Category: Tri-Town News

  • Fountains now has apartments, condos

    Howell plannersreopen application By kathy barattaStaff Writer Fountains now has apartments, condos Howell planners reopen application By kathy baratta Staff Writer What’s old was new again when Howell Planning Board members sat down to the first in a new series of public hearings for The Fountains, a housing application that now seeks to construct a…

  • BlueClaws will aid ALS

    LAKEWOOD — The Lakewood BlueClaws, the class A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies, are holding an ALS fund-raiser at Finnigan’s at Brunswick-Lakewood Lanes for the second straight year. The ALS Association is the official charity of the Phillies. On May 22, after a BlueClaws day game, the Lakewood coaches and all of the players will…

  • Relay for Life scheduled in 4 county communities

    Relay for Life scheduled in 4 county communities In towns across Ocean County, neighbors will come together to fight cancer and honor survivors. Local residents will join 3,800 other communities across America in a celebration of survivorship and hope at the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. The overnight event’s inception was in 1985. Relay…

  • Community collects items to aid American soldiers

    By kathy barattaStaff Writer Community collects items to aid American soldiers By kathy baratta Staff Writer HOWELL — While major combat operations are all but over, it also appears that United States troops will remain in Iraq for the foreseeable future. Although Uncle Sam will continue to feed and shelter them, there are many people…

  • Jackson resident in ‘Bye Bye Birdie’

    By jeanette M. engStaff Writer By jeanette M. eng Staff Writer A man yells angrily into the phone, slams it down and moans that he needs an aspirin. Minutes later, his girlfriend is singing dreamily, "An English teacher is really someone. How proud I’d be if you had become one." The man is Albert Peterson,…

  • Lakewood OKs

    town budget;hears pleason school tab By Joyce BlayStaff Writer town budget; hears pleas on school tab By Joyce Blay Staff Writer LAKEWOOD — The Township Committee approved its 2003 municipal budget with one minor change at its meeting on May 1. According to township administrator Frank Edwards, the municipal tax rate per $100 of assessed…

  • Tax rate would rise 1.9 cents

    HOWELL – The Township Council has introduced a $32.4 million 2003 municipal budget that calls for a tax rate increase of less than 2 cents for each $100 of assessed valuation. Approximately $10 million is to be collected through taxation, township finance officer Jeffrey Filiatreault said. The budget, if adopted following a public hearing scheduled…

  • Board, town work on budget

    JACKSON — Board of Education members and township leaders have begun reviewing the K-12 school district’s 2003-04 budget and expect to reach a decision on recommended budget reductions shortly. "We’ve been working with the mayor and deputy mayor and have made significant progress so far," Board of Education President Michael R. Hanlon said in a…

  • Ordinance will fund land deal in Jackson

    By Joyce BlayStaff Writer By Joyce Blay Staff Writer JACKSON — The Township Committee has voted unanimously to approve a $6.2 million bond ordinance on first reading that will fund the town’s first open space acquisition under the state Green Acres program in more than 20 years. The bond ordinance is scheduled for a public…