Category: Tri-Town News

  • Jackson employees are facing furloughs

    Mayor says budget situation will force town hall to be closed Fridays for rest of year BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Beginning on Friday, June 25, and continuing for at least the rest of 2010, all of Jackson’s municipal offices will be closed on Fridays due to budgetary constraints. The only exception will be the…

  • Cards inform women about resources available for PPD

    The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) is distributing informational palm cards about the signs of postpartum depression (PPD) and other perinatal mood disorders to new locations throughout Ocean County. The small card is part of a statewide program to help women who are experiencing perinatal depression and their families find information…

  • Council nixes smaller cut for schools

    Howell officials vote 3-2 and leave cut to tax levy at $1.9 million for 2010-11 BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer In the end, it was the voters’ overwhelming rejection of the Howell K-8 School District’s proposed tax levy for 2010-11 that led some Howell Township Council members to stand fast with their $1.9 million…

  • Incidents at Joint Base put security forces on alert

    Two incidents that occurred simultaneously on June 21 caused a lockdown at the Navy Lakehurst portion of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. The sprawling U.S. military base borders areas of Jackson and Plumsted. “At approximately 9:30 a.m. we had two incidents occur,” said Joint Base public affairs chief Angel Lopez. “Since the incidents occurred at exactly the…

  • Sibs selected as N.J. Champion Children

    Jackson residents have made significant progress since accident in 2006 BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent Mackenzie Wight, 10, and her brother, Michael, 8, of Jackson, have been selected as the 2010 New Jersey Champion Children under a program of the Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) that honors remarkable children who have overcome severe medical challenges. Mackenzie Wight,…

  • Annual festival helps church reach out to aid community

    HOWELL HOWELL — St. Veronica Church, Route 9, will host its 31st annual festival from June 23-26. This event represents the single largest fundraising campaign for the church and the surrounding communities. More than 15,000 people from the surrounding Monmouth and Ocean County communities are expected to visit the festival, according to a press release.…

  • BlueClaws raise funds for cancer fight

    LAKEWOOD — A May 23 Lakewood BlueClaws post-game pink jersey auction raised $5,535 for Susan G. Komen for the Cure of Central and South Jersey, the American Cancer Society’s “Strides Against Breast Cancer” and BlueClaws Charities. The auction was originally scheduled for Mother’s Day (May 9), but was pushed back two weeks when the May…

  • Rock’n Idol finale delivers winners

    The Rock’n Music Idol 2010 live finale was held June 6 at the Keyport Veterans of Foreign Wars, and many local residents were among the winners. The finale was a culmination of the third year of the Rock’n Music Idol competition and featured performances by 22 finalists from around New Jersey, as well as special…

  • Security was focus of training session

    Sometimes the best security comes from the man in the street or the store clerk at the local hardware store. That was one message brought home by federal officers during a daylong bomb and explosive safety seminar at the Ocean County Training Academy in Waretown on May 14, according to a press release from the…