resigned…

  • Students create special holiday feast

    Jackson High School class serves Thanksgiving meal to district staff BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Students in Jackson Memorial High School’s vocational life skills class (l-r) Louis Weeks, Richard Childers, Kathleen Bratton, Matthew Alicea and Jennifer Trimble rehearse a skit telling the story of Thanksgiving before hosting a…

  • Lakewood’s ‘Letters to Santa’ program to begin

    The Lakewood Community School, in cooperation with the Lakewood High School Pupil Assisted Learning Services (PAL) students, is sponsoring its annual “Letters to Santa” program, beginning Dec. 1. All Lakewood children who wish to send a letter to Santa should mail it to Santa Claus, c/o 655 Princeton Ave., Lakewood 08701. The child’s name and…

  • Residents irked by affordable housing plan

    Lakewood officials consider move to sell off 40 acres BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer Life in Lakewood is a numbers game. For Mayor Raymond Coles, who is a proponent of affordable housing, the quality of life can be measured by the number of units built to house the working poor. For…

  • Lawyer sentenced for mortgage fraud

    Brick resident must serve 12 months, pay more than $500,000 A Brick resident was sentenced Nov. 15 for his role in a mortgage fraud conspiracy. According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Allen J. Meyer, 58, who practiced law in Sea Girt, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Anne E. Thompson to…

  • Council to try again on tree-removal law

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — Another attempt to introduce a woodlands management or so-called tree ordinance was scheduled for the Township Council’s meeting Nov. 23. If the ordinance is eventually adopted by the governing body it will institute a permit and revenue policy for the removal of trees from…

  • Lakewood residents open their hearts to needy

    BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer LAKEWOOD — Volunteers opened their hearts and cupboards to Lakewood residents on Nov. 20 by providing them with the fixings for a Thanksgiving dinner. The annual food distribution drive is conducted by the Lakewood Parent Resource Center and the Shore Christian Center of Allenwood, according to…

  • ’78 Battle of Monmouth featured in documentary

    BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer A crew from Granada TV was at Monmouth Battlefield State Park, Manalapan, recently to film scenes for a History Channel program about “Battlefield Detectives,” which will be broadcast at 9 p.m. Nov. 26. The Battle of Monmouth will take center stage in a History Channel documentary…

  • Animal control fees could rise next year

    Upper Freehold may have to pass along increases to its member towns BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — The Board of Health is exploring its options if a local animal shelter raises its rates for incoming animals. Upper Freehold, which has interlocal agreements with nine other municipalities to handle…