Category: Tri-Town News

By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer From the Garden owner Drew Madzin endures the August heat to check on one of his honeybee hives. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Standing among his beehives, Drew Madzin is calm, despite the bees feverishly buzzing around him. With the hot, August sun beating down on him, Madzin, a Freehold resident,…

JACKSON – A Jackson resident sustained non-life threatening injuries when he was shot in the face during an attempted armed robbery on South New Prospect Road. Jackson Police Capt. Steven Laskiewicz said the incident occurred shortly after the man left a bar in Brook Plaza at about 2 a.m. Aug. 13. Police did not release…

By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Members of the public have voiced their support for an ordinance that will, if adopted by the Jackson Township Council, make unwanted solicitations on private property subject to tougher penalties. On Aug. 11, council members voted unanimously to introduce an ordinance that will amend the portion of the municipal code…

PLUMSTED – A traffic stop resulted in the arrest of a New Egypt woman after an investigation led to the discovery of nearly 90 bags of substances believed to be heroin and methamphetamine in her vehicle. Police said the arrest of Valerie Sheridan, 26, took place during a motor vehicle stop on a silver Ford…

PHOTOS BY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Members of the Jackson Police Department and the community’s fire companies were among the service organizations represented at the National Night Out event held on Aug. 4 at the Jackson Plaza shopping center. National Night Out gives people of all ages a chance to meet and greet the individuals…

TOP PICK Layla Khoshnoudi, Jacob A. Ware, Judith Hawking, Gregory Haney SUZANNE BARABAS New Jersey Repertory Company announces the U.S. premiere of “Nobody’s Girl” by Australian playwright Rick Viede. Is there anything more scandalous than a juicy tell-all memoir? Viciously funny, “Nobody’s Girl” features a potpourri of outrageous characters who wheel and deal in a…

By P.J. CANDIDO Staff Writer HOWELL — The fourth annual Kicks 4 Kids soccer marathon is approaching and the board members who direct the event are thankful for the success it has generated the past three years. The soccer marathon was created in memory of Madison Beggs of Howell, who died in June 2012 at…

On the evening of Aug. 26, the plaza in front of the Monmouth County Hall of Records in Freehold Borough will again be filled with great music, good times and the family and friends of Bill Heine when the second annual Hope for the Hungry concert takes place. Performing from 7:30-9:30 p.m. will be Turnstyles,…

By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer PLUMSTED – A global game of exploration is making its way to Plumsted as one resident aims to share her sense of adventure and local history with her neighbors. At 10 a.m. Aug. 22, attendees will join Lauren Harper, 17, and the Plumsted Youth for Nature and the Environment (PYNE)…