Category: Tri-Town News

  • Applicant wants to return to age-restricted homes

    By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer Testimony on an application that proposes the construction of an age-restricted community and commercial space is expected to be heard tonight, March 5, by the Howell Planning Board. The developer of Boulder Ridge is seeking approval to construct an active adult community consisting of 141 residential lots and a…

  • Budget keeps state aid flat

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Gov. Chris Christie Gov. Chris Christie seeks to maintain flat levels of aid to municipalities and school districts in his fiscal year 2016 budget despite making the largest-ever pension payment in New Jersey history. During his Feb. 24 budget address at the State House, Christie outlined a new set of…

  • Great Adventure employee to pursue karaoke record

    Mike Miller of Jackson, who is an employee in the Six Flags Great Adventure safari, will attempt to set a world record for karaoke singing on March 24 at McGinn’s Pub, Route 537, Jackson. Miller will be raising money for the Wounded Warriors Project. Mike Miller is a man from Jackson who likes to sing.…

  • Freeholders offer support to those who pan pipeline

    By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has given its support to the residents of Upper Freehold Township as a plan for a high-pressure gas pipeline that would pass through the municipality continues to take shape. Residents initially brought their concerns about the pipeline to the freeholders’ Jan. 22 meeting.…

  • All four fire district budgets approved by Jackson voters

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — The 2015 budget in each of Jackson’s four fire districts was approved by voters in the Feb. 21 fire district election. In Fire District No. 1, which is served by the Whitesville Fire Company, the 2015 budget was approved by a vote of 38-3. According to documents provided…

  • Park system opens new stretch of trail

    UPPER FREEHOLD — The Monmouth County Park System has announced the opening of an additional section of the Union Transportation Trail in Upper Freehold Township. The new section, which is approximately 3 miles long, brings the trail’s total length to 7 miles, according to a press release. The Union Transportation Trail, which opened to the…

  • Libraries, book clubs cater to niche interests

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Libraries throughout central New Jersey host book clubs and discussion groups to suit a broad range of patrons’ interests. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR If New Jersey were hit with a zombie apocalypse, the odds for survival would not be great, according to Tyler Rousseau, emergent technologies coordinator at the Monroe…

  • Plumsted voters reject tax levy for fire district

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer The 2015 budget put forth by the Plumsted Board of Fire Commissioners will be reviewed by the Plumsted Township Committee following voters’ rejection of the proposed tax levy in the Feb. 21 fire election. Voters rejected the commissioners’ proposed tax levy for the third year in a row. This year,…

  • Retired officer takes pride in Jackson Police Dept.

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Much has changed in Jackson during the past 50 years as the township’s population grew from 6,500 residents to about 56,000 residents today. The Jackson Police Department has also grown to keep pace with all of the changes. Retired Maj. Borden Applegate has kept scrapbooks that tell the story of…