Category: Tri-Town News

  • 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…

  • School employee appointed anti-bullying coordinator

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — The Jackson School District Board of Education has appointed a group of employees to serve as anti-bullying specialists, signifying a more proactive response that will be taken when reports of bullying reach school officials. Anti-bullying efforts in school districts throughout New Jersey have seen an increased amount of…

  • Pair charged with burglary

    PLUMSTED — Officials said two residents of Jackson were arrested in Plumsted and each was charged with burglary, possession of stolen property and possession of a controlled dangerous substance believed to be heroin on Aug. 22. Police said witnesses reported seeing a man kicking in the front door of a home on Holly Hill Drive…

  • Jackson residents invited to Sept. 11 memorial event

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON – With the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States arriving next week, various Jackson organizations are planning a ceremony to honor the thousands of people who were killed that day. The Jackson School District Board of Education, Jackson Township and the Westlake…

  • Irene drops hammer on New Jersey

    Howell, Jackson, Plumsted still dealing with storm BYANDREWMARTINS & CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writers The location on Aldrich Road where Howell and Jackson meet was a no man’s land late on the afternoon of Aug. 28 as the aftermath of Hurricane Irene left residents who attempted to drive on the street stranded in flood waters. PEGGY…

  • Eagle Scout project benefits Providence House children

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer For his Eagle Scout project, Eddie Delesky, 15, completed improvements to a playground at Providence House, a facility where victims of domestic abuse, including children, reside. The sound of children playing at a domestic abuse safehouse in Whiting grew a little louder earlier this month when a Jackson Memorial High…

  • Day of Remembrance will be held in Toms River

    Ocean County will hold its annual Day of Remembrance ceremony at 8:30 a.m. Sept. 9 at the Ocean County Sept. 11 monument in the courtyard between 119 and 129 Hooper Ave., Toms River. “The ceremony provides an opportunity for Ocean County government workers to come together as a family and to remember the lives lost…

  • Parents, children prepare to become school walkers

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — As the start of the 2011- 12 school year drew closer, the parents of children who attend the Holman School expressed their concern to the Jackson School District Board of Education about the panel’s recent decision to eliminate courtesy busing for their youngsters. In July the board voted…

  • Donations sought for library book sale

    The Friends of the Plumsted Library is collecting used books for a book sale to be held in November. Fiction, nonfiction, large print, children’s, CDs, DVDs, audio books, and jigsaw puzzles will be accepted. Videotapes, Readers Digest condensed books, magazines and encyclopedias will not be accepted. Books may be dropped off behind the Plumsted Library,…