Category: Tri-Town News

  • Malave to share GOP ideals among Latinos

    Bolstered by role at RNC, Howell delegate on mission to get out vote BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer Bolstered by role atRNC, Howell delegateon mission to get out voteBY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer Howell Councilman Juan Malave was a delegate at the Republican National Convention in New York City and had a chance to meet former…

  • Softball tournament will benefit U.S. soldier’s son

    Friends come together to raise money for Ryan Duffy College Fund BY JENNIFER DOME Staff Writer Friends come togetherto raise money for Ryan Duffy College FundBY JENNIFER DOMEStaff Writer BRICK — A group of softball players have come together to support the family of a friend. A softball tournament to benefit the Ryan Duffy College…

  • Faire will bring a taste of Middle Ages to town

    BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer LAKEWOOD — Medieval times will live again at the 23rd annual Lakewood Renaissance Faire to be held on Sept. 18-19 in Pine Park, County Line Road. “The event is co-sponsored by the Society for Creative Anachronism, a worldwide organization that teaches what life was like during…

  • Datebook

    • Harry O’Claire Chapter No. 637 of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees will meet at 1 p.m. Sept. 16 at the Lakewood library. Guest speaker will be Erica Stocker, legislative aide to U.S. Rep. Jim Saxton (R-3rd Congressional District). Details: (732) 892-2510. • Central Jersey Tall Friends Club will hold a meet-and-greet Sept.…

  • Man faces sex assault charge

    JACKSON — Charges of aggravated sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a minor have been lodged against a Beachwood man in connection with alleged incidents that go back to 1986. According to a police, Scott Clark, 36, a construction worker, was arrested most recently on the above charges at his Beachwood home at 3…

  • Democracy at center stage during Sept. 11 memorial

    BY KAREN F. RILEY Correspondent BY KAREN F. RILEYCorrespondent PLUMSTED — No American will ever forget the images of the World Trade Center’s twin towers on fire, giant plumes of gray-black smoke billowing into the sky on a crystal clear September morning. And Mayor Ronald S. Dancer used the analogy of fire to explain democracy…

  • Monmouth County keeps coveted AAA bond rating

    Monmouth County Freeholder Amy H. Handlin reported recently that despite the lowering of the state’s bond rating by the three national bond rating agencies, Monmouth County’s Triple A rating will continue to save thousands of dollars for county taxpayers, county government and the various local governing bodies and school boards that benefit from the county’s…

  • 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…