Category: Tri-Town News

  • Family donates funds to purchase crib for Emergency Department

    The Sauickie family recently made a donation to the Kimball Medical Center Foundation to purchase a specialized crib for the hospital’s Emergency Department. In 2005, Alex and Jennifer Sauickie, of Jackson, unexpectedly lost their daughter Chloe to oncocytic cardiomyopathy, a rare heart condition. According to a press release, since the loss of Chloe, the Sauickies…

  • Lakewood BlueClaws

    Jacob Diekman of the Lakewood BlueClaws helps to turn an overcast night bright for a group of young fans at FirstEnergy Park, Lakewood, as he greets them before the team’s April 16 home opener. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Monmouth budget adopted

    County freeholders trim $3 million from tax levy increase The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has adopted a $493 million budget for 2010, an increase of 1.21 percent over last year. The 4-1 vote came after the board adopted an amendment to reduce the proposed tax levy by $3 million. As a result of that…

  • Howell police chief preparing for layoffs

    Chief Carter is hopeful that personnel will not have to be reduced BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Howell Police Chief Ronald T. Carter is doing what he has to do to cope with the possibility of losing 16 patrol officers, a scenario the veteran law enforcement official calls “devastating.” He is sending out pink…

  • Friends of Library saluted for efforts

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Murray Blasz JACKSON — There is something for everyone at the Jackson Branch of the Ocean County Library. That was the message heard at the April 13 Jackson Township Council meeting as the mayor and council honored the municipality’s library during National Library Week. Council President Mike Kafton saluted the…

  • Sambol plans move to Jackson

    Planning Board approves offices, garage, warehouse on Kolendorski Road BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer The Jackson Planning Board has voted 8-1 to grant preliminary approval to V&S Precast Corp. for the construction of three structures at Wright-DeBow and Kolendorski roads, Jackson. Board member Blanche Krubner voted no and said she was concerned that the property…

  • CentraState Medical Center initiates robotic surgery

    BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent Arobot is now on call waiting to assist surgeons in the operating room at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. The hospital recently initiated a da Vinci robotic surgery system by Intuitive Surgical. Dr. Troy Sukkarieh, M.D. (left, forefront) and his partner, Dr. Alexander Kirshenbaum, have brought robotic surgery to CentraState Medical…

  • Plastic lids, cigarette butts top litter list for Beach Sweeps

    Spring 2010 Beach Sweeps set for Saturday, marking COA’s 25th anniversary BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer From bottle caps to plastic bags — even mannequin legs with socks — a bevy of trash and litter was collected along the Jersey Shore coastline by volunteers from Clean Ocean Action (COA), a local environmental coalition. The organization…

  • Event will remember ‘Operation Babylift’

    The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation will host a screening, followed by a group discussion, of the 2009 award-winning film, “Operation Babylift: The Lost Children of Vietnam” on April 24 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.T he event will celebrate the 35th anniversary of Operation Babylift. An honor guard procession will recognize those who…