Category: Tri-Town News

  • Enjoy Walnford Day celebration

    Visitors to Historic Walnford in Upper Freehold Township enjoy a wagon ride. The Monmouth County Park System site will host its annual Walnford Day celebration on Oct. 4. UPPER FREEHOLD — Autumn is on its way, which means it is almost time for Walnford Day. Experience hands-on history as Historic Walnford holds its annual celebration…

  • New Jersey Youth Corps may perform work in town

    PLUMSTED — The state Department of Labor and Workforce Development may soon be partnering with Plumsted to perform community service projects under the New Jersey Youth Corps Program. Mayor Ron Dancer said that under the terms of a memorandum of agreement to be approved by the township, New Jersey Youth Corps would provide the labor…

  • Veterans warned of scam

    Veterans are being warned not to give out credit card information over the telephone to anyone who claims they are representing the Veterans Administration. “The VA does not ask veterans to disclose personal financial information over the phone,” said Ocean County Freeholder Deputy Director Gerry P. Little, who serves as liaison to the Ocean County…

  • Perpetrators sought in home invasion

    One resident kidnapped, later released unharmed, in Jackson incident BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — Police are searching for the men who invaded a Perrineville Road home and kidnapped an individual on Sept. 25. The person who was kidnapped was later released unharmed in South Brunswick, Middlesex County. An initial investigation revealed that the…

  • ‘Punks, Poets & Politicians’

    McKay Imaging Photography Studio and Gallery in Red Bank has opened a photography exhibition, “Punks, Poets & Politicians, Photographs by Marcia Resnick.” John Belushi, September 1981 McKay Imaging Photography Studio and Gallery is on the second floor at 12 Monmouth St., Red Bank. Resnick is a New York City photographer and educator. Her images have…

  • Men live dream on Appalachian Trail

    Freehold Twp. friends hike thousands of miles from Georgia to Maine BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent Danny Robertson and Brain Poucher lived the adage of “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” when they made approximately five million steps needed to complete a hike of the entire Appalachian Trail (AT), which measures…

  • Robber hits outlet store

    JACKSON — Police are searching for the individual who committed an armed robbery at the Ecko Unlimited store in the Jackson Premium Outlets, Route 537, on Sept. 22. Officer Donald Lasko responded to a report of an armed robbery at 9:45 p.m. Two store employees told police that after they closed and locked the store…

  • Plumsted will auction municipal equipment

    PLUMSTED — Faced with state aid cuts for the last two years from Trenton, the Plumsted Township Committee has authorized a public sale of hundreds of items to raise revenue, according to Mayor Ron Dancer. Dancer said that for the first time, Plumsted will participate in the Local Unit Technology Pilot Program and Study Act,…

  • Property subdivision approved

    JACKSON — Planning Board members have approved a property subdivision for Sakoutis Builders/Commodore Plaza, Route 571 near the intersection of Route 537. The applicant will return before the board on Oct. 19 to present a site plan for the property. The site plan is expected to propose space for offices, a warehouse and retail sales.…