Category: Tri-Town News

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    Mary-Jo Smith (l) directs students from the Greenville and Adelphia schools during a musical presentation that was part of Howell Township’s Christmas tree lighting ceremony on Dec. 12. FRANK GALIPO

  • Layoffs still looming for Jackson workers

    Administrator: Close tabs are being kept on municipal budget BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Jackson municipal employees who are concerned about losing their jobs had a chance to express their fears and frustrations to members of the Jackson Township Council on Dec. 13. The employees represented the engineering, construction and inspection, animal control, planning and…

  • 42 apartments get preliminary OK

    Property is in Adelphia section of Howell BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer The Howell Zoning Board of Adjustment has memorialized its preliminary site plan and bulk variance approvals for a 42-unit apartment complex at the southeast corner Wyckoff Mills Road and Clayton Avenue in Howell. The property is near the Adelphia post office. The approvals…

  • Luxury goes to the dogs at Millstone pet resort

    Owner brings more than 40 years’ experience to regional facility BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Shelly Leibowitz Cruising along the winding half-mile driveway, a sense of peace seems to descend as nature surrounds. The drive peaks at an imposing, modern brick-andstone structure that sits atop a sprawling expanse of woods and open fields in Millstone…

  • Ocean County planning to inventory street signs

    I t sounds like a daunting task, but Ocean County will begin a complete inventory of its more than 40,000 street signs beginning in the new year. “We are undertaking the project in order to meet the new requirements outlined by the Federal Highway Administration,” said Freeholder John P. Kelly, director of law and public…

  • Improvements to basin OK’d

    — James McEvoy HOWELL — The Township Council has adopted a $1.4 million bond ordinance to facilitate improvements to a water basin in the park at the Parkside Commons residential development on Lakewood-Allentown Road. According to Howell’s Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey Filiatreault, the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is offering a forgivable loan to…

  • Fire starts as generator is refueled

    JACKSON — An accident involving a diesel generator on the morning of Dec. 13 caused a homeowner on Bowman Road to be forced off the premises as a structural fire engulfed a detached garage on the property. Officials said that at 8:07 a.m., Jackson Police Officers Theodore Kucowski and Steve Scaglione arrived at 870 Bowman…

  • Layoffs still looming for Jackson workers

    By Andrew Martins JACKSON – Municipal employees who are concerned about losing their jobs had a chance to express their fears and frustrations to members of the Jackson Township Council on Dec. 13. The employees represented the engineering, construction and inspection, animal control, planning and zoning, public works, and code enforcement/housing departments. They were some…

  • Officials not high on idea for pot farms

    Public hearing on ordinance set for Dec. 28 in Plumsted BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer I n a move that mirrors a recent ordinance introduction in neighboring Upper Freehold Township, the Plumsted Township Committee has introduced an ordinance that would prohibit any potential land use applications that violate federal law. The ordinance was introduced during…