Category: Tri-Town News

  • Defeated FRHSD budget

    in hands of local gov’ts. By dave benjamin Staff Writer Voters in the Freehold Regional High School District overwhelmingly defeated the Board of Education’s proposed 2002-03 school year budget in the April 16 election. The tax levies proposed to support the district’s $126.5 million budget were rejected in Colts Neck, Englishtown, Freehold Borough, Freehold Township,…

  • Family says tape proves passengers fought back Hearing final moments of Flight 93 an emotional session for Driscoll family

    Staff Writer By kathy baratta Family says tape proves passengers fought back Hearing final moments of Flight 93 an emotional session for Driscoll family On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Patrick Joseph Driscoll, 70, boarded United Airlines Flight 93 at Newark Airport. The longtime resident of Manalapan was headed for his annual hiking trip…

  • Sides debate who pays for removal of oil tanks

    Staff Writer By cindy teitjen Sides debate who pays for removal of oil tanks JACKSON — While residents of the community’s mobile home parks won the battle at Monday’s Township Committee meeting, they may still have a war ahead of them. Following a two-hour public hearing that focused on underground storage tanks in mobile home…

  • 3 new board members set to get to work

    3 new board members set to get to work LAKEWOOD — Three new Board of Education members are ready to get down to work. Leonard Thomas, Chet Galdo and Abraham Ostreicher were elected to the board in the April 16 vote. Thomas received 7,408 votes, Galdo polled 7,241 votes and Ostreicher tallied 5,115 votes. Incumbents…

  • Hanlon, Gross winners in Jackson school race Incumbent Twila Rust defeated after serving nine years on board

    Staff Writer By cindy tietjen Hanlon, Gross winners in Jackson school race Incumbent Twila Rust defeated after serving nine years on board JACKSON — There will be a new face on the Board of Education, and current members will have to say goodbye to a nine-year veteran. In the April 16 election, Daniel Gross, a…

  • Bagpiper parlays passion into a permanent pastime

    Correspondent By marissa schafer Bagpiper parlays passion into a permanent pastime VERONICA YANKOWSKI Doug McEntegart of Jackson was one of thousands of bagpipers who showed their pride as they marched from West 43rd, 44th and 45th streets up Sixth Avenue and through Central Park in New York City on April 6. JACKSON — Doug McEntegart…

  • Shopping center wins approval

    Staff Writer By kathy baratta HOWELL — Following a last-minute discussion over whether a parking lot ramp should be constructed with the ability to support large fire trucks, preliminary approval was given by the Planning Board for the Lanes Mill Marketplace to be developed on Route 9 north at Lanes Mill Road. The Goldenberg Group,…

  • Plumsted voters OK budget

    Staff Writer By mark rosman PLUMSTED — Voters in the April 16 school election approved the Board of Education’s budget for the 2002-03 school year and re-elected two members of the panel. According to results provided by James Edwards, business administrator-board secretary, the budget was approved in a vote of 174 in favor to 90…

  • Few turn out for talks on redistricting

    Staff Writer By kathy baratta Few turn out for talks on redistricting HOWELL — Whether due to a lack of interest or a lack of proper notification, the 30 or so people who showed up at an April 17 special meeting of the Township Council regarding the Freehold Regional High School District’s redistricting issue fell…