Category: Tri-Town News

  • Greater Media’s Peter H. Smyth named America’s Best Broadcaster

    Peter H. Smyth Greater Media Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Peter H. Smyth was named America’s Best Broadcaster by Radio Ink Magazine during the 2011Annual Radio Wayne Awards on Sept. 14 at a special luncheon at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Chicago. This honor is given to an individual who has made the greatest impact…

  • New state veterinarian wants to safeguard agricultural animals

    New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher appointed Manoel Tamassia as the New Jersey state veterinarian and director of the New Jersey Department of Agriculture’s Division of Animal Health. Tamassia served as acting state veterinarian since April and held the position of principal veterinarian and Division of Animal Health assistant director for the past…

  • Student charged after fight at high school

    PLUMSTED — Officers from the Plumsted Police Department arrested a New Egypt High School student on Sept. 19 after administrators reported a fight that broke out in a school hallway. According to information provided by police, when Officer Jared England and Detective Brant Uricks arrived at the school at about 1 p.m. the fight was…

  • Suspicious activity results in arrests

    JACKSON — Police officers arrested three people and lodged drug charges against them on Sept. 4. During the course of the incident, the officers seized drug paraphernalia and numerous packets that contained a controlled dangerous substance believed to be heroin. Police said residents called to report suspicious activity taking place near a black Saturn Ion…

  • Howell will issue bonds to pay off tax refunds

    HOWELL — The Howell Township Council adopted an ordinance on Sept. 6 that will permit the township to issue bonds and to refund $1.35 million to property owners who successfully appealed their property assessments. The bonds must be issued and the money borrowed because Howell does not have the cash on hand to pay the…

  • GREEN SCENE

    September exit strategy GOTTI KELLEY “It takes a while to grasp that a garden isn’t a testing ground for character and to stop asking, what did I do wrong? Maybe nothing.” — Eleanor Perenyi H as hodgepodging descended on your garden? Overcrowded with dense and uncontrolled growth, weeds hiding in plain sight and nary a…

  • Hazardous wastes to be collected

    Ocean County will collect household hazardous waste at five different sites throughout the county on five different dates beginning Oct. 20. “This program helps keep hazardous materials out of the waste stream and helps protect Barnegat Bay,” said Freeholder James F. Lacey. “We are pleased to offer this program to our residents and encourage its…

  • Water tanker totaled while heading to fire

    PLUMSTED — A 3,500-gallon water tanker belonging to the New Egypt Fire Company was totaled in an accident that occurred as the vehicle was responding to the scene of an attic fire at 201 Route 539 in neighboring Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth County, on Sept. 9. While en route to the fire at 8:06 a.m.,…

  • POW speaks for those who cannot

    Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in south central New Jersey hosted the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Remembrance Ceremony on Sept. 14 in Lakehurst’s historic Hangar 1. Active-duty and long-retired service members from every branch of service came to pay their respects and honor the memory of the nation’s heroes. Attendees from the Veterans of Foreign Wars…