Category: Tri-Town News

  • Stricter child restraint

    laws take effect Dec. 1 In cars, children under 8, weighing less than 80 lbs. require a special seat By cindy tietjen Staff Writer Under regulations set forth in New Jersey’s new child passenger safety law which goes into effect Dec. 1, all teen-agers and children under 18 will be required to wear a safety…

  • WTC attack shattered couple’s enduring love Lawrence Boisseau credited with helping get children to safety

    Staff Writer By clare M. masi WTC attack shattered couple’s enduring love Lawrence Boisseau credited with helping get children to safety Maria Boisseau and her husband, Larry, celebrated Christmas 1999 at Larry’s parents’ home in Long Island, N.Y. Boisseau, a fire safety director for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, became a…

  • N.J. share of school costs

    checks in at $14.2 million Howell would fund $32.4M under plan to be placed before residents By kathy baratta Staff Writer HOWELL — Residents will be asked to approve a $46.6 million referendum on Dec. 11 that will pay for the construction of three new schools in Howell’s K-8 district. Of that amount, the state…

  • Full-time duty is new challenge for Plumsted force Department adds officers, increases starting pay

    Staff Writer By kathy baratta Full-time duty is new challenge for Plumsted force Department adds officers, increases starting pay JERRY WOLKOWITZ Plumsted Township Director of Public Safety Peter Weinrich (l) and Patrolman Frank Murphy post a speed board on Evergreen Road, Tuesday morning. The Plumsted Police Department is coming into its own through a combi-nation…

  • Post office cleanup follows discovery of anthrax Officials learned of positive result

    By clare m. masiStaff Writer by listening to radio Post office cleanup follows discovery of anthrax Officials learned of positive result By clare m. masi Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI The Jackson post office on Bennetts Mills Road was open for business late Saturday morning after cleanup crews gave the building a thorough going over. On…

  • Composer, firefighters lend support to Red Cross rally

    Composer, firefighters lend support to Red Cross rally PLUMSTED — The Plumsted Township Council for the Arts sponsored a talent show Nov. 3 at New Egypt High School to benefit the efforts of the Red Cross. Nancy Bembridge, one of the show’s coordinators, recruited area music director and professional keyboardist Rob MacReynolds to write and…

  • St. Peter by the Sea sets Christmas concert

    LAKEWOOD — The Rev. Alphonse Stephenson and the St. Peter by the Sea Orchestra will perform its Christmas concert at Georgian Court College, Lakewood, Dec. 16 at 2 p.m. in the Casino building on campus. General admission is $25 per person. Patron admission is $75 per person, and includes special reserved seating and a post-concert…

  • Developer wants to extinguish Howell’s famous Flame Proposal calls for adult community to be built on Route 33 property

    Staff Writer By kathy baratta Developer wants to extinguish Howell’s famous Flame Proposal calls for adult community to be built on Route 33 property VERONICA YANKOWSKI The sign for the Flame Motel has been a familiar sight to motorists on Route 33, Howell, for decades. The Township Council recently heard a plan that may mean…

  • Voters return Singer to town government

    Staff Writer By cindy tietjen Voters return Singer to town government LAKEWOOD — Robert Singer will be serving the citizens of Lakewood for at least another three years. Singer, who also won re-election as the state senator from the 30th District, defeated Democrat Joseph Sherber in the Nov. 6 election for a seat on the…