Category: Tri-Town News

  • Holt calls for release of partnership proposal Congressman also wants comment period on Ft. Hancock plan extended

    Staff Writer By gloria stravelli Holt calls for release of partnership proposal Congressman also wants comment period on Ft. Hancock plan extended Rep. Rush Holt (D-12) has called on the National Park Service to give the public access to a private developer’s proposal to lease 36 historic buildings at Fort Hancock on Sandy Hook. "I’d…

  • Residents get chance to

    speak up on h.s. issues By kathy baratta Staff Writer Howell residents will finally have their chance to tell the Township Council and other representatives what they expect from the Freehold Regional High School District in regard to the volatile issue of student redistricting. A special meeting of the council has been scheduled for April…

  • Lakewood student accepted

    VERONICA YANKOWSKI Daniel Haase, a junior at Lakewood High School, has been selected to perform with the New Jersey All-State Orchestra on string bass. into N.J. all-state orchestra Daniel Haase honored with selection By cindy tietjen Staff Writer Daniel Haase’s musical tastes encompass everyone from Beethoven to Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Haase…

  • Council action expected on sewer master plan

    Staff Writer By kathy baratta Council action expected on sewer master plan HOWELL — The Township Council is expected to approve a feasibility study on April 8 that will incorporate a sewer master plan into the land use master plan. Representatives of Birdsall Engineer-ing presented a sewer master plan to the governing body last month.…

  • In the driver’s seat on the parkway 10-year commissioner named chairman of Highway Authority

    Staff Writer By Sherry conohan In the driver’s seat on the parkway 10-year commissioner named chairman of Highway Authority JERRY WOLKOWITZ After a decade of serving on the New Jersey Highway Authority Commission, Jerold L. Zaro, an Ocean Township attorney, has become chairman of the authority. OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Jerold L. Zaro believes he has…

  • Judge: Howell has right to enforce junk cleanup Manager: Officials will begin making plans to enforce Superior Court order

    Staff Writer By kathy baratta Judge: Howell has right to enforce junk cleanup Manager: Officials will begin making plans to enforce Superior Court order With a decision from a state Superior Court judge in favor of Howell Township in hand last week, interim Township Manager Bruce Davis said Howell "will now use whatever legal tool…

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    FARRAH MAFFAI Shannon Finnegan and Kara Molnar (l-r), both 5, dance to the Disney song “Just Can’t Wait to Be King” at the March 21 International Festival of the Arts at the Crawford-Rodriguez School, Jackson.

  • Lakewood school budget shows 11.7-cent increase in tax rate

    Staff Writer By cindy tietjen Lakewood school budget shows 11.7-cent increase in tax rate The Lakewood Board of Education voted unanimously to adopt its proposed budget for the 2002-03 school year at its regular meeting Monday night. The $78,573,603 budget that will be used to operate the township’s K-12 school district will raise the local…

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    FARRAH MAFFAI Lakewood High School’s Jed Rehfuss scores against Old Bridge during a March 21 scrimmage. Varsity spring sports will begin next week.