Category: Tri-Town News

By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer HOWELL — Residents of Howell’s Freewood Acres section have had their say on a plan that could eventually bring a sewer system to their neighborhood. Freewood Acres is the area of numbered streets that intersect Route 9 just north of the highway’s intersection with Interstate 195. In recent weeks,…

By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer HOWELL — An overwhelming amount of support from the community has the owners of a local coffee shop excited about reopening their business after a fire shut down the operation. The owners of the Colonial Coffee Shoppe in the Aldrich Plaza, Route 9 north and Aldrich Road, were aiming…

HOWELL — With three elderly sisters seeking ingredients for their stone soup, Robin Hood cracking jokes and a princess doing a medieval line dance, participants at the Howell Senior Center put on a performance of “Sherwood Shenanigans” for the center’s annual variety show. The variety show, which is now in its 13th year, showcases the…

By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer HOWELL — Municipal officials are considering a plan that could turn over Howell’s police and emergency dispatch responsibilities to Monmouth County. If Howell officials make that move, the municipality will join other Monmouth County towns that in recent years have eliminated dispatcher positions and shifted those responsibilities to the…

By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Days after a Jackson teenager was killed in a motor vehicle crash in an intersection at the border of Jackson and Plumsted, officials announced changes aimed at improving safety at the location. On Feb. 28, officials from Plumsted and Jackson said the Ocean County Road and Engineering Department will soon…

PLUMSTED — An ordinance that establishes the salary range of more than 50 municipal positions in Plumsted was adopted by the Township Committee on March 4. The ordinance defines the lowest and highest approved salary for each position. It does not state the exact amount that an employee who holds a specific job is paid.…

MATT DENTON Christian O’Sullivan pets a corn snake with guidance from his dad, John, during a snake “meet and greet” at the Manasquan Reservoir Environmental Center, Howell, on March 7.

TOP PICK In its 37th season, the Big Apple Circus presents Metamorphosis, a dizzying array of high-wire acts along with circus animals, contortionists, quick costume changes and the lovable Francesco the Clown. The circus continues at TD Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, home of the Somerset Patriots, through March 15. It is the third stop on…

By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer The Howell Township Council has introduced an ordinance that will, if adopted, cut the municipality’s ties with a portion of a road that has been cleared for the construction of an adult community. At a recent meeting, the governing body advanced an ordinance vacating, extinguishing and terminating Howell’s interest…