Category: Tri-Town News

  • Family carries on John Lepping’s legacy

    St. Patrick’s party to be held March 12 will benefit disabled, disadvantaged youths BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer John Lepping (r) mentors a player on the field during his coaching days in the 1970s. Since his death in 2008, the Lepping family, of Millstone Township and Monroe Township, has established a scholarship fund to help…

  • Blazing fast Internet, when it works

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH I t’s been a grim world here at the Clinches. Don’t get me wrong, we are all in good health. The clocks are still running and the dust has been settling in an even coat, so there’s that. But, and this is where things get bleak — for three…

  • Jackson council supports bill proposing death penalty

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — Members of the Jackson Township Council have passed a resolution supporting a bill filed in the state Legislature that proposes the use of the death penalty for killers of law enforcement officers. Sen. Robert Singer (R-Monmouth, Ocean, Mercer, Burlington), whose district includes Jackson, has introduced a bill that…

  • Council will review snow parking code

    BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer HOWELL— Residents made their way to another Howell Township Council meeting recently to voice their displeasure about a municipal ordinance that can result in fines being issued to the owners of cars that remain parked on residential streets during a snow event. The ordinance also levies fines for portable sports…

  • Jackson man given probation for involvement in scheme

    Michael Palermo, 52, of Jackson, was sentenced on Feb. 9 to three years of probation and ordered to pay $10,000 in restitution for committing mail fraud in connection with a civil lawsuit that he instituted against a contracting company, its principal, and others who constructed and sold him a house in 2006, U.S. Attorney Paul…

  • ‘Edward E. Jankowski: Art and Influences’

    Exhibit at Monmouth University will run through March 11 BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer “Bye Bye Billy One” by Edward Jankowski WEST LONG BRANCH — Monmouth University professor Edward Jankowski’s hands-on approach to creating and teaching shines in his current show, “Art and Influences.” His first one-person show, by choice, since 1990 exhibits a selection…

  • Special events bring attention to colorectal cancer month

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — CentraState Medical Center is inviting the public to help Paint the Town Blue in March, which is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. CentraState has joined with colorectal cancer survivor Paulette Stallone of Manalapan to help raise awareness for colon cancer prevention and early detection through screenings. Paulette is a marathon runner, fitness instructor…

  • GM Newspapers staff spreads ‘Greater Good’ at animal shelter

    Volunteers roll up their sleeves at Sayreville Pet Adoption Center BYAMY ROSEN Staff Writer Clockwise from above: Kyle, a Shih Tzu, gets all dolled up for his new owners during Greater Media Newspapers’ Day of Greater Good at the Sayreville Pet Adoption Center on Feb. 17. GMN controller Kathy McBain (center), an experienced groomer, gets…

  • Testimony continues on cell tower

    BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer HOWELL — Members of the Howell Zoning Board of Adjustment continued to hear testimony on an application filed by T-Mobile Northeast LLC to place a cellular communications tower on property owned by Christ Church of Freehold at 71 Oak Glen Road, Howell. T-Mobile is asking the board to grant a…