Category: Tri-Town News

  • Fire at apartment complex accidental

    44 Jackson residents forced from homes; fundraiser planned BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer A Valentine’s Day fire in Jackson that has been deemed accidental in nature has left more than 40 people homeless. Authorities said 44 residents of the Jackson Green apartment complex, Justin Way off North County Line Road, Jackson, had to be relocated…

  • Attorney: Bad weather causes hearing holdup

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — The attorney representing a development application that has been before the Planning Board since 2004 said a recent stretch of bad weather prevented professionals from visiting the subject property to gather specific information the board requested. Attorney Denis Kelly represents the applicant, Michael Rottenberg. The plan calls for…

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    The Howell Public Library presented “A Little Night Music” on Feb. 19, a musical program by the Festive Flutes, featuring works by Mozart, Brahms, Borodin and others. Gwendolyn Morris, of Howell, was one of the musicians who took part in the performance. FRANK GALIPO

  • Veterans’ memories gain place in national archives

    BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Behind each war story in the media are the men and women who lived it before it was news; for them, it was reality. Iraq War veteran Justin Sasso, of Holmdel, hopes that adding his oral history to the Library of Congress’Veterans History Projectwill help restore that forgotten empathy. Sasso,…

  • Jackson resident to perform in opera at Ramapo College

    Feb. 20 will mark the Hawthorne Symphony Orchestra’s 10th anniversary performance at the Berrie Center’s Sharp Theater at Ramapo College, Mahwah. Aresident of Jackson will be front and center during the 3 p.m. performance. Presenting Beethoven’s only opera, “Fidelio,” the Hawthorne Symphony Orchestra has secured the metropolitan area’s finest professional musicians and internationally recognized stars…

  • 2011 backyard bird count invites people to ‘count for the future’

    During the weekend of Feb. 18-21, people across the North American continent are encouraged to count the birds in their backyards and report them over the Internet as part of the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), one of the world’s largest volunteer efforts of its kind. In addition to its value as a research study,…

  • Three arrested after robbery at Aeropostale outlet store

    JACKSON — Three individuals were arrested in connection with a robbery in Jackson on the afternoon of Feb. 5. Jackson Police Department public information officer Capt. David Newman reported that Jackson police responded to the Aeropostale store at the Jackson Premium Outlets, Route 537, at 3:56 p.m. Feb. 5 on a report of a robbery.…

  • Deal means no Lakewood layoffs

    LAKEWOOD — Officials announced that they have reached an amicable agreement with all six of the bargaining unions that represent the majority of township employees, and that planned layoffs will not occur. Deputy Mayor Steven Langert expressed the sentiments of the Township Committee by saying, “We thank the employees for working together with the township…

  • Residents can receive vital messages

    HOWELL — Mayor Robert Walsh and the Township Council are encouraging Howell residents to sign up for the township’s Code Red Emergency Notification System. According to a press release, the Code Red Emergency Notification System is an “ultra-speed telephone communication service” that will be used in case of an emergency. The system allows township officials…