Category: Tri-Town News

REGIONAL INTEREST By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Four residential communities in various stages of the development process are coming to the area in the near future and over the next several years. JSM at Eaton of Piscataway was granted amended preliminary and final major site plan approval at the June 4 Freehold…

By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Chris Vecere, a volunteer tutor with Literacy Volunteers of Monmouth County, chats with students during an ESL conversation group at the Monmouth County Library’s Eastern Branch in Shrewsbury on July 15. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Navigating through everyday life involves innumerable small tasks that many take for granted. Signing forms,…

By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Court is back in session in Plumsted Township after a shared services agreement with Allentown was created to handle the judicial needs of both municipalities. Several months after officials in both towns approved the agreement, Plumsted has a full-time court administrator in place and Allentown has a venue for its…

By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Gerardo Rivera JACKSON – A Boy Scout from Troop 204 who is working to attain the rank of Eagle Scout has received kudos for refurbishing a Little League baseball field. Gerardo Rivera, 16, of Jackson, was honored by the Jackson Township Little League on June 20 after he planned and…

JACKSON — Caitlyn Montgomery of Jackson received her Girl Scout Gold Award during a ceremony at the Woodlake Country Club, Lakewood. The Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore honored 30 young women with the Gold Award during the June 3 event that was sponsored by the New Jersey Education Association. According to a press release,…

The Monmouth County Audubon Society will lead an evening bird walk to look for nesters and shorebirds at the Sandy Hook unit of the Gateway National Recreation Area in northern Monmouth County on Aug. 13. Participants should meet at 6 p.m. at the parking lot of the now-closed visitor center at 128 S. Hartshorne Drive,…

In an effort to recognize and better use the experience and dedication of career prosecutors in the office, Monmouth County Acting Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced the promotion of four current assistant prosecutors who will now serve in the newly created position of Senior Litigation Counsel within the office. Assistant prosecutors Peter Boser, Thomas Huth,…

Rabbi Ellie Shemtov FREEHOLD — Members of Congregation Kol Am are awaiting the arrival of Rabbi Ellie Shemtov as the congregation’s new spiritual leader. On Aug. 1, Shemtov will become the senior rabbi, following 13 years of leadership by Rabbi Brooks R. Susman, who now becomes Rabbi Emeritus. Shemtov initially prepared to be a cantor…

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Guests stroll the grounds at the Freedom Fest State Fair at the Horse Park of New Jersey, Upper Freehold Township, July 8. Fair season will continue with the Monmouth County Fair, Freehold Township, July 22-26.