Category: Tri-Town News

  • Stories of survivors inspire Howell students

    Teens hear firsthand accounts of those who witnessed Holocaust BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer DAVE BENJAMIN Clockwise from top — Howell High School art students Jeanine Andrews, Nicole Hines and Lauren Mastrodonato sketch their portraits of Lola Kline, as Colleen MacCutch-eon records the story of Kline’s survival during the Holocaust era.…

  • Pantry seeks holiday donations

    JACKSON — The food pantry run by the Jackson Women of Today will be having its third annual Turkey Trot to collect groceries for its Thanksgiving and holiday distributions. A community open house will be held Nov. 14 from noon to 3 p.m. The pantry is in the old library building at 65 Don Connor…

  • Singer re-elected to 9th term on governing body

    BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer LAKEWOOD — Republican Township Committeeman Robert Singer easily won a ninth three-year term on the Township Committee by defeating Democrat Amy Harrison and independent candidate Yehuda Shain in the Nov. 2 election. Singer has served 24 consecutive years on the Lakewood governing body. He is also…

  • After-school dance honors soldiers

    HOWELL — The YMCA of Western Monmouth County’s after-school program at the Griebling School, Havens Bridge Road, held a USO dance on Oct. 29. The purpose of the event was to honor Amer-ican servicemen and commemorate the YMCA’s involvement in the founding of the USO in October 1940. The event, which marked the culmination of…

  • ‘Scouting for Food’ gets support

    The Ocean County Board of Freeholders gave its support to a program that has, in the past, provided more than 150,000 meals to families. “This board gives its wholehearted support to the ‘Scouting for Food, Good Turn’ program,” said Freeholder Deputy Director John P. Kelly. “We commend the Jersey Shore Boy Scouts of America and…

  • Symposium to address childhood obesity issue

    BY JENNIFER DOME Staff Writer BY JENNIFER DOMEStaff Writer BRICK — Dr. Thaddeus R. Leoniak believes the road to combating the problem of childhood obesity can begin in Brick. Leoniak, a township-based eye physician and surgeon, is a member of Ocean Medical Center’s Community Advisory Committee. Not long ago the committee members decided they wanted…

  • Board: Test scores in need of improvement

    BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer JACKSON — Students here can do better academically. That is the finding of the Board of Education, which met on Oct. 26 to present test scores earned by students under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. The law establishes benchmark standards that schools across the…

  • Assembly moves on open space bills

    The state Assembly approved several legislative measures co-sponsored by Sen. Robert Singer, Assemblyman Ronald Dancer and Assemblyman Joseph Malone. The 30th District legislative team co-sponsored a number of bills that secured funding from the Garden State Green Acres and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund for the acquisition of open space. “I am proud to sponsor legislation…

  • County expands bus service

    JACKSON — Ocean Ride, the county’s public transportation system, will expand its bus service in Jackson beginning on Nov. 30. “I am happy to announce the start of this expanded service,” said Freeholder Gerry P. Little, who serves as liaison to Ocean Ride. “This additional service will supplement the current three-day schedule in the township…