Category: Tri-Town News

  • The Jackson Memorial High School

    FARRAH MAFFAI staff color guard performs during the Jackson Day parade on its way into John F. Johnson Jr. Memorial Park on Sept. 19. Rainy weather on Saturday pushed the popular community event back one day.

  • Passport will be entree to high school activities

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer The Freehold Regional High School District is asking people age 62 and over to “come on in” to school events. Gold passports will soon allow people age 62 and over to attend all events held in the district, including football games and theater productions. Instead of…

  • Freeholders approve interim improvements to Route 524

    HOWELL — The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has approved interim plans for improvements to the intersection of county Route 524 (Adelphia-Farmingdale Road) and Squankum-Yellowbrook Road (county Route 524A). Both roads are county highways and under the jurisdiction of the board. “Some time ago we recognized the problems on this part of Adelphia-Farmingdale Road,” said…

  • State board wants details on local cemetery’s needs

    BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer LAKEWOOD — Put it in writing. That is the advice a spokesman for the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs (DCA), which oversees the New Jersey Cemetery Board, had for George Watson, a member of the Board of Trustees of Greenwood Cemetery and its advocate for…

  • Town mourns former mayor

    PLUMSTED — Mayor Ronald S. Dancer said the township is mourning the loss of a man he called the community’s patriarch. Former Mayor Kenneth M. Potter, 99, died Sept. 2, two months shy of his 100th birthday. “A nation has its founding fathers and a township has its town fathers, but the late mayor and…

  • Stroller Buddies program at Ocean County Mall

    The Ocean County Parks and Recreation Department is sponsoring a Stroller Buddies program at the Ocean County Connection in the Ocean County Mall, Toms River. The program is designed for parents and children to meet others in a social and recreational atmosphere. The mall walk is about 1.5 miles every two laps. No preregistration is…

  • New lights due in Lakewood, Plumsted

    The Ocean County Board of Free-holders is expected to advertise for bids for the installation of new traffic signals. According to a press release, new lights will be installed at intersections in Lakewood and Plumsted and improvements will be made to an existing signal in Lakewood. The new signals include: • A flashing light at…

  • Case of baby’s death will go to grand jury

    BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer LAKEWOOD — On May 20, 7-month-old Chaim Katzman was buried in Mount Sinai Cemetery. The fate of Aryeh Katzman, 25, who was charged in the death of his son, is less certain. According to Executive Assistant Prosecutor Robert A. Gasser, an Ocean County grand jury will…

  • Howell resident seeks delay in revaluation

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — The Township Council should postpone the upcoming property revaluation scheduled for next year and instead focus on forcing the state Legislature to restructure the state’s tax system, according to one resident. John Lebrio said he wants the council to begin an active campaign of…