Category: Tri-Town News

  • Blood donors sought during slow summer

    Phlebotomist at Howell facility appreciates regular donors, welcomes all to lend a vein BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer Leah Cinman, a phlebotomist at the Howell Donor Center, collects blood from Maryann Pucilowski of Howell, who is a longtime donor to the center. JAMES McEVOY A s temperatures rise during the summer months, so does the…

  • SBOANJ awards scholarships to Fanning, McDermott

    BY SARA WALLACH Correspondent Veronica Fanning Veronica Fanning of Jackson and Caitlin McDermott of Millstone Township, the daughters of two prominent horse trainers, were selected to receive the 2012 Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey college scholarships. “I was relieved and happy when I found out,” Fanning said. “It was another step toward…

  • National Night Out event set for Aug. 7 in Jackson

    JACKSON — The Jackson Police Department will hold its annual National Night Out Against Crime event 6-9 p.m. Aug. 7 at the Jackson Plaza shopping center at North County Line and Cook roads. National Night Out is a community awareness and police awareness event that is celebrated in communities and at military installations around the…

  • Full moon hike set for Aug. 1

    JACKSON — The New Jersey Forest Service and the Jackson Pathfinders will host the annual Full Moon Hike on Aug. 1. This free hike will begin promptly at 6:30 p.m. at the Interpretive Center of the Forest Resource Education Center (FREC) on Don Connor Boulevard, Jackson. Families, scouts and groups of all ages are invited…

  • Municipal offices could be in Global building in Sept.

    Work continues at site of Howell’s new town hall BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer Construction workers are continuing to retrofit portions of the second floor of the former Global office building in Howell, which is being converted into Howell’s new municipal building. Shown here is the space that will become the main meeting room. JAMES…

  • Club has offered summer fun in Howell for decades

    Generations of families have enjoyed fun and camaraderie at club BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer Jeff Wester, 13, soars off a diving board at the Candlewood Swim Club, Howell. The swim club has been a hub of summer fun since the 1960s. SCOTT FRIEDMAN For almost the entirety of the Candlewood Swim and Racquet Club’s…

  • Surfer artist reflects on roots in Howell

    BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer Howell native Jay Alders has become a renowned painter of surrealistic surfers and beach scenes. Alders, who now lives in Florida, will be making an appearance at the Algonquin Theatre, Manasquan, on July 27 in conjunction with a performance by G. Love. SEAN DAVEY Howell, which is known in part…

  • Petrecca expected to be named police chief in Plumsted

    PLUMSTED — Police Sgt. Matthew Petrecca, who has been the Plumsted Police Department’s Officer in Charge since September 2009, is expected to become Plumsted’s new police chief. The Township Committee has introduced an ordinance that if adopted, will create the position of police chief. The ordinance will be the subject of a public hearing and…

  • Jackson police to get license plate reader

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — With a new piece of law enforcement technology in place, one Jackson police cruiser will become an extra set of eyes for the officer inside the vehicle. A resolution approving the purchase of a four-camera mobile auto license plate reader system and the Panasonic Toughbook computer that is…