Category: Tri-Town News
-

datebook
A Move Today exercise program for seniors, hosted by Plumsted Senior Outreach Services, will be held 10-11 a.m. June 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23, 28 and 30 in the SOS community meeting room in the Plumsted municipal building. All seniors are welcome. New participants need a permission form from their doctor. Details: 609-758-…
-

Base starting to deliver parts of launch system
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer The NavalAir Systems Command, Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment program at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in south central New Jersey has delivered the first set of Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) components to be used on the future Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier. “Being able to deliver the very first EMALS…
-

Arrest made in theft cases
HOWELL — Helen Darden, 43, of Long Branch, was arrested on May 17 in connection with numerous thefts from mailboxes that have occurred in Howell, Brick Township, Toms River, Ocean Township, Neptune, Wall Township and Lakewood. Darden was arrested by Wall Township Police and charged with theft by deception, two counts of forgery and two…
-

datebook
The Disabled American Veterans, Chapter 77, serving Howell, Jackson, Lakewood and Plumsted, meets on the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Jackson VFW, Magnolia Drive, Jackson. Any veteran who was injured during his or her service in the armed forces is welcome to attend a meeting and to join the…
-

Serviceman receives special gift
HOWELL — Through fundraising efforts, the gift of reading will be sent to a father in Afghanistan from pupils at the Greenville Elementary School in Howell. U.S. Air Force Maj. Lynn Robinson is currently serving his third tour in Afghanistan. His son, Riley, is a pupil in Rosemarie DePaolis’ third-grade class. The bond between the…
-

Accident claims life of driver
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer The driver of a 2001 Ford Escape that was involved in a May 13 collision with a vehicle being driven by a Jackson Memorial High School student has died. Robert Vallee, 41, of Manchester, was airlifted after the crash to Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, where he remained in…
-

Jackson Township issues revised municipal budget schedule
By Dave Benjamin JACKSON — The saga of the 2011 Jackson municipal budget goes on. After initially informing the Tri-Town News during the week of May 16 that the Township Council would adopt the budget at a meeting on May 31, officials contacted the newspaper late on the afternoon of May 24 and said the…
-

datebook
Dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, and memory disorders will be discussed by Dr. Joshua Shua-Haim, a professor of medicine and geriatrician who specializes in areas of memory loss, at 11:30 a.m. May 27 at Bartley Healthcare Nursing and Rehabilitation, 175 Bartley Road, Jackson. Members of the community are invited to attend, especially those who are caring…
-

And the nest gets a little bit emptier
ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH A lthough it’s everything that you raise them to do, it’s tough to graduate a child. Especially after going through a senior year that is riddled with the last of everything. The last first day of school, the last football game, and as the graduate so blatantly pointed out…
