Category: Tri-Town News

  • Ordinance will allow extra homes on tract

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL — Over the objection of residents, the Township Council has introduced an ordinance that will permit more homes than initially approved to be built on the former site of the Cutler-Rubenstein egg farm, Route 9 north near Sunnyside Road. An ordinance to change the property from 2-acre residential zoning…

  • Show raises funds for ARMS

    JACKSON — Ovation upon ovation could be heard as Broadway star Wade Preston dazzled his audience Feb. 28 in the Jackson Memorial High School auditorium. The concert, brought to Jackson Memorial by the Jackson Rotary Club, drew a full house, and all proceeds from the event will go to the American Recreational Military Services (ARMS)…

  • Supreme Court will not hear football prayer case

    BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer After four years of legal wrangling and national attention, East Brunswick High School, Middlesex County, football coach Marcus Borden’s fight to participate in team prayer has apparently come to an end. On March 2, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Borden’s petition to hear the case, leaving the legal victory in…

  • Council discusses use of leftover $210,000

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — Members of the Township Council are taking a close look at funds that were left in the account of Jackson’s former industrial commission. When the industrial commission was dissolved in 2003 it had an unexpended balance of $210,000. At the council’s Feb. 24 meeting, a resolution was on…

  • GETTING READY FOR SPRING SPORTS – Advertorial

    By Gloria Averbuch GETTING READY FOR SPRING SPORTS – Advertorial Advertorial GETTING READY FOR SPRING SPORTS By Gloria Averbuch It’s time to brush off the remnants of winter, and get ready to play! Whether your athlete has been active or not, here are some helpful steps to get ready for spring. Take Advantage of Transition…

  • County may take charge of Sharon Station Road

    UPPER FREEHOLD — After years of discussion, Monmouth County will likely take jurisdiction of and redesign Sharon Station Road in Upper Freehold Township. Residents have appeared regularly before the Township Committee to complain about what they say are the dangerous conditions of the road. At the Feb. 26 meeting, the governing body unanimously passed a…

  • Graffiti is not work of gang

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer DAVE BENJAMIN Jackson police have determined that graffiti painted on a building on West Veterans Highway near Stump Tavern Road is not the work of a gang marking its turf. JACKSON — Graffiti that has fouled a building at West Veterans Highway and Stump Tavern Road is not the work…

  • American icon’s eloquence is poetic and profound

    Maya Angelou speaks to sellout crowd at Brookdale College BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer Alone on a stage, she captured the minds and hearts of about 2,500 people with her words, her song, her wisdom. In her 80 years, she has shared the lessons of her life’s journey with an eagerly receptive crowd. PHOTOS BY…

  • March: So many fertile thoughts

    Virgil said, "Look with favor upon a bold beginning." Snow and ice are gone, but we still find winter’s residue spread across the garden in small twigs and browned leaves, soil heaved by frost and tons of sweet gum balls. I could make a fortune shipping them to Germany where I saw them for sale…