Category: Tri-Town News

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    Alysa Seitz prepares to serve during a volleyball game played at the Land O’ Pines School, Howell, on Feb. 10. The volleyball program is open to Howell residents in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • Pressed to vote, panel denies adult community

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer The Jackson Planning Board has voted 7-0 to deny an application proposing the development of a 315-unit adult community on Hope Chapel Road, Jackson. The board denied the application filed by Diamond Developers at Miele Farms without prejudice. That means the applicant can refile the application at a later date.…

  • Howell board may discuss new uses for former school

    BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Since administrators in the Howell K-8 School District closed the Southard School in 2009 because of declining enrollment within the district, ideas about how to lease the building have been under discussion. A small portion of the school on Kent Road, Howell, has been rented out to the Acelero Head…

  • Rotary Club donation a tradition

    Members present dictionaries to Jackson third-graders BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Nicole Balsirow, 9, a third-grader at the Howard C. Johnson School, Jackson, examines the dictionary she was presented with by members of the Jackson Rotary Club. DAVE BENJAMIN JACKSON — The Jackson Rotary Club has maintained its tradition of helping children find their way…

  • Master Gardeners of Ocean County to sponsor scholarships

    Master Gardeners of Ocean County Inc. is offering two scholarships to eligible graduating Ocean County high school students. The Master Gardeners program is a volunteer organization under the direction of Rutgers Cooperative Extension. The scholarships are for students planning a career in horticulture, agriculture, nursery management, landscaping, forestry, greenhouse management, aquatic botany, plant ecology, restoration…

  • Laureate contributors create wonderful work

    BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer HOWELL — The Laureate, Howell High School’s literary magazine, has been awarded the First Place With Special Merit award for the 2010 American Scholastic Press Association’s Contest Review for yearbooks, magazines and newspapers. The Laureate has been awarded firstplace honors by the American Scholastic PressAssociation for each of its annual…

  • Free trees available to celebrate Arbor Day

    The New Jersey Tree Foundation is offering free 2-year-old trees (1 to 2 feet tall) to celebrate Arbor Day. Schools, local governments, tree groups, nonprofit organizations, Scout groups, and any volunteer organization may apply for the trees. All planting must occur on public lands, be done by volunteers and be maintained for two years. A…

  • Jackson resident pleads guilty in finance scheme

    The former controller of New Jerseybased insurance brokerage firm Smith Gatta Gelok admitted in court that he attempted to conceal former partner Gavin Gatta’s $20 million fraudulent loan scheme, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Donald Bargholz, 49, of Jackson, pleaded guilty to an Information charging him with one count of misprision of felony before…

  • Ocean freeholders: County needs voice on task force

    The Ocean County Board of Freeholders believes the county should have a “strong presence” on a new state task force that is charged with studying the possible construction and operation of a veterans’ hospital in the southern half of the state. The freeholders sent a letter to Gov. Chris Christie asking that he appoint county…