Category: Tri-Town News

  • Legislators seek investigation into closing of bridal shop

    Monmouth County’s 12th District legislators are calling upon New Jersey Attorney General Paula Dow and Acting Director of Consumer Affairs Sharon M. Joyce to investigate the possibility of consumer fraud against the owner of Enzo’s Bridal, Route 9, Manalapan, which suddenly closed two weeks ago while still processing orders. Sen. Jennifer Beck, Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon…

  • Jackson Regular Republican Club endorses Reina, Martin, Updegrave

    JACKSON — The Jackson Township Regular Republican Club has announced its endorsements for mayor and Township Council in the May municipal election. According to a press release, the club is supporting Mayor Mike Reina and current council members Scott Martin and Ann Updegrave in their bids for re-election. Club President Carol Blake said, “I am…

  • New Egypt Day brings family fun

    PLUMSTED — Main Street New Egypt and Plumsted Township are inviting the public to attend the annual New Egypt Day festival slated for May 15 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The old-fashioned street fair will feature an afternoon of live music, food, rides, games and activities. Festivities will be split between Oakford Lake Park…

  • Hominy Hill course rates high

    COLTS NECK — Hominy Hill Golf Course in Colts Neck, which is operated by the Monmouth County Park System, was recently named Readers’ Favorite Golf Course by New Jersey Monthly magazine. Designed by golf course architect Robert Trent Jones, Hominy Hill is regularly named one of New Jersey’s top public courses. This well-maintained course has…

  • Civil War comes to park

    The Historic Village at Allaire will time travel for its first Civil War encampment. New Jersey Union regiments will camp out in the village’s show fields on April 10-11. Guests will be able to meet Union soldiers, shop at period stores and experience encampment life. This event will be a noncombatant Civil War living history…

  • PAWPAC fundraiser aids puppies in crisis

    BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer An organization that calls itself PAWPAC (Protecting Animal Welfare Political Action Committee) is taking what it believes is a unique approach to helping innocent dogs that cannot help themselves — especially those languishing in puppy mills that are, in many cases, doomed to exist under inhumane conditions for the sole…

  • V.A. counseling center to open in Lakewood

    With more than 42 percent of National Guard troops and reservists returning from duty in the Middle East in need of some mental health treatment, the Ocean County Board of Freeholders praised the pending opening of a Veterans Affairs counseling center in Lakewood. “I commend the Department of Veterans Affairs for recognizing the need for…

  • Fine mist water nozzle wins award in contest

    All eyes are on the winner of this year’s Hot Technology Contest. Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division engineer Joe Wolfe, from Navy Lakehurst, was recently selected as the Navy’s winner in the 2010 Hot Technology contest for developing a fine mist water nozzle that dramatically improves the ability to extinguish fires in small contained…

  • Howell High School baseball team

    Under a picture-perfect blue sky devoid of clouds, members of the Howell High School baseball team warm up before a game at Freehold High School on April 3 in Freehold Borough. Howell made its trip to Freehold a success with the Rebels winning the game, 9-8. ERIC SUCAR staff