Category: Tri-Town News

By P.J. CANDIDO Staff Writer Gary DiGregorio, owner of the Twin Pond Farm & Country Market in Howell, demonstrates pumpkin bowling. Using a small pumpkin as a ball and hay bales as gutters, he bowls a strike. Everyone gets a prize in this game, with four strikes earning the big prize. MATT DENTON Fall is…

By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer A Jackson Planning Board public hearing on a proposed shopping center has been placed on the panel’s agenda for Nov. 16 at town hall. Menzi Properties of Staten Island, New York, is proposing to build Chandler Plaza at the intersection of Hyson and Chandler roads. The 4.4-acre parcel is in…

By JENNIFER ORTIZ Staff Writer Howell native Gary Gellman of Gellman Images was in Philadelphia on Sept. 26 covering the arrival of Pope Francis at Philadelphia International Airport and captured the moment (above) when the Pope stopped his motorcade, exited his vehicle and blessed and kissed a 10-year-old boy who has cerebral palsy. PHOTO BY…

The first “Dancing with Our Stars” event will be hosted by the Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore at Eagle Oaks Country Club, Howell, on Nov. 12 from 6-10 p.m. Tickets are $75 per person and are available online at girlscoutsjs.org/dance. According to a press release, the evening will be full of energy as MC…

JACKSON – The service and sacrifice of members of the United States armed forces will be publicly saluted by the community on Oct. 10. For the eighth consecutive year, the Central Jersey Rifle and Pistol Club, Jackson, will host the Wounded Warrior Parade. The parade will start at 9:30 a.m. and proceed from the Jackson…

The largest orchid auction in the Mid- Atlantic region is scheduled for Oct. 11 at the Monmouth Reform Temple, 332 Hance Ave., Tinton Falls. The auction begins at noon, with doors opening for a preview at 11 a.m. The auction, which is sponsored by the Deep Cut Orchid Society (DCOS), will feature more than 400…

By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer PLUMSTED – Municipal officials have agreed to switch from observing a moment of silence at the start of Township Committee meetings to offering a public prayer. “All of us on this committee believe we have the right to start our meetings with a prayer,” Mayor Jack Trotta said of the…

Greater Media’s Deana Poole and Marc Mustachio were among those honored at the 2015 Radio Ink Radio Wayne Awards. The ceremony took place on Oct. 1 during the annual Radio Show Advertiser Breakfast held at the Marriott Marquis in Atlanta, Ga. Greater Media Philadelphia’s Deana Poole was named “Digital Sales Specialist of the Year.” Greater…

Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women, second only to lung cancer. One in eight women is expected to develop breast cancer in her lifetime, and a recent survey by the Society for Women’s Health Research found that 22 percent of women named breast cancer as the disease they fear most.The specter…