Category: Tri-Town News

  • Info officers recognized nationally

    The Monmouth County Department of Public Information is the recipient of two national awards from the National Association of County Information Officers (NACIO), an arm of the National Association of Counties (NACo). In addition, public information officer Laura Kirkpatrick has been elected to serve on the board of the National Association of Government Communicators. “This…

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    Steve Zboray of Jackson is ready to rock and roll as he drives his 1957 Mercury into South River at the start of a cruise night event in the Middlesex County community on Aug. 20.

  • Cops warn drivers not to pass buses

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer When school opens for the new year in September, Jackson police officers will be issuing summonses to drivers who illegally pass a stopped school bus. That is a word of warning to motorists who choose to ignore the law or who are not paying attention to what is happening in…

  • Parent hails NJ autism coverage law

    Gov. Corzine signs bill requiring insurance payments BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer New Jersey residents who have children with autism and who must pay a significant amount of money for the cost of therapy will remember Aug. 13, 2009, for a long time. Jackson resident Sharon Dey expressed her satisfaction with a bill that has…

  • A dream 62 years in the making for husband and wife

    John and Florence Smatusik remarry in Catholic ceremony in front of family and friends BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer They met when they were 12 on his father’s farm on Frank Applegate Road in Jackson. Florence and John Smatusik, both 82, listen to the priest who remarried them in a Catholic ceremony held on…

  • Mayor proud of town’s salute to U.S. veterans

    JACKSON — Residents turned out on Aug. 8 to salute American veterans who did their duty and more in the service of their nation. Jackson held its first Wounded Warrior parade that day as a way of saying thanks to those who answered the call of duty. Following the parade along West Veterans Highway and…

  • Young people take pride in mission participation

    BY DEVIN ALESSIO Staff Writer Summer vacation for most local teenagers is synonymous with a time of rest and relaxation. Nine youths from the DeBows United Methodist Church in Jackson recently returned home from a mission trip to Branford, Conn., where they spent their time doing something much different than their peers. The local teenagers…

  • Local rescue group helps to save 41-year-old horse

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Helping Hearts Equine Rescue in Millstone Township helped rehabilitate Finnigan, a 41-year-old horse who was abandoned when his owner moved out of state. MILLSTONE — For a person, 41 years of age is the prime of life. For a horse, it is absolutely ancient. A horse that age was rescued…

  • Drunken drivers will be on police officers’ radar

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — Law enforcement officers will be on the lookout for drunken drivers as part of the summer’s “Over the Limit, Under Arrest” program. The program will begin Aug. 21 and will run through Sept. 7. Local and state police officers will be on patrol and looking for intoxicated motorists.…