Category: Tri-Town News

  • Town gets block grant

    JACKSON — A Community Development Block Grant will help to pay for improvements to roads, curb cuts, sidewalks and other infrastructure throughout Jackson. “The township applied for and received a block grant in the amount of $175,000,” Mayor Mike Reina said. “I am very pleased with this grant, as this is an increased amount [beyond]…

  • ‘Contemporary Encounter With the Icon’s Invitation’

    For most people, the sight of an oil-soaked pelican struggling to flap its wings is enough to evoke anger or deep sadness, but for Mary-Paula Cancienne, R.S.M., Ph.D., the image is more than that. It also provides an opportunity for people to think deeply about their relationship to the natural world. “Tears and Hope” The…

  • Fundraiser will celebrate sights, sounds of Brooklyn

    If you rooted for the Duke while others cheered for Mickey and Willie, hung out at Big Daddy’s on Coney Island Avenue or at the boardwalk for Tuesday fireworks night, or had a hot pastrami on rye at Zei- Mar’s, Grabstein’s or Hy Tulip’s delicatessens, then the “Bridge to Brooklyn” nostalgia program on Nov. 13…

  • Nov. 14 auction will feature Shahn family’s art collection

    ROOSEVELT — Property from the home and studio of artists Ben and Bernarda Shahn will be auctioned at Rago Arts and Auction Center in Lambertville on Nov. 14. The auction of the collection will begin at noon. Telephone, absentee and online bidding will be available for those unable to attend. An auction exhibition/preview will take…

  • Annual event will focus on state of equine industry

    This year’s Equine Science Update at Rutgers University will focus on the viability and vitality of New Jersey’s equine industry in light of gaming changes proposed by the governor and those already put into place in surrounding states. The Dec. 14 event will review the current status of the state’s equine industry and the integral…

  • History exhumed from Old Yellow Meeting House Cemetery

    Tombstone readings and re-enactors bring past forward BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent Some of Upper Freehold Township’s founding members lie in the Old Yellow Meeting House Cemetery. Eugene Hough, president of Heritage Guild Works and a Revolutionary War re-enactor, hosted a cemetery preservation clinic at the Old Yellow Meeting House Cemetery in the Cream Ridge section…

  • Veterans Assistance Project available in Ocean County

    Aprogram to assist military veterans who enter the court system has started in Ocean County. The Veterans Assistance Project is a combined effort of the judiciary, the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, and the New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health Services, to provide referrals to existing community services…

  • Planning under way for sports facilities

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer HOWELL — The $10 million Monmouth Athletic Center still has a few obstacles to overcome before any actual construction can take place. “We have six to seven months of engineering work ahead of us,” said T.J. Coan, one of the principals. “I would say probably sometime in the new…

  • Residents are asked to dispose of unwanted medicines on Nov. 13

    PLUMSTED — The Plumsted Police Department will be coordinating the American Medicine Chest Challenge in the community. According to a press release, the event will take place on Nov. 13 in communities across the country. This initiative will challenge Plumsted residents to take the fivestep American Medicine Chest Challenge: • Take inventory of your prescription…