Category: Tri-Town News

  • County reviews bids for bridge replacement

    Bowman Road structure in Jackson was damaged by Hurricane Irene in August BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Motorists who want to drive the full length of Bowman Road in Jackson will have to wait until at least June to do so. Work on a new bridge is scheduled to begin in February at a location…

  • Wysong wins 3-year term on Plumsted committee

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Michael Wysong, who has been a resident of Plumsted since 1991, has won a three-year term on the Plumsted Township Committee and will join the governing body when it reorganizes in January. Ron Dancer, who has been a member of the governing body for two decades, did not seek re-election…

  • Shelter alumni star in MCSPCA calendar

    2012 Homeward Bound Alumni Calendar on sale now Nermal, an adoptee from the Monmouth County SPCA, became the model for the calendar’s cover. The wait is over, and the star of the Monmouth County SPCA (MCSPCA) alumni calendar has made his debut. The featured adoptee is a feline named Nermal who, like many other shelter…

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    Christopher Baker, 6, of Jackson, peers through his hands to get a closer look during a memorial service for American veterans at the new Veterans Memorial Garden in Jackson on Nov. 11. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Police lodge DWI charges

    JACKSON — Two residents of Jackson were charged with driving while intoxicated on Nov. 12. Just after midnight, police officers responded to a two-vehicle crash near Hyson and Meadowood roads. The officers performed field sobriety tests on one of the drivers who was involved in the accident, Kristie Shea, 20, of Jackson. Shea was subsequently…

  • Professor to lecture about dinosaurs in New Jersey

    Dinosaurs that lived in New Jersey will be the featured Nov. 28 lecture topic at Brookdale Community College, 765 Newman Springs Road (Route 520), Lincroft. The lecture will be held 6-9 p.m. in the Warner Student Life Center, lower level, Twin Lights room. Community members are encouraged to attend the free event that is sponsored…

  • District honored for achievements in AP

    The Freehold Regional High School District has been honored for the second year in a row by the College Board with a place on the organization’s AP Achievement List for simultaneously increasing access to Advanced Placement coursework while maintaining or increasing the percentage of students earning a score of 3 or higher on AP exams.…

  • Plan granted time extension

    — James McEvoy HOWELL — The Planning Board has unanimously approved a time extension for a developer who plans to construct an apartment complex on Route 9 in Howell. AST Sunnyside Road LLC sought the time extension to pursue a minor subdivision related to the location. The extension, the second awarded to the developer, is…

  • Insectropolis in Toms River, the area’s only bugseum, debuted a new exhibit featuring a computer game based on identifying, by hints and photographs, invasive pests that can be found in New Jersey or may be threatening to invade the area. Chris Koerner (r), curator and director of operations, demonstrated the game to Douglas H. Fisher,…