Category: Tri-Town News

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    FRANK GALIPO Max Polonet performs “Holiday Time” during the sixth annual student recital presented by Judie Jensen, the proprietor of Expressions and Reflections. The recital featured students of all ages and took place on Jan. 25 at Vanity Fare in Lakewood.

  • Employees are facing furloughs

    Howell mayor calls current situation a ‘depression’ BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer In an effort to maintain services and to keep existing municipal employees from being laid off during difficult economic times, all of Howell’s union, nonunion and management personnel, including the chief of police and the township manager, will be subject to periodic unpaid…

  • Ideas exchanged at budget forum

    Tough economic times have municipal officials scrambling for solutions BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Jackson Mayor Mike Reina held the first in a series of meetings in which he hopes to get input from residents about Jackson’s 2009 municipal budget. DAVE BENJAMIN Jackson Mayor Mike Reina addresses the audience during a meeting that was held…

  • Kingdon heads new Dept. of Law

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer McKenna G. Kingdon, who has been named the director of Howell’s new Department of Law, has been practicing municipal law since 1998. She is pictured with her son, John Christopher Kingdon. HOWELL — Her mother’s doubt became the driving force that propelled McKenna G. Kingdon to pursue a career in…

  • Memmolo selected to join Howell council

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL — Louis Memmolo Sr., 58, never saw himself in politics. In fact, he said he never thought he would accomplish as much as he has. Memmolo, who has lived in Howell for 31 years, is a volunteer firefighter with the Southard Fire Department and the newest member of the…

  • Cassville fire officers sworn in for 2009 terms

    JACKSON — The Cassville Volunteer Fire Company recent held its 70th annual installation of officers. The Jan. 10 installation, awards dinner and dance held at the Miller Avenue fire station saw elected officers take their posts for a one-year term. Chief John I. Alchevsky said, “The new officers who were elected in November are President…

  • New Egypt First Aid Squad presents awards

    PLUMSTED — At the New Egypt First Aid Squad’s annual awards and installation of officers ceremony for 2009 held on Jan. 10, Mandy Danberry was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award. The 2008 Top Responder Award went to David Rogers Jr. with 248 calls to service. The 2008 President’s Award was presented to Shawn Richard.…

  • Area man joins state council

    Andrew McGeady JACKSON — The New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities (NJCDD) — a federally funded state agency that educates policymakers about how best to develop and expand public and private supports for people with developmental disabilities and their families — recently announced that Gov. Jon Corzine has appointed Andrew McGeady of Jackson to the…

  • Singer wants hearings on reassessment issues

    In response to dramatic drops in the prices of New Jersey homes, state Sen. Robert Singer of Lakewood (R-Ocean, Monmouth, Burlington and Mercer) is calling for hearings of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee to discuss the possibility of a statewide reassessment of home values to ensure that property-tax payers do not pay more than…