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…

TOP PICK Six Flags Great Adventure promises its biggest, scariest Fright Fest® this fall with 22 Halloween-themed attractions including three new haunts and four new shows.The seven-week festival that features family-friendly thrills by day and a zombie-filled Fright by Night runs weekends through Nov. 1. By day, families can enjoy the new Spooky, Kooky Magic…

REBECCA NOWALSKI Kim Fry of Jackson performs with the Liberty Oak Chorus during “guest night” at the Applewood Estates performing arts center, Freehold Township, on Sept. 24.

By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Jurors must report to the Monmouth Count Courthouse in Freehold to serve jury duty. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR The jury duty process, deeply rooted in English history and well established in New Jersey, continues to evolve. The right to trial by jury in the United States dates to Colonial times.…

By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer The service and sacrifice of members of the United States armed forces will be publicly saluted by the Jackson 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…

MATT DENTON Gabriel Correa, 11, fires a flintlock rifle during his visit to the sixth annual New Jersey WILD Outdoor Expo that was held at the Colliers Mills Wildlife Management Area, Jackson, Sept. 12. The expo is hosted by the state Department of Environmental Protection Division of Fish and Wildlife, Division of Parks and Forestry,…

HOWELL — Howell Day will be celebrated for a 43rd year from 1-8 p.m. Oct. 3 at Soldier Memorial Park, Lakewood-Farmingdale Road, Howell. Everyone is invited to attend the community event. Howell Day will kick off with a performance by the Howell High School marching band. The day will also feature performances by the Phil…

Jewish organizations, schools and Chabad centers in the greater Monmouth County area are set to host an evening with Eva Schloss of London. Schloss will share her experiences as a childhood friend of Anne Frank, including accounts of the publishing of “The Diary of Anne Frank.” The presentation will be suitable for teenagers and families…

By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON – Municipal officials have voted to continue relying on the services of Quality Medical Transport for at least another year. The Township Council recently passed a resolution that extended an initial contract from 2013 for at least one more year. Since 2008, Jackson has used Quality Medical Transport, Bayville,…