Category: Tri-Town News

  • Jackson mayor files notice to sue municipality

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Jackson Mayor Michael Reina has filed a tort claim notice indicating that he plans to file a lawsuit against the township of Jackson and the Jackson Police Department. The tort claim notice was filed on Feb. 3 by attorney Robert F. Varady, of the firm La Corte, Bundy, Varady and…

  • Voters reject call for extra taxes

    Plumsted Township Committee members will assess budget options BYMARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Voters on April 27 said no to the Plumsted Township Committee’s request for additional property taxes to support the 2011 municipal budget. A new state law permits a governing body to exceed the prescribed amount of money it may raise in local taxes,…

  • Entertainer’s paintings earn exhibit at museum

    Marilyn Michaels is well known for her TV, stage appearances BYAMY ROSEN Staff Writer Entertainer Marilyn Michaels and her husband, Steven Portnoff, are parttime residents of Freehold Township. Paintings by Michaels, along with memorabilia from her career in show business, will be on exhibit at the Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County, Freehold Township. Everyone…

  • Layoffs may be result of referendum defeat

    Jackson officials preparing to review municipal budget BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON – Township officials will spend the next few weeks reviewing Jackson’s 2011 municipal budget following the defeat of a binding public referendum question that, if approved, would have permitted them to collect more in property taxes this year than the amount permitted…

  • May 15 walk to support brain tumor research

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer PLUMSTED — A headache does not mean you have a brain tumor and neither does a facial twitch or vision problems, but those symptoms could mean there is a problem, so check with your doctor. That was the message offered by Plumsted resident Bruce Blount, who is the walk coordinator…

  • 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…

  • Residents’ attorney waits for chance to question witnesses

    HOWELL— Testimony about an application filed by T-Mobile Northeast LLC to build a cellular communications tower on property owned by Christ Church of Freehold at 71 Oak Glen Road continued for a brief time at the April 11 meeting of the Howell Zoning Board of Adjustment. T-Mobile is asking the zoning board to grant it…

  • Jackson teenager succumbs to injuries sustained in crash

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Friends of Jackson Liberty High School senior Michael Rosado-Tancredi have created a roadside memorial in honor of the teenager who died on April 20. Rosado-Tancredi was a passenger in a vehicle that crashed on Clearstream Road, Jackson, on April 19. JACKSON — Counselors were expected to make themselves available this…