Category: Tri-Town News
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Program discusses dating safety
JACKSON — A dating safety program, “Tools for Teens: The Deal on Dating,” will be held at the Jackson branch of the Ocean County Library, 2 Jackson Drive, at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 18. The program will feature Karen Gillespie, a licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor who is working in the fields of addiction and…
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4 Jackson roads due for repairs
JACKSON — A grant to improve roads, which municipal officials applied for last spring, has been granted by the New Jersey Department of Transportation. “We have received a DOT municipal aid grant for $200,000,” Mayor Michael Reina said. “The grant provides for improvements to Docare Road, Challenger Way, Gomberg Avenue and Montifiore Road.” Construction plans…
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Prescription medications will be collected in Howell
BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer HOWELL — It is time to clean out the medicine cabinet and chuck those empty pill bottles — Howell residents will soon have a safe place to scrap their unwanted and unneeded prescription medication. The township will be setting up a medicine collection site on Nov. 14 at the Howell…
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N.J. artist offers glimpse of shore through watercolors
LAKEWOOD — New Jersey artist Theresa Troise Heidel remembers fondly the summers she spent at Asbury Park in its heyday in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The watercolor exhibit “From Shore to Shore” opened on Nov. 2 and runs through Nov. 24, in the M. Christina Geis Art Gallery on Georgian Court University’s Lakewood…
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ZEST Heart of New Jersey chorus never misses a beat
Sweet Adelines chapter welcomes women who enjoy singing and performing BY ADELE YOUNG Staff Writer They’re not rock stars, but they probably have more fun singing together than many of today’s musical titans. Members of the Heart of New Jersey chorus, under the direction of Jane Holden (center), practice for their annual show Nov. 15,…
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Jaguars victorious
The girls soccer teams from Jackson Memorial and East Brunswick high schools did battle in a Central Jersey Group IV state sectional tournament semifinal match on Nov. 9. The Jaguars won the match, 1-0. Above, the Jaguars’ Mikie Bradley and the Bears’ Shannon Nulty go for the ball. At right, Jackson Memorial goalie Sydney Lavan…
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Reina & Bressi are winners in Jackson
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer On Election Day, Nov. 3, Michael Reina, who was appointed mayor of Jackson when the former mayor resigned, won the right to complete the unexpired term, and Kenneth Bressi won a Jackson Township Council seat that runs through 2012. “It is an honor to be chosen by the town, the…
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Two sides in Plumsted reach a deal
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer The Plumsted Township School District Board of Education has agreed to a new three-year contract with its teachers represented by the Plumsted Township Education Association (PTEA). “We are very pleased that the PTEA and the board were able to come to an agreement that both advance the district and our…
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Suspect arrested at theme park
JACKSON — A joint effort between multiple law enforcement agencies resulted in the Oct. 30 arrest of a man who was a suspect in a northern New Jersey homicide. Jackson police received information from authorities in Essex County that the suspect, Antoine Williams, 22, was believed to be somewhere in the Six Flags Great Adventure…
