Category: Tri-Town News

  • Solar farms would become permitted use in SED zones

    — Christina Haberstroh HOWELL — The Howell Township Council has introduced an ordinance that will make solar energy generation facilities a permitted use in the township’s Special Economic Development (SED) zones. The ordinance was introduced on March 15. Apublic hearing has been scheduled for April 5. The ordinance amends current land use regulations. Township Attorney…

  • WELCOME TO… Treasures of the Jersey Shore

    Sea Girt offers historic lore, ocean panorama BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer “The Intelligent Whale” at the Military Museum FollowWreck Pond bridge into the beautiful and historic borough of Sea Girt. This one-square-mile town includes the area between Stockton Lake and Wreck Pond. Though modest in size, the quaint beach town incorporated in 1917 is…

  • Spring Fling makeover contest seeks entries

    — Dave Benjamin JACKSON — If you have ever watched the television show “What Not to Wear” and wondered what a new you could look like, the Caregiver Volunteers of Central Jersey (CVCJ) may have the answer for you. CVCJ will hold a Spring Fling makeover contest featuring experts who can teach people what to…

  • Council says compost will not be put in park

    Jackson officials facing deadline to leave site on Jackson Mills Road BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — Municipal officials told members of the public at the March 22 meeting of the Jackson Township Council that a compost facility will not be placed in John F. Johnson Jr. Memorial Park on Kierych Drive. Their comments…

  • Talk to focus on raising chickens

    HOWELL— It wasn’t so long ago that family chicken farms lined Route 9 from Freehold to Lakewood, and the egg business was big business. Most of those farms have vanished, but according to Time magazine, the art of raising chickens is becoming popular once again because of the growing interest in sustainable farming and the…

  • ‘Smokin hot’ photo used on greeting card

    BYAMY ROSEN Staff Writer Marlene Brooker shows the greeting card that features a photograph of her greatgreat grandfather. Hallmark Cards selected the photo and an accompanying phrase as a winning entry in a recent contest. When Marlene Brooker’s greatgreat grandfather posed for a photo while smoking his pipe many, many years ago, he most likely…

  • Park system plans events for Earth Day

    The Monmouth County Park System’s Earth Day celebration will be held from noon to 5 p.m. April 16 and 17. The fun will start on April 16 at the Manasquan Reservoir Environmental Center, Georgia Tavern Road, Howell, with crafts, snake shows, boat tours and much more. Visitors will learn fun ways to enjoy and protect…

  • Plumsted woman charged with sexual assault of two boys

    By Mark Rosman PLUMSTED — A female resident of Plumsted has been jailed after being charged with two counts of sexual assault on a minor, according to information provided by the Plumsted Police Department. In a press release issued today, March 31, police said that on March 22, the department investigated an alleged sexual assault…

  • Three charged with attempted theft

    JACKSON — Three residents of Howell have been charged in connection with attempted theft from vending machines at the Jackson Outlet Mall on Route 537. According to police, at about 2:55 a.m. March 15, Police Officer Michael Friedman conducted a security check at the outlet mall . While conducting the security check, Friedman came upon…