Category: Tri-Town News

  • Briefs due in January on NJNG pipeline proposal

    By MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer A proposal by New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG) to construct a natural gas pipeline through parts of Burlington, Monmouth and Ocean counties will be on the docket for the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) in 2016. The company’s proposal has been in the news since early in 2015…

  • Package theft a concern

    By JENNIFER ORTIZ and KENNY WALTER Staff Writers STAFF PHOTGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR The theft of packages delivered to doorsteps is becoming a bigger problem as more and more people shop online for their Christmas gifts. Woodbridge Police Capt. Roy Hoppock said package theft has become a growing issue, and there are very few ways to…

  • Holiday lights to be collected, recycled in Plumsted through Jan. 9

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer PLUMSTED – A display of holiday cheer and environmental awareness will return to downtown New Egypt for a third straight year as members of a nonprofit organization showcase the merits of reusing and recycling unwanted items. From now through Jan. 9, Nurture Environmental Stewardship Today (NEST) will be collecting unwanted…

  • Drug distributor gets prison term

    A resident of Farmingdale has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in a large-scale drug trafficking organization that distributed heroin in Ocean and Monmouth counties, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Jason O’Neal, 43, of Farmingdale, who is also known as “Born,” previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Peter G.…

  • Applicant revises aspects of Howell office building

    By JENNIFER ORTIZ Staff Writer HOWELL — An applicant who wants to construct an office building on Ford Road presented revised plans to the Zoning Board of Adjustment during a recent meeting. Representatives of Ford Road Equities returned before the board on Nov. 23 seeking a use variance that would permit the development of a…

  • Clients have found caring touch for 30 years

    By JENNIFER ORTIZ Staff Writer Lucy Melillo is the second-generation owner of Wig Illusions, Manalapan, which offers products to individuals who are battling diseases that result in hair loss. JENNIFER ORTIZ/STAFF A second-generation family business is marking 30 years of service to individuals who are battling diseases that result in hair loss. Wig Illusions, in…

  • Middletown man charged with making threats at mall theaters

    REGIONAL INTEREST Investigators have arrested a Middletown man and charged him with making a pair of bomb threats at the Freehold AMC movie theaters at Freehold Raceway Mall, Freehold Township, Monmouth County Acting Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced. The prosecutor said Jesse Carroll, 22, of Middletown, who is an employee of the Freehold AMC theaters,…

  • Evergreen trees will help to rebuild dunes at shore

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer PLUMSTED – Evergreen trees that are currently being used as Christmas decorations could embody the charity and community feeling of the holiday season well into the new year. For the fourth consecutive year, the Plumsted Youth for Nature and the Environment (PYNE) will collect discarded pine trees and fir trees…

  • Plumsted officials hire 2 new officers

    PLUMSTED – The Township Committee has hired two police officers to replace two men who recently left the Plumsted Police Department. The appointments of Officer Joseph Engrassia and Officer John R. Garrigan were recently approved by the members of the governing body. “We are excited for these new officers,” Mayor Jack Trotta said. “We believe…