Category: Tri-Town News

PHOTOS BY MATT DENTON Thousands turned out to celebrate Independence Day at the 25th Annual OceanFest held along the oceanfront Promenade in Long Branch. Among the attractions that drew crowds to the family friendly festival were professional sand sculptures, live musical performances, children’s activities and entertainment, an Afro-Caribbean music and dance festival, crafts and delicious…

By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Steve Dillon of Monroe Township cleans his 1935 Graham at the Classic Car Cruise held at The Shoppes of Old Bridge on July 3. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Car enthusiasts, as well as families and investors, are flocking to car cruise nights throughout New Jersey to take a look at…

By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer PLUMSTED – Additional donations from several local businesses mean an Independence Day fireworks display will last longer in Plumsted this year. The “Rockin’ Fireworks” event, sponsored by the Plumsted Business and Merchants Association (PBMA), will feature a 20-minute fireworks display that will light up the night sky with an even…

By REBECCA CHENG Staff Writer The Howell Planning Board will reconvene on July 16 to continue deliberations on a plan for 17 homes north of Asbury Avenue and west of Five Points Road in Howell. The board heard testimony on June 18 on the plan submitted by Gross and Gross Associates. The development has been…

Work should begin this fall on the reconstruction of Hope Chapel Road from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst to Route 527 in Manchester and Jackson townships, according to a press release from the Ocean County Board of Freeholders. The project will include the reconstruction and overlay of approximately 2.5 miles of Route 547 (Hope Chapel Road). “The…

By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent Lisa Post administers medication to Ozzy, center, a 10-year-old mule, while Wyatt, an 18- year-old Hanoverian, looks on in a field at the Chestnut Ridge Equestrian Center, Millstone Township. PHOTOS BY FRANK GALIPO Helping Hearts Equine Rescue Inc. needs funds to survive through the summer, according to volunteer Julie Stern. Helping…

By REBECCA CHENG Staff Writer Monmouth County Acting Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni announces that hospitals in Monmouth and Ocean counties will replenish the overdose antidote Narcan at no cost to law enforcement agencies. REBECCA CHENG/STAFF Hospitals in Monmouth and Ocean counties are joining forces with their respective county prosecutors to combat the heroin and opiate overdose…

REBECCA CHENG/STAFF Howell’s new police chief, Andrew Kudrick, speaks to fellow officers, family members and friends during a Change of Command ceremony on June 25. Listening to Kudrick are, left to right, Monmouth County Acting Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni, Howell Township Manager Jeff Mayfield and Police Chief Ronald Carter, who retired on June 30. See story,…

By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer Parlin Gressitt, left, practices signing with Phoebe Gartside during an American Sign Language program at the Middletown Township Public Library on June 27. Gartside, a senior at Middletown High School South, founded the program along with classmate Sarah Maggipinto to teach the basics of signing, which could become a…