Category: Tri-Town News

  • Actor, entertainer to throw first pitch at BlueClaws game

    Funds from June 6 nut-free baseball game will benefit children with food allergies Children with peanut and tree-nut allergies must often avoid baseball games, but this will not be the case on June 6. Buster the BlueClaws mascot has fun with fans during last year’s nut-free game in Lakewood. The baseball team will hold its…

  • Advisory boards seek members

    JACKSON — Opportunities are available for residents who would like to serve on a variety of advisory boards and committees in Jackson. Mayor Mike Reina said, “I continue to believe and support the concept that advisory boards and committees can provide an irreplaceable resource to identify issues and concerns, as well as providing practical advice…

  • Oakford Lake

    Stephen Barnes, 6, (c), enjoys the fishing at Oakford Lake in the New Egypt section of Plumsted Township. Fishing at the scenic lake was just one of many activities that guests at the annual New Egypt Day celebration enjoyed on May 15. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • Reina wins election to 4-year term as mayor

    Scott Martin, Ann Updegrave are re-elected to seats on Jackson Township Council BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Jackson residents elected Mike Reina to a four-year term as Jackson’s mayor in the May 11 municipal election. Mike Reina Reina’s running mates, Scott Martin and Ann Updegrave, both won election to their second four-year terms on the…

  • Police layoffs may be avoided

    Howell officials plan to introduce budget at May 25 meeting BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Members of two unions were slated to vote on May 19 on items that could save the jobs of 16 Howell police officers, Howell Mayor Robert F. Walsh said. “There have been suggestions made that the action will result…

  • Small invaders have bad image and odor problems

    Stink bug, now found throughout New Jersey, becoming bigger nuisance BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent The invaders are scary looking, but they smell worse than they look. And the last thing you want to do is stress them or crush them. Brown marmorated stink bug (male is on left) DR. DEEPAK MATADHA Though harmless to humans…

  • Beware of ticks; it’s Lyme time

    While everyone is susceptible to tick bites, campers, hikers, and people who work in gardening and in other leafy outdoor venues are at the greatest risk of being bitten. Lyme disease is an infection caused by the bite of an infected female deer tick. Lyme disease was first recognized in Lyme, Conn., in 1975. It…

  • Union pres. hammers ‘King Christie’ over state aid cuts

    Number of actual layoffs will be ‘nowhere near’ number of pink slips sent out, official says BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer HOWELL – Howell Township EducationAssociation (HTEA) President William J. O’Brien had two requests for the Howell K-8 School District Board of Education recently, after more than 400 pink slips were distributed to teachers…

  • Howell council cuts back on 2010 capital budget items

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer HOWELL — Make do. That is township officials’ mantra this year when it comes to Howell’s capital budget. The majority of the capital improvement requests that came before the Township Council at a recent meeting were put off until at least next year. “One more year may not be…