Category: Tri-Town News

  • Five positions cut in Jackson

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — As officials prepare to adopt Jackson’s 2012 operating budget, the Tri-Town News has learned that five municipal positions were recently eliminated. Four employees lost their jobs at town hall and the person who held the fifth position that was eliminated was hired by another department. On Jan. 27,…

  • Mayor’s Cup golf outing to support holiday charity

    HOWELL — The 17th annual Mayor’s Cup golf outing will benefit the Howell Holiday Give-A-Way to help ensure that families who have fallen on hard times can still have a festive and enjoyable holiday season. The May 7 event is sponsored by the Howell Optimist Club and the Howell Municipal Alliance and will include golfing…

  • Book will recount history of Metedeconk National

    JACKSON — Metedeconk National Golf Club, Jackson, recognized by the New Jersey Golf Course Owners Association as the 2012 Club of the Year, is gearing up for its 25th anniversary this year by publishing a book detailing the club’s history, planning a series of activities and releasing a special logo honoring the occasion. Nestled in…

  • Bill: Do not kill horses for consumption by humans

    Sending a strong message that New Jersey does not eat horse meat, Assemblyman Ronald S. Dancer (R-Ocean, Monmouth, Middlesex, Burlington) has introduced and sponsored legislation, A-2023, a bill banning the sale or slaughter of horses for human meat consumption after President Barack Obama lifted a federal ban in December 2011 that had banned the practice…

  • Committee hopes for best for redevelopment project

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer PLUMSTED — A redevelopment project that is expected to revitalize an historic building in the New Egypt section of Plumsted was unanimously approved by the Township Committee on March 22, setting the stage for the sale of a Main Street property to a redevelopment firm. Committee members agreed to sell…

  • Proposed law in Millstone aims to protect businesses

    MILLSTONE — Interfering with business would be a disorderly persons offense under an ordinance introduced at the March 21 Millstone Township Township Committee meeting. A public hearing is scheduled for April 18. If adopted, the ordinance would amend Chapter II of Millstone’s general ordinances, under police regulations, section 3-9, “Peace and Good Order.” The amendment…

  • Turkey Swamp Park campground to open April 1

    Spring into spring by spending a night under the stars at the Monmouth County Park System’s family campground in Turkey Swamp Park, Georgia Road, Freehold Township. Opening for the season on April 1, the campground features 64 wooded campsites (52 of which can be reserved while 12 are available on a first-come, first-served basis). All…

  • Howell grad ready for ‘West Side Story’ tour

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Melanie Wildman MARLBORO — Like many aspiring entertainers, Melanie Wildman knows how it feels to dance, sing and act her way through a demanding audition process, only to be let go at the final moment. But when Wildman, who is a Boston Conservatory freshman, boards a plane destined for Berlin,…

  • New style of temporary tag unveiled by New Jersey MVC

    The way in which car buyers temporarily tag their newly purchased vehicles changed significantly on March 22 as the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission and various levels of law enforcement joined forces to announce and unveil the state’s new system for issuing electronic temporary vehicle registration tags . According to a press release, the eTemp…