Category: Tri-Town News

  • Kayak, canoe tour and race May 14

    PLUMSTED — The Crosswicks-Doctors Creek Watershed Association is sponsoring the third annual Kenneth H. Francis Kayak and Canoe Race and Tour on the Crosswicks Creek on May 14 at 9 a.m. The start of both events is at Oakford Lake in New Egypt. Experienced and non-competitive paddlers are welcome to participate. The race course covers…

  • PMUA reports 800 residents sign up for collection service

    PLUMSTED — The Plumsted Municipal Utilities Authority (PMUA) is reporting that nearly 800 residents have signed up so far for discounted trash, recycling and bulky waste service. Based on the positive response, the PMUA plans to begin offering collection service to Plumsted residents beginning July 1, according to a press release. The new township service…

  • Best-selling author to visit Ocean County

    Best-selling author Lawrence Block will speak at the Ocean County Library’s Toms River branch, 101 Washington St., Toms River, on May 23 at 7 p.m. during the library’s annual James J. Mancini Memorial Author Event. Block will discuss his new book, “A Drop of the Hard Stuff.” Block, a grand master of the Mystery Writers…

  • for the record 

    CentraState Healthcare System will present a free physician lecture, “Heavy Periods, Fibroids and Endometriosis: Robotic Surgery for Women,” on May 18 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at CentraState’s Star and Barry Tobias Ambulatory Campus, 901 West Main Street, Freehold Township. The lecture is free, but space is limited and registration is required. For more information and to…

  • datebook 

     A “Tiffany or Trash” appraisal event will be held 1-4 p.m. May 14 at Southard Grange Hall, 4860 Route 9 south, Howell. Price per ticket is $5 (limit four). Details: 732-768-2709.

  • 3 win seats in Plumsted

    PLUMSTED – Three candidates running unopposed for seats on the Plumsted School District Board of Education were elected during the April 27 election. Incumbent Harry E. Miller received 962 votes and incumbent Sandra M. Soles received 959 votes. Both were elected to threeyear terms. Barbara Wig ran unopposed for a one-year term and received 975…

  • Township Committee to review school budget

    BYMARK ROSMAN Staff Writer PLUMSTED — With the voters’ defeat of the Plumsted School District Board of Education’s proposed 2011-12 general fund tax levy, the Township Committee will now undertake a review of the proposed school budget. The committee’s review of the board’s proposed spending plan for the upcoming school year must be completed by…

  • Cancer society to benefit from Howell Zumba-thon

    BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer HOWELL — Burning calories wasn’t the only goal for people who attended Howell High School’s Zumba-thon on April 28. The donations collected from the Zumba-thon went directly to the American Cancer Society and will help students, including juniors Alyssa Wallschleger and Steffanie Rosko, participate in an American Cancer Society Relay…

  • Fire at Great Adventure quickly extinguished

    JACKSON — A fire that began in a lighting fixture under the Lakeside Grandstand at Six Flags Great Adventure theme park, Route 537, on April 23 was quickly extinguished. The theme park was closed at the time the fire was discovered. Patrons had left for the day. “The fire was discovered by park employees during…