Category: Tri-Town News

  • Jackson woman uses title to help others

    Claire Pavlinec directs Maternal Wings effort to assist needy mothers BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent JACKSON — Poise, charisma and personal mission of helping to provide the necessities to impoverished expectant mothers and their infants garnered Claire Pavlinec the title of Mrs. New Jersey United States 2010 at a ceremony held at Monmouth University, West Long…

  • Center Players will present ‘Charlotte’s Web’ Aug. 14-29

    Center Players, Freehold’s resident theater company, will present its summer production of “Charlotte’s Web,” sponsored by Investors Savings Bank. The show will run for three weekends from Aug. 14-29 at two different venues. The adaptation by Joseph Robinette of the classic award-winning story by E.B. White is told through the eyes of Fern, a young…

  • Committee honors teen for Eagle Scout project

    BY MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent Plumsted Mayor Ron Dancer presents a municipal award to Eagle Scout Pierce Kiernan following the young man’s completion of a community service project at the township’s Oakford Lake Park. PLUMSTED — Pierce Kiernan was saluted by the Plumsted Township Committee at a recent meeting after he attained the rank of Eagle…

  • SBOANJ tries to rally support

    The Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey (SBOANJ) held a meeting that was attended by about 150 trainers, drivers, breeders, owners and caretakers on July 29 at the Meadowlands racetrack, East Rutherford, and called on the horsemen to support efforts to revitalize racing in the state. “Horses have been a cornerstone of New…

  • K-8 looking for way to offer sports and activities

    Crunch time arrives for Howell administrators and fall sports programs BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Now that courtesy busing is no longer an issue, administrators in the Howell K-8 School District are focusing their attention on how to provide fee-based sports and co-curricular activities by the time school opens in September. It is their…

  • Discovering Ocean County Parks ••• Ocean County Park

    Ocean County Park, the flagship park of the Ocean County Park System, offers summertime swimming, a winter wonderland, and lots of year-round activities. Originally the summer estate of oil magnate John D. Rockefeller, it consists of 300 acres in northern Ocean County. The park boasts huge stands of silver-green pines as well as dozens of…

  • Soccer Tournament in Jackson

    Goalie Eddie Madek can’t get his hand on a shot that finds the net during a soccer tournament that was held July 24 in Jackson. The event was organized by Mike Franco and Eric Braun to benefit the family of fallen New Jersey State Police Trooper Marc Castellano, who was a graduate of Jackson Memorial…

  • An ounce of prevention

    It is my hope that my columns, which are based on my personal experiences, either amuse and entertain my readers, or touch and inspire them to reflect on their own lives. In my last column I wrote about my minor frustrations that paled in comparison to circumstances that others have had to endure. I concluded…

  • Courtesy busing restored in Plumsted

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer An agreement between the Plumsted Township Committee and the Plumsted School District Board of Education will fund busing service for children who may not otherwise have received transportation to and from school beginning in September. According to Plumsted Mayor Ron Dancer, the deal means 400 children who would have had…