Category: Tri-Town News

  • Photo contest to capture five decades of open space preservation and park development

    A picture may be worth a thousand words, but how many pictures would it take to capture the beauty of preserving 650,000 acres of open space and parks in New Jersey over the past 50 years? That is the challenge the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is putting into the shutter-happy hands of residents…

  • Town planning to use former school for rec programming

    BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer HOWELL— More ways to use space in the former Southard School are finally coming into play as the Howell Township Council and the Howell K-8 School District Board of Education enter into a shared service agreement. School administrators closed the 50- year-old Southard School, Kent Road, in 2009 because of…

  • Officials: Beware of scams

    For residents who are facing the task of clearing debris, repairing homes and draining flooded property in the wake of Hurricane Irene, officials are warning them to be wary of suspicious offers of assistance. “It is an unfortunate fact that disasters attract their share of con artists and frauds, from fly-by-night home improvement contractors to…

  • Join the Moment of Remembrance

    A mericans are being encouraged to come together as a nation for the Moment of Remembrance at 1 p.m. EDT on Sept. 11, 2011. The event will memorialize the lives lost during the terrorist attacks on the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, with one minute of reflection marked by the ringing of bells, sounding…

  • After two decades of self-reliance, animal sanctuary seeks help

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Above: Storm, a Siberian husky who loves to play and run, awaits adoption at Kind Heart Rescue in Upper Freehold Township. Below: Bam, a brown agouti rabbit who was saved from slaughter, is among the animals up for adoption. UPPER FREEHOLD — Times are tough for Kind Heart Rescue. Donations…

  • Young man faces tough road in coping with loss

    Corbin Mayo was 11 when his dad was killed at the World Trade Center BY JENNIFER LILONSKY Rutgers University Student Corbin Mayo Until the body of his father, Robert, was recovered from the rubble of the World Trade Center a month or two after his death, Corbin Mayo of Marlboro could not accept the loss.…

  • Basin due for upgrades

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — Improvements to a township owned storm-water basin are scheduled for early next year, as Jackson and state officials look to improve the quality of water that is headed to Barnegat Bay. According to Township Engineer Dan Burke, a detention storm-water basin off Wilson Boulevard is slated for a…

  • Event will celebrate life of young mother

    Tara Hansen is survived by husband and newborn son BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Tara Deaver Hansen Brandon Ryan Hansen will soon be 5 months old, and he is an “amazing, happy, contented baby,” according to his aunt, Jamie Cone. Brandon’s mother, Tara Deaver Hansen, 29, of Ocean Township, who taught fourthgrade special education…

  • Waterlogged residents pleading for assistance

    Rain in week before Irene damages homes, property in Moor’s Landing BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer HOWELL — Even before Hurricane Irene struck New Jersey during the weekend of Aug. 27-28, residents of the Moors Landing development off Strickland Road in Howell were experiencing damage to their properties due to heavy rain from the previous…