Category: Tri-Town News

  • Sprucing up a school

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Jackson school district volunteers Donna Bussiculo and Jesse Hart spread mulch around new landscaping at Jackson Memorial High School. A beautification project sponsored by the Jackson Rotary Club got under way on Oct. 16 and will eventually include all township schools.

  • Sex assault charges lodged

    BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer LAKEWOOD — The Ocean County Sheriff’s Department has apprehended a suspect in the Oct. 3 rape of a woman in the Seagull Square Plaza. The arrest was made on Oct. 14. According to Chief Jeff Thompson of the sheriff’s office and Lt. Jeffrey Harper of the…

  • 2 Democrats seek seats on all-GOP committee

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer PLUMSTED — Last year’s Democratic candidates are back for another run at breaking the Republican stronghold on the Township Committee. This time, Democrats Mitch Geier and Donald Knause are challenging GOP incumbents Ken Francis and Ada Roberts. Geier, 49, is a microcomputer consultant who runs his…

  • DiBella says GOP has Howell on right track

    Mayoral candidate says Democratic foe is wrong on all issues BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — Republican mayoral candidate Joseph M. DiBella says Democrat Steve Farkas’ plan for saving Howell taxpayers money is flawed and would make for “bigger government that would cost more.” Farkas and DiBella, who has been…

  • Plumsted artwork featured at library

    Photographs depicting life in New Egypt currently on display BY KAREN F. RILEY Correspondent BY KAREN F. RILEYCorrespondent PLUMSTED — When one thinks of art, galleries with pictures hanging on the walls usually come to mind. The Plumsted Council for the Arts decided to close their season with just such an exhibition that opened on…

  • Ryan seeks write-ins to be Howell’s mayor

    Wants to provide alternative to voters fed up with GOP, Dems BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer Richard Ryan HOWELL — A fourth candidate for mayor is focusing his effort solely on a write-in campaign. Richard Ryan, Maxim-Southard Road, said he is running independent of other established political parties because, “I believe…

  • Jackson candidates spar as campaign hits stretch

    BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer JACKSON — With Election Day, Nov. 2, less than a month away, Township Committee candidates Joseph Grisanti and Mark Seda made one last appeal for the job during a debate held at the Jackson Elks Club on Oct. 13. The Jackson Chamber of Commerce sponsored the…

  • Dem hopeful: Context explains ‘muzzle’ quote

    Morlino knocks GOP for BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer Steve Morlino of Howell, a Democratic candidate running for a three-year seat on the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders, claims he has been victimized by a Republican machine that “can’t run their candidates on their record so they resort to distortion and…

  • Plumsted hires two more police officers

    PLUMSTED — With the help of a grant, the Township Committee was able to hire two additional police officers. The number of police officers now stands at 11 — an all-time high for the department, Mayor Ronald S. Dancer said. The two new officers, Patrolman Michael Cardinali and Patrolman Chris-topher A. Di Meo, were sworn…