Category: Tri-Town News

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.…

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…

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…

By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — An intersection that has been the location of several motor vehicle accidents in recent years was the scene of a fatal collision on Feb. 25. The intersection of Hawkin Road and Route 528 is at the border of Jackson and Plumsted. Just after 3:20 p.m., emergency personnel from…

By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — Municipal officials recently honored local first responders for a successful rescue attempt in November that saved the lives of a disabled resident and his three dogs. During a Township Council meeting, Councilman Kenneth Bressi presented Jackson Township Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 Assistant Chief Timothy Carson with a…

Colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in both the United States and Canada. So say the American Cancer Society and the Canadian Cancer Society, who project nearly 60,000 Americans and Canadians will lose their lives to colorectal cancer in 2015 alone. Though many risk factors for colorectal cancer, including age, heredity and…

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…

JACKSON — Anti-Semitic messages that were posted online by a group of Jackson teenagers are expected to come under scrutiny by the U.S. Department of Justice after those messages were shown to U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ). The posts included photographs of a teenage girl dressed in faux Nazi regalia and threats of violence against…

Members of Greater Media Newspapers’ advertising, editorial, photography and production staffs scooped up 16 awards in the New Jersey Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest. “We are blessed with an exceptional and dedicated staff,” Greater Media Newspapers General Manager and Publisher Ben Cannizzaro said. “I am extremely pleased with the well-deserved recognition from the New Jersey…