Category: Tri-Town News

  • Warshaw nominated for prosecutor’s post

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Aveteran member of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office is in line to become the county’s next prosecutor. Gov. Chris Christie has nominated Peter E. Warshaw Jr., the current first assistant prosecutor, to serve a five-year term as the county’s top law enforcement official. The nomination was made on Nov. 22…

  • Enjoy at Old World holiday at Allaire

    The Historic Village at Allaire will present Christmas at Allaire, a celebration of Old World holiday traditions, from noon to 3:30 p.m. Dec. 4-5 at the Historic Village at Allaire State Park, Route 524 (Atlantic Avenue) Wall Township. The villagers and the Allaire Auxiliary will re-create traditional holiday activities and special programs featuring speeches, toasts,…

  • Sexual predator awareness talk offered to parents, teens

    The Freehold Regional High School District, working in conjunction with the New Jersey State Parole Board and the New Jersey Association of School Resource Officers, is offering a free Sexual Predator Awareness Seminar to be held at 7 p.m. Dec. 7 at Colts Neck High School, 59 Five Points Road, Colts Neck. The seminar is…

  • Grand jury indicts woman in state trooper’s death

    Events of June unfolded along I-195 in Howell On Nov. 17 a Monmouth County Grand Jury returned an indictment against Diana Hoffman, 30, of Blackwood, Camden County, for her role in the death of New Jersey State Police Trooper Marc Castellano on June 6, 2010. According to a press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s…

  • Chrise’s Dare to Dream 5K honors 1997 FTHS graduate

    Proceeds will support research in fight against lung cancer BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent Chrise Briggs Murrell, a 1997 graduate of Freehold Township High School, was only 31 years old when she died from lung cancer in June, leaving her husband, Andy, and their son, Drew, 6, in Katy, Texas, where she lived. In her memory,…

  • Council approves plan to buy new equipment

    Ordinance adopted in Jackson after several months of debate BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Abond ordinance that provides for capital improvements and the acquisition of equipment has been adopted in a 5-0 vote of the Jackson Township Council. The ordinance allows for the issuance of $2.1 million in bonds and notes, and reappropriates $865,000 in…

  • DEP lifts drought watch in Monmouth and Ocean

    New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin recently announced the lifting of the drought watch for the coastal north region of the state, including nearly all of Monmouth County and northern Ocean County. Evidence of a return to more normal rainfall, cooler temperatures and diminished water supply demands led to the decision to…

  • Equine massage therapist helps rescued, retired horses

    Gaining a horse’s trust after it retires from the racetrack or is rescued from auction, abuse or neglect is no easy feat. Loreen Pantaleone provides massage therapy to Angel, a 20-year-old horse who gives preschool children with disabilities riding lessons at Riding High Farm in Allentown. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Loreen Pantaleone uses sports…

  • Communication scholarships available

    The Jersey Shore Public Relations and Advertising Association is seeking applicants for its annual James R. McCormick Memorial Scholarship Awards program. The scholarship is open to sophomore, junior or senior college students who are residents of Ocean or Monmouth counties and are pursuing a degree in communications, public relations, journalism, advertising, and radio and/or television…