Category: Tri-Town News

  • Budget will be presented to public

    Plumsted school board to seek voter approval for $9.5 million tax levy BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Plumsted residents who would like information about the 2010-11 Plumsted Township School District budget may attend a presentation to be held at 7 p.m. April 13 at the Dr. Gerald H. Woehr Elementary School. On April 20, residents…

  • Sides still talking about salaries

    Howell Labor Committee and HTEA reps expected to meet on April 14 BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer The Howell K-8 School District Board of Education may hold a special meeting on April 15, depending on the results of an April 14 meeting between representatives of the board and the Howell Township Education Association (HTEA),…

  • Members of public will get 4 minutes to address board

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Members of the public will now have an extra minute, for a total of four minutes, to speak their mind during Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education meetings. During its March 22 meeting at Manalapan High School, the board had a second reading of a policy change which…

  • Residents to have say on school tax levy

    Jackson board proposes $135M budget for 2010-11 BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Staff and programs in the Jackson School District took what Board of Education Vice President Sharon Dey called “a global hit” last week. The board on March 23 introduced a budget for the 2010-11 school year that totals $135,929,266. A public hearing on…

  • Howell board tackles budget cuts

    Residents will vote on $66.2M tax levy in April 20 election BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Howell Board of Education member Patrick Dowling’s 10-year-old son had a message for him before Dowling left for a March 24 board meeting. “He said, ‘Daddy, do what you have to do and tell these people to save…

  • Emotions come to fore at budget meeting

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Residents packed the cafetorium at Howell Middle School North on March 24 to find out how the Howell K-8 School District Board of Education was planning to trim the 2010-11 school year budget. PATRICIA A. MILLER HOWELL — Longtime Howell K-8 School District Board of Education member Patricia Blood’s…

  • Slate tosses hats into the ring

    JACKSON — Mike Kafton, Sean Giblin and Marvin Krakower have announced that they are running as a team in Jackson’s municipal election in May. Kafton will be running for the four-year term for mayor and Giblin and Krakower will each be running for four-year terms for Township Council. In a press release, Kafton said, “It…

  • Entertainer returns for benefit concert

    Wade Preston and band from ‘Movin’ Out’ will play in Jackson on April 17 BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Wade Preston JACKSON — Entertainer Wade Preston will return to the stage at the Jackson Memorial High School Fine Arts Center, 101 Don Connor Blvd., at 7 p.m. April 17 to perform in a benefit concert.…

  • In the Service

    Army Reserve Sgt. 1st Class Richard M. Washik has been mobilized and activated at Fort Dix in preparation for deployment to serve in support of either Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom. He is a member of the 3rd Battalion, 108th Regiment, based at Tobyhanna Army Depot, Pa. The soldiers are normally activated from…