Category: Tri-Town News

  • Tai chi to be offered at Ocean County Park

    Tai chi to be offered at Ocean County Park The Ocean County Department of Parks and Recreation is conducting a tai chi program beginning Sept. 5. The 12-week session will be held on Wednesdays, Sept. 5-19; Oct. 3, 10, 17, 31; Nov. 7, 14, 28, and Dec. 5 and 12, from 9:15-10:45 a.m. Fee for…

  • Jackson firefighter heeds call to ‘Go west, young man’

    Staff Writer By clare m. masi Jackson firefighter heeds call to ‘Go west, young man’ Michael Grossman JACKSON — Michael Grossman, a 23-year-old firefighter and member of the town’s Jackson Mills Fire Company, had plans for his 24th birthday. Those plans included being home. Instead, the young local firefighter celebrated his birthday on Aug. 29…

  • Board considers request

    for guidance dept. review By dave benjamin Staff Writer ENGLISHTOWN — Evaluating and improving guidance services is a priority to be addressed by Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education members and administrators. During an Aug. 13 board meeting, Superintendent of Schools James Wasser explained that one of the goals established two years ago…

  • LAKEWOOD — A civil suit will be brought against Lakewood and specific individual employees by resident Thomas Jacobs, the man allegedly beaten by three township police officers following a late-night motor vehicle stop on July 6.

    LAKEWOOD — A civil suit will be brought against Lakewood and specific individual employees by resident Thomas Jacobs, the man allegedly beaten by three township police officers following a late-night motor vehicle stop on July 6. Thomas Jacobs of Lakewood shows injuries that he claims were inflicted by three Lakewood police officers following a July…

  • Police department will form new internal affairs division

    Police department will form new internal affairs division LAKEWOOD — Having received approval from the state Department of Personnel, township officials will proceed with a plan to form a new Internal Affairs Division (IAD) that will operate apart from the rest of the Lakewood Police Department, but whose members will report directly to the police…

  • PBA supporting suspended officers

    Staff Writer By Kathy Baratta LAKEWOOD — Three Lakewood police officers indicted by an Ocean County grand jury and charged with beating a township man have been suspended from the force without pay. That action has drawn condemnation from the Lakewood Policemen’s Benevolent Association Local 71. As well as speaking out against the decision to…

  • Community-minded efforts are restaurant’s hallmark Owner of Scooter’s likes being involved in charitable events

    Staff Writer By theresa a. boschen Community-minded efforts are restaurant’s hallmark Owner of Scooter’s likes being involved in charitable events SARAH McCOLGAN Marlboro police Capt. Danny Schick joins Kim Powers at Scooter’s Family Restaurant and Sports Bar, Howell, to make plans for an Aug. 27 golf outing that will benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation. HOWELL —…

  • Lakewood man charged with murder in local man’s death

    Staff Writer By Kathy Baratta Lakewood man charged with murder in local man’s death LAKEWOOD — A township resident has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of a 41-year-old Lakewood man. Police said Frederick Donte Parrish, 22, of Fifth Street, has been charged with the slaying of Adon Bravo, who was found lying…

  • Project plans irk residents

    Staff Writer By Kathy Baratta HOWELL — The Township Council has been asked to help residents whose property lies next to a proposed adult community in neighboring Freehold Township. According to Michael Butrym, a spokesman for residents of the Pointe O’Woods development, Bergerville Road, Toll Brothers is applying to the Freehold Township Planning Board for…