Category: Tri-Town News

  • Unity Day parade will honor town’s veterans

    BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer Unity Day parade will honor town’s veterans BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer LAKEWOOD — International food, fun and entertainment will provide universal appeal at Lakewood’s third annual Unity Day parade to be held Aug. 22, according to Larry Simons, one of the event’s organizers. "Thousands of people attended the parade and…

  • Line of sight to be improved

    JACKSON — Work will begin shortly on the lowering of a hill near a residential development off North New Prospect Road. The Ocean County Board of Free-holders is expected to award the $195,785 contract to Bil-Jim Construc-tion Co. Inc., of Jackson. Motorists trying to turn on to North New Prospect Road from Palamino Drive have…

  • Air-conditioning units reported to be working

    BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer Air-conditioning units reported to be working BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer HOWELL — A problem with the air-conditioning systems in the community’s three newest schools has been repaired. The three new schools in Howell’s K-8 district — the Greenville and Adelphia elementary schools and the Memorial Middle School — were built…

  • Bruce fans help build

    E Street Habitat homeHowell woman puts BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer E Street Habitat home Howell woman puts ‘sweat equity’ into her new residence BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Fans of Freehold-raised rocker Bruce Springsteen gathered on Institute Street on a recent Saturday morning to give something back to a community that…

  • Students honored for academic abilities

    Several students from Jackson were among top academically talented students from New Jersey honored at ceremonies held recently at Fairleigh Dickenson University in Teaneck, Monmouth University in West Long Branch, Rider University in Lawrenceville, and Rutgers University-Newark, in special in-state ceremonies to celebrate their academic abilities. The students participated in a national academic talent search…

  • Jackson man helps rescue two children

    Jackson man helps rescue two children MANALAPAN — Two children were rescued after they fell into a 30-foot deep water well. The Aug. 12 incident occurred at 3:42 p.m. when a 5-year-old boy and his 7-year-old sister were jumping on a wood cover that had been place atop a water well at a Smithburg Road…

  • Voters will get to decide on charter study group

    BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer Voters will get to decide on charter study group BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer JACKSON — The Township Commit-tee has set the stage for a possible change in the municipality’s form of government by u nanimously adopting an ordinance that could establish a charter study commission. Action taken by the committee…

  • Howell law relaxes rules on use of property

    Proximity to streamswas said to rendersome yards unusable BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer Proximity to streams was said to render some yards unusable BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer Homeowners in Howell whose property lies within a stream corridor can look forward to some measure of relief from riparian restrictions at the township level. The township’s riparian…

  • Technology students honored at conference

    BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Technology students honored at conference BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer HOWELL — Students from Howell High School recently competed in the 26th annual National Technology Student Association (TSA) Conference in Nashville, Tenn., and came up winners. "The students attended the conference from June 20-24 along with approximately 4,000 other attendees from…