Category: Tri-Town News

  • Farmers fear pinch of proposed rezoning

    Staff Writer By CLAre m. Masi JERRY WOLKOWITZ Members of the grassroots group Farmers Against Rezoning in Manalapan meet to discuss a rezoning proposal supported by some members of the Township Committee that would create 6- and 10-acre residential lots and, say the farmers, destroy the equity they have in their land. Taylor Palmer, who…

  • Plan for open space fund to be on November ballot

    Plan for open space fund to be on November ballot JACKSON — The Township Commit-tee will ask residents in November if they are willing to pay a special assessment to help purchase and preserve open space. Earlier this month committee members passed a resolution authorizing the placement of a non-binding referendum question on the Nov.…

  • DPW employee’s injuries more serious than first reported

    Staff Writer By Kathy Baratta DPW employee’s injuries more serious than first reported HOWELL — The injuries sustained by a township employee in a motor vehicle accident turned out to have been more serious than initially reported by police on the day of the accident. According to Kimberly Shostak, daughter of Ted Shostak, 50, the…

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    SARAH McCOLGAN With a little help from mom Christy, 7-month-old Angela Saliola enjoys the swings at the newly opened Jackson Jungle playground.

  • Committee expects to adjust zoning requirements

    Staff Writer By Kathy Baratta LAKEWOOD — The Township Committee is getting ready to enact zoning changes that will put the town in line with the development parameters of it’s master plan. Committeeman Charles Cunliffe noted to those present at a July 12 meeting that the proposed changes to 14 existing ordinances are being made…

  • Jackson hires 12 police officers

    Staff Writer By CLAre m. Masi JACKSON — The Township Commit-tee has hired 12 new police officers and expects them to be out on the community’s roads within a year’s time. In a resolution passed July 9, committee members said the 12 applicants selected have been determined to fully meet the qualifications as specified by…

  • Volunteers Domestic Violence Response Team taking form in Jacksonhope to make a difference in someone’s life

    Volunteers Domestic Violence Response Team taking form in Jacksonhope to make a difference in someone’s life AMY GOLDSTEIN Mary Pettrow, program director of Providence House, speaks to potential volunteers about Jackson’s new Domestic Violence Response Team at a meeting at the Jackson Senior Center on July 12. By CLAre M. Masi Staff Writer JACKSON —…

  • Jackson code to formalize planning board procedures

    Staff Writer By Mark Rosman JACKSON — Saying they want to put the Planning Board’s practices into writing, Township Committee members are proposing a law that sets down how applications are to be accepted and heard. At their meeting held July 9, committee members introduced ordinance No. 21-01, establishing procedures for the Planning Board for…

  • Code targets mobile home placement

    Staff Writer By CLAre m. Masi JACKSON — Residents who live in the community’s mobile home parks will not have to worry about losing their land equity any longer. An ordinance reinstituting the original 25-foot minimum distance required between mobile homes came before the Township Committee on July 9. Members of the governing body unanimously…