Category: Tri-Town News

  • Women’s chorus to hold open house

    Women of all ages who enjoy singing are invited to the Heart of New Jersey open house on Jan. 25 at 7:30 p.m. at the Millstone Primary School, Schoolhouse Road, Millstone Township. Sweet Adeline choruses around the world are reaching out this month in an attempt to “teach the world to sing.” Guests will have…

  • Fire chief enjoys serving public

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Steven Morgan Jr. PLUMSTED — On Jan. 4, flanked by his wife, Shelley, and daughters Lauren, Danielle and Amanda, Steven Morgan Jr., 39, was promoted to the rank of Career Fire Chief of the District by the Plumsted Township Board of Fire Commissioners and sworn in by Mayor David Leutwyler.…

  • Curley named director of Monmouth freeholders

    John P. Curley took the reins of the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders on Jan. 5 at Monmouth County’s annual Organization Day held at Biotechnology High School, Freehold Township, pledging to hold the line on spending and provide more oversight over county government. “I will not entertain any new taxes; I will not remain silent…

  • Jackson panel continues to pursue green projects

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — For Jackson residents, the color green symbolizes a number of things. Green means a lush environment, a set of ordinances aimed at preserving trees, and the green quality of the light-emitting diode street lights that are expected to arrive in town this month. For members of Jackson’s Going…

  • Hearts for Hunger effort thanks its contributors

    Food drive was partnership between Howell Ice World & Greater Media Newspapers BYAMY ROSEN Staff Writer The culmination of a month-long food drive to benefit the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties brought those who donated nonperishable items back to Howell Ice World in Howell on Dec. 18 for a special free skate event to…

  • DINNIGAN’S DIVERSIONS

    The stars are aligned at area planetariums LIZZ DINNIGAN I n my youth, my family spent summers at the Pine Knoll bungalow colony in Monticello, N.Y., a small town in the heart of the Catskills’Borscht Belt. Itwas the late ’70s, and we had tremendous freedom to run around barefoot and scamper about our private community…

  • Basin improvements planned

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON— A$1.3 million bond ordinance that is needed to pay for storm-water basin improvements near Don Connor Boulevard was adopted by the Jackson Township Council on Dec. 27, kick-starting the projects for 2012. The upgrades, which include the installation of a bio-retention system that is designed to reduce nitrogen runoff…

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    • A fish fry sponsored by the New Egypt Elks, 105 Lakewood Road, New Egypt, will be held 6-8 p.m. Jan. 13 at the lodge. The cost for a fish dinner is $9 (two pieces) and $10 (three pieces). Chicken will be available for $8 (two pieces) and $9 (three pieces). All children’s dinners are…

  • 54-acre tract slated for preservation

    A t a meeting in December, the Ocean County Board of Freeholders approved the purchase of 54 acres of environmentally sensitive lands by West Turkey Swamp Park in Jackson to preserve the tract as open space. “The consolidated properties comprising West Turkey Swamp Park in Jackson currently encompass about 672 acres of countyowned property within…