Category: Tri-Town News

  • Report adds details to crash

    Correspondent By karl vilacoba JACKSON — A recently released National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) preliminary report further details witness statements regarding a plane crash that occurred off of Whitesville Road last month. Authorities responded to the scene of the accident just before 2 p.m. July 20. The plane’s only passenger, Russell Terhune, 49, of Middletown,…

  • Water company awaits stock sale to British-German firm

    By kathy barattaStaff Writer Water company awaits stock sale to British-German firm By kathy baratta Staff Writer HOWELL — The New Jersey-Amer-ican Water Co. is in the process of being sold to an international company. Company spokesperson Gloria Gledhill told the Township Council that the sale of New Jersey-American’s parent company to RWE/Thames Water Co.,…

  • Town sends out sewer ballot

    By kathy barattaStaff Writer By kathy baratta Staff Writer A meeting of Howell property owners along the Route 9 corridor from Lanes Mill Road south to the Lakewood border was the first formal step to determining whether a majority of them want a sewer line installed along that route. Property owners have been given until…

  • Freehold native aims to take hat world by storm

    Fashionable headgearfrom iLids nowsported by celebrities By Clare Marie celanoStaff Writer Freehold native aims to take hat world by storm Fashionable headgear from iLids now sported by celebrities By Clare Marie celano Staff Writer Lisa Wilson (l) and Kristen Winnicki (r) model two hat designs from their Leather Lowrider collection. The two young women own…

  • Judge closes hearing on

    Jackson tigersJoan Byron-Marasekfails to testify inSuperior Court Tuesday By kathy barattaStaff Writer Judge closes hearing on Jackson tigers Joan Byron-Marasek fails to testify in Superior Court Tuesday By kathy baratta Staff Writer The judge has closed the record on the "Tiger Lady." State Superior Court Judge Eugene D. Serpentelli, sitting in Toms River, ruled Tuesday…

  • Jackson National Night Out set for Tuesday

    JACKSON — Public Safety Director Samuel D. DePasquale has announced that the Jackson Police Department will host the township’s fifth annual National Night Out on Aug. 6 from 6-9 p.m. at Brook Plaza, West County Line and South New Prospect roads. According to a press release, the focus of National Night Out is to provide…

  • Agency plans public hearings on proposed commuter train

    By charles w. kimStaff Writer Agency plans public hearings on proposed commuter train By charles w. kim Staff Writer Members of the public will have a chance to speak on NJ Transit’s Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex passenger rail project. State Transportation Commissioner James Fox announced last week that starting in the fall, NJ Transit will begin a "public…

  • Community mourns 4 accident victims

    Police continue probeof circumstancessurrounding July 23 crash By karl vilacobaStaff Writer Community mourns 4 accident victims Police continue probe of circumstances surrounding July 23 crash By karl vilacoba Staff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ A roadside memorial marks the spot where four people were killed in a two-vehicle crash at Don Connor Boulevard and Bowman Road, Jackson,…

  • Pilot killed in Jackson crash

    Witnesses say theysaw small planespin before crashing By karl vilacobaStaff Writer Witnesses say they saw small plane spin before crashing By karl vilacoba Staff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ Paul Cox, an air safety investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board, examines the crashed remains of a Glasair II single-engine plane that crashed in a wooded area…