Category: Tri-Town News

  • N.J. horse industry dealt another blow

    Maryland voters approve slot machines at racetracks BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer On Election Day, Nov. 4, Maryland voters approved video lottery terminals (VLTs) for racetracks, adding another nearby state to the roster of those around New Jersey with slot machines at their tracks. Delaware, Pennsylvania and New York already offer VLTs at their racetracks.…

  • Two teens are improving

    JACKSON — A Jackson teenager who was injured in a Nov. 6 motor vehicle accident in Freehold Township is improving, as is the young man from Manalapan who was operating the vehicle. Jackson Memorial High School student Morgan Tomkiewicz, 18, was a passenger in a 2009 Mazda sport utility vehicle being driven by Raymond Fernandez,…

  • Judge to rule on training facility

    Developer has plan for athletic center in Howell BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL — The future of the proposed Monmouth County Athletic Center (dubbed the MAC) is now in the hands of a judge. Attorneys representing the developer and the Howell Zoning Board of Adjustment made their arguments before state Superior Court Judge Lawrence…

  • Students taking initial steps to learn Chinese

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer Someday Marlboro High School sophomore Eden Lunde, 15, hopes to communicate with her friends in Mandarin Chinese. Eden, who only speaks English right now, has enrolled in the Freehold Regional High School District’s first year of Mandarin Chinese classes. “I have a lot of friends who speak Mandarin and I…

  • Closing of a school back on agenda

    Howell administrators considering options for 2009-10 school year BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer The possibility of Howell K-8 School District administrators being faced with the choice to close one or more of the district’s 13 schools has become imminent. Administrators said that as they start to make plans for the 2009-10 school year, the district…

  • Community gathers to remember teen

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — Members of the Jackson community came together recently to remember a young man who died too soon. A breakfast fundraiser was held on Nov. 2 in memory of David Soto, 15, who died at the township’s Jackson Day celebration. David, a sophomore at Jackson Liberty High School, was…

  • Move starts to recall Mayor Seda

    Jackson residents want official out of office now BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Three Jackson residents have submitted a notice of their intent to push for a recall election to remove Mark Seda from his position as mayor. Residents Catherine Genovese, Joyce Cladek and Dennis Lafer filed the notice with the office of the township…

  • Background check bill clears Senate

    Bill would expand criminal checks of school employees BY LAUREN MORTENSON Correspondent The New Jersey Senate has unanimously passed a bill that will, if it is eventually signed into law, revise the current background check requirements for all school employees who come in contact with students. Sponsored by Sens. Loretta Weinberg, Barbara Buono and Shirley…

  • A preemie’s struggle for survival

    November is designated as Premature Awareness Month BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Matthew Siegel holds his daughter, Hannah, 2, as she reaches out for her mother Cheryl Ann’s hand in the family’s Millstone Township home. The Siegel family is sharing Hannah’s birth story, which had life-threatening circumstances, to highlight Prematurity Awareness Month.…