Category: Tri-Town News
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Farmers getting set for new crop of ‘U-Pickers’
Plumsted’s popular destinations preparing for visitors during spring and summer BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Charlie Hallock of Hallock’s U-Pick Farm and Greenhouses in the New Egypt section of Plumsted is making preparations for another year in which he will welcome visitors to his family farm. The agri-tourism business is an important source of revenue…
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Traditional services make Russian bathhouse unique
Retired Goldman Sachs trader, son of late St. Vladimir priest, is part owner of the banya BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Alex Ross, one of the owners of the new Bear and Birch Russian bathhouse (banya) in Freehold Township, adjusts the Vichy soap scrub massage shower. Ross and his fellow owner Peter Kizenko said…
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8 single-family homes switch to 28 townhouses in Howell
BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer HOWELL— The Howell Zoning Board of Adjustment has unanimously approved preliminary and final site plans for Seven Oaks at Howell, an age-restricted development on Cranberry Road. The board approved the application at its March 12 meeting after testimony was carried over from the panel’s Feb. 6 meeting. The applicant sought…
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LADACIN marks 60 years of service
LADACIN Network held its 31st annual Rosebud Gala Dinner Dance on March 10 at the Sheraton Eatontown. The agency is celebrating 60 years of service to people with disabilities and their families throughout Monmouth and Ocean counties. The Rosebud Gala is the agency’s premier annual fundraising event, featuring dinner and dancing, an awards ceremony, gift…
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FRHSD puts $186.8M budget before public
BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer A n increase in state aid to the tune of nearly $5 million is not expected to be enough to curb a projected increase in the Freehold Regional High School District’s 2012-13 tax levy. The tax levy is the total amount of money paid in property taxes by property owners…
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Ordinance to be given second look
At issue are fees for summer camp and payment for use of recreation fields in Jackson BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — A proposed set of Recreation Department fee increases had officials and residents up in arms during the March 13 meeting of the Jackson Township Council, after fees regarding summer sports leagues made…
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JCP&L work will cause power outage in Jackson
JACKSON — Jersey Central Power and Light has scheduled a planned power outage for March 23 (rain date March 26) between 10 a.m. and noon in order to complete maintenance work on a circuit out of the Van Hiseville substation on East Veterans Highway, Jackson. The following streets are affected: Cathy Court, Dorathys Lane, Douglas…
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Jackson council continues to review budget
Police chief cites need for more officers in town BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Two days after Jackson Mayor Michael Reina outlined the 2012 municipal budget at the March 13 Township Council meeting, various department heads gathered to discuss their respective budgets during the first of three public workshops. According to officials, department heads were…
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Blood drive to be held for sixth-grader
A blood drive will be held 3:30-8:30 p.m. March 29 at the Land O’ Pines School, 81 Windeler Road, Howell, in honor of Madison Beggs, a sixth-grade Howell student who is battling brain cancer and has recently undergone surgery. Madison’s family and friends are appealing to the community to attend the blood drive and donate…
