Category: Tri-Town News

  • Efforts are under way to address road issues

    Residents of Wright-Debow Rd. want more enforcement from Jackson police officers BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer During a one-hour traffic count conducted by the Tri-Town News on Oct. 16, 20 cars, 13 light trucks and pickups, three heavy trucks (18-wheelers) and four school buses traveled along a 40-mph portion of Wright- Debow Road near Ernest…

  • Open space tax question on ballot

    On Election Day, Nov. 3, Jackson residents will vote on a binding public question that will ask them if they want to lower the municipality’s open space tax assessment. The question will state, “Shall the Township Open Space Trust Fund be amended to reduce the amount of the levy for open space from 3 cents…

  • 6 Howell candidates bid for council seats

    BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer HOWELL — Six residents of Howell are running for two one-year terms on the Township Council in the Nov. 3 election. Louis Memmolo and Curtis Vislocky, both incumbents running on the Independence for Howell ticket, are being challenged by Republicans Pauline Smith and William Gotto, and Democrats Cochise Doucette and…

  • Builder reveals changes in project

    Applicant’s representatives offer details during meeting of Howell Planning Board BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Revisions to an application that proposes the construction of an apartment complex on Route 9 north in Howell were heard by the Howell Planning Board at a recent meeting. Representatives from AST Sunnyside Road LLC presented revised engineering and architectural…

  • Halloween eve party to benefit Autism NJ

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer The party room at the Park Avenue Bistro, 618 Park Ave. (Route 33), Freehold, will be rocking with the sounds of My Generation on Oct. 30. Music from the 1960s to today will form the soundtrack for a Halloween eve special event for all ages. From 9 p.m. to 1…

  • Book recounts fun at Great Adventure

    BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Harry Applegate and Thomas Benton are not your average theme park thrill-seekers. The pair, who share a mutual love of Six Flags Great Adventure, have not only been avid visitors over the 35 years since the amusement park opened on Route 537 in Jackson Township, they have translated that passion…

  • Seminar to offer info on gaining job at joint base

    Applying for a job at a military installation for the first time might be daunting to a civilian. Hoping to make that process a little easier, Ocean County Freeholder Joseph H. Vicari has announced that the Ocean County Board of Freeholders in cooperation with the Toms River Branch of the Ocean County Library will host…

  • Howell irked about affordable housing

    Mayor says financial strain of providing housing will ‘come close to breaking us’ BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer HOWELL — The Howell Township Council has put into motion a series of maneuvers acting in opposition to the statemandated Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) plan. Mayor Robert Walsh announced at an Oct. 6 workshop meeting that…

  • Move to school still on hold in Howell

    Planned move of municipal offices into closed school awaits final OK from state BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer HOWELL — The Township Council has temporarily rejected a bond ordinance intended to support estimated expenses associated with the planned move of Howell’s municipal offices to the Southard School on Kent Road. At the council’s Oct. 20…