Category: Tri-Town News

  • Howell council considers replacing paper with laptops

    Staff Writer By kathy baratta HOWELL — For a projected three-year lease expense of $7,500, the Township Council is looking to exchange paper packets for laptop computers and software. In a presentation given at a recent meeting, Dave Bonowski, Howell’s Management of Information Systems director, justified the expenditure by explaining what he called the "benefits…

  • Monmouth firm shows way with new detection system Surface penetrating radar claims to bring increased safety to difficult jobs

    Correspondent By jodi swain Monmouth firm shows way with new detection system Surface penetrating radar claims to bring increased safety to difficult jobs Ron LaBarca, president and founder of the Monmouth County firm USRadar Inc., demonstrates a surface penetrating radar unit similar to ones used to aid searches at the World Trade Center site in…

  • Judge rules Howell must

    allow U.S. Home project Development OK’d on Hascup tract By kathy baratta Staff Writer State Superior Court Judge Lawrence Lawson, sitting in Freehold, has ruled against the Howell Planning Board and has overturned the board’s denial of an application filed by U.S. Home. The judge’s ruling apparently clears the way for U.S. Home to build…

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    FARRAH MAFFAI Crystal Santiago, 14, on saxophone, is among the students at New Egypt High School, Plumsted, who enjoy performing in one of the school’s three bands. For more, see page 3.

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    VERONICA YANKOWSKI The colors of fall are vibrant along the back roads of Howell.

  • 2 square off in Jackson Joseph Grisanti, Henry Aranda seek three-year term

    Staff Writer By clare M. masi 2 square off in Jackson Joseph Grisanti, Henry Aranda seek three-year term One candidate is running on what he says is his record of achievement over the last three years. Another candidate says he is a newcomer who understands residents’ concerns about taxes and development. The two candidates are…

  • New Egypt H.S. marching band takes first steps

    New Egypt H.S. marching band takes first steps Brianna Foote, 15, and Chris Brooks, 15, hit all the right notes during band practice at New Egypt High School, Plumsted Township. Director excited about enthusiasm shown by young musicians By clare M. masi New Egypt High School band director Patricia Bogardus is proud of the enthusiasm…

  • Students reaching out to child Lakewood class ‘adopts’ North Jersey girl who lost mom in attack

    Staff Writer By clare M. masi Students reaching out to child Lakewood class ‘adopts’ North Jersey girl who lost mom in attack JERRY WOLKOWITZ Clifton Avenue School, Lakewood, fourth-graders (l-r) Xiomara Corrales, Ivan Vargas and Melvin Torres review words of comfort they and their classmates have composed to an 8-year-old girl from North Jersey who…

  • Police understand public’s heightened suspicions Reports of anthrax have put everyone on edge, officers acknowledge

    Staff Writer By kathy baratta Police understand public’s heightened suspicions Reports of anthrax have put everyone on edge, officers acknowledge Some area police departments are being taxed to their limits in the present "climate of fear" that exists since the fear of anthrax poisoning in the United States became a reality to contend with. Howell…