Category: Tri-Town News

  • Recycling program distributes funds to Ocean County towns

    Calling it the best return since 1995, the Ocean County Board of Freeholders is distributing checks totaling $391,606 to municipalities that participate in the county recycling program. Under the Ocean County Recycling Revenue Sharing Program, twice a year, towns share in half of the revenues made from the sale of recyclables. “This is the best…

  • Information at libraries to focus on men’s health

    Men’s health issues will be highlighted on Nov. 10 as the Ocean County Health Department and the Ocean County Library co-sponsor the first Handsome in Blue day, according to Edward Rumen, health department spokesman. To help foster awareness of the issues, residents are being asked to wear blue on that day. “There is a need…

  • Superintendent reports on violence, vandalism

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer The Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education recently held its annual public hearing to report on the number of acts of violence, vandalism and substance abuse that occurred in the previous school year. The FRHSD is the largest high school district in New Jersey…

  • Day laborers’ hiring at issue in town

    Lakewood officials consider idea of starting muster zone BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Officials in Lakewood are considering the possibility of starting a municipal muster zone so that day laborers who presently congregate on Clifton Avenue (pictured) in order to seek employment would not have to do so…

  • New system to help emergency responders

    Monmouth County Sheriff Joseph W. Oxley announced an upgrade in communications capabilities for both of the Sheriff’s Office Field Communications Mobile Command centers. The new system, the ACU-1000 modular radio interoperability system, permits communication between agencies that have different radio bands and frequencies. Oxley is taking the mobile command units to local emergency responders to…

  • Jackson PBA beefs boil over at job action

    Officers hit lack of equipment, need for new recruits BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer Jackson is not a safe place to live. That assertion was the basis of a job action taken by members of PBA Local No. 168 before Monday night’s Township Committee meeting at the municipal building. The union…

  • Americans’ letters to Pres. Bush to be read

    Center Players, Freehold, in association with West 50th Street Productions, New York City, will present its second and final weekend performances of “Dear George: Letters to the President,” a collaborative theater project created by Marcus Woollen. The performance is a compilation of Americans’ open letters written to President George W. Bush during this election year…

  • Democrats seek to break GOP’s control of county

    BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer Important and relevant issues concerning the running of Monmouth County came to the forefront following the June primary elections for two open three-year seats on the Board of Freeholders. Within the past two weeks these issues have all but been obscured by charges and counter charges…

  • One year after Howell teen’s death, investigation goes on

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer HOWELL — An investigation into the circumstances that preceded the death of a Howell teenager is continuing one year after the young woman died. Amanda Faith Reo, 17, died on Oct. 29, 2003, about one week after she had been found in an unresponsive state at…