Category: Tri-Town News

  • ‘Sorcerer’s Apprentice’ to star local canines

    Wolf dogs will appear in new version of old favorite, now starring Nicolas Cage BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Four area residents will make their screen debut in Disney’s “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” due in theaters next July. Above: Trainer Jackie Morgan and Mike Hodanish give treats to Hodanish’s wolf dogs at his home in Jackson.…

  • Plumsted officer honored

    PLUMSTED — A Plumsted Township police officer donated his time on July 26 to provide his public safety services during the 11th annual New Jersey Elks Miracle Run Event at the New Egypt Elks Lodge No. 2457 BPOE benefiting the Elks’ Camp Moore, a summer camp in Haskell for special-needs children. Considering the donated time…

  • Rodeo 2009 gives airmen an opportunity to excel

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer More than 130 airmen from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst came back to central New Jersey as winners after a weeklong event known as Rodeo 2009. The event took place from July 19-24 at McChord Air Force Base, Tacoma, Wash. Members of the 87th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) were rated the Best…

  • Police pool efforts to catch 3 suspects

    Armed robberies occurred in Ocean, Monmouth & Middlesex BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — A three-county investigation led to the arrest of three individuals on July 6 and July 30 and charges being lodged against them in a series of armed robberies. Police arrested Christopher Brown, 21, of Jackson, Benjamin Newton, 20, of the…

  • Police Explorers excel at training academy

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Jackson police Detective Campbell Brown (l) and Jackson police Capt. Richard Ferrarelli (r) join Explorer Lt. Daniel Scharff, Explorer Capt. Jesse Brownell and Explorer Charles Grossmith (center, l-r) at the Monmouth County Police Athletic League Law Enforcement Exploring Career Training Academy at Monmouth University, West Long Branch. JACKSON — Police…

  • Man charged with touching girls

    JACKSON — A 22-year-old resident of Roosevelt, N.Y., was arrested and charged with inappropriately touching two 15-yearold girls at the Six Flags Hurricane Harbor water park, Route 537. Police said Francisco Contreras-Viera was placed under arrest and charged with four counts of criminal sexual contact. Jackson Police Department Uniform Service Commander Capt. David Newman said…

  • Low-cost spay/neuter clinic set

    Spay/neuter clinics for cats and dogs are being offered through the Ocean County Health Department and its voluntary auxiliary. Appointments are now being taken for a low-cost spay/neuter clinic to be held on Aug. 17 for cats and dogs that are owned by any Ocean County resident who can qualify financially. Public health coordinator Ella…

  • Jackson couple honored as Parents of the Year

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer John and Colleen Gardocki are joined by their children and grandchild during a ceremony at a Jackson Township Council meeting at which they were honored by the New Jersey Parents Foundation as the 2009 Parents of the Year. JACKSON — In celebration of National Parents Day, which was July 26,…

  • Medical team seeks assistance

    The Ocean County Health Department is offering training and education to county residents who wish to become volunteer members of the Medical Reserve Corps. According to Daniel Regenye, the health department’s assistant public health coordinator, the department is looking for additional volunteers to help with its response in dealing with the H1N1 virus, also known…