Category: Tri-Town News

  • Subdivision plan adjusted

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — Members of the Planning Board have given a nod of approval to a change in the overall subdivision plan for the Metedeconk National Golf Club. The change to a plan that was approved 18 months ago reduces one proposed building lot and makes the remaining lots a bit…

  • Burglars hit Jackson homes in recent spree

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — Three burglaries and an attempted burglary occurred during a fourday period this month. One burglary was reported on Feb. 8, one burglary was reported on Feb. 9 and one burglary and one attempted burglary were reported on Feb. 11. Jackson police provided information about all four incidents. Police…

  • Homeowners will deal with military flights

    Applicant granted time extension on 16-lot plan BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — The applicant who wants to build Pine Knoll Manor, a two-lot parcel to be divided into 16 new building lots on Toms River Road (Route 571) near Benz Lane, is seeking another time extension from the Planning Board. Pine Knoll Manor…

  • Plumsted to pursue police accreditation

    PLUMSTED — The township may become just the 34th municipality in the state to have a police department meeting the standards established for the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police Accreditation (NJSACOP) and Commission on the Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) national recognition standards. Township Committeeman Eric Sorchik, who retired with 27…

  • New troupe opens ‘Woolf’ on Feb. 19

    Nine Theatricals, Freehold’s newest theater company, will present Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of VirginiaWoolf” at the Priedaine Theater, Route 33, Howell, beginning Feb. 19. The production is the first for the company. The Priedaine is the property of the New Jersey Latvian Society. It is on Route 33, just east of The Cabin restaurant. Bob…

  • Activist chronicles fight for equal pay

    BY LORI ANNE OLIWA Correspondent Lilly Ledbetter MIDDLETOWN — She is the face of equality, her story personifying the struggle of generations of women in their war on gender-based pay discrimination. She was the second woman to dance with President Barack Obama at the inaugural Neighborhood Ball and one of the few chosen to make…

  • Area farms recognized for breeding top horses

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Local horsemen and farms won honors at the New Jersey Equine Breeders Awards dinner held Jan. 25 at the Radisson Hotel, Freehold Township. Millstone Township’s Val D’Or Farm’s Twist N Clout was named the 2-year-old filly pacer of the year. She banked $496,297 in 2008. The daughter of Western Ideal…

  • Tynan brings Irish heritage to performance at Strand

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Ronan Tynan LAKEWOOD — Irish eyes will be smiling and so will the eyes of everyone else who will be attending a concert to be performed by Ronan Tynan at 6:30 p.m. March 28 at the Strand Theater. Tynan said his concert will feature Broadway tunes, Irish favorites and contemporary…

  • Lakewood makes move to end use of tent cities

    Township has population of homeless individuals living in the woods BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer Tucked into the woods on the outskirts of Lakewood are fully functioning communities of people who live without walls, running water or electricity. They set up camp across 7 acres with tents and now with 24-foot-tall tepees. To stay warm…