Category: Tri-Town News

  • FRHSD approves agreement for rental of ice hockey rink

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer The ice is ready and waiting at the Wall Sports Arena in Wall Township as the newly formed hockey teams in the Freehold Regional High School District get ready to open their first season. On Oct. 6, the FRHSD Board of Education approved a five-year rental agreement with Rams Associates…

  • Math games are fun, but help pupils learn

    ‘Arithmetickles’ comes to Southard School BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer ERIC SUCAR staff Host Ben Bendor asks his audience members for their participation during the “Arithmetickles” show he presented at the Southard School, Howell, on Sept. 23. “Arithmetickles” is an interactive, music-filled math show school assembly that involves pupils in the learning process. HOWELL —…

  • Brennan honored by FRHSD

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Administrators from the Freehold Regional High School District acknowledged U.S. Army 1st Lt. Brian Brennan, 23, of Howell, during a Board of Education meeting held Oct. 6 at Howell High School. Brennan is a graduate of Howell High School. He went on to graduate from The Citadel in South Carolina…

  • Unaccredited degrees at heart of hearing

    Proposed legislation targets tuition reimbursement and raises to school personnel BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Fleecing the system by obtaining additional compensation or tuition reimbursement as a result of attending unaccredited institutions will no longer be an option for school district administrators if a bill in the state Legislature is eventually signed into law. On…

  • Plumsted restricts pedophiles

    PLUMSTED — Despite a recent state Appellate Division ruling that determined New Jersey’s Megan’s Law is all-encompassing and that local ordinances enforcing residency limits for sex offenders conflict with the law’s intent, the Township Committee has no intention to relax any of its local restrictions on convicted sex offenders residing in Plumsted, according to Mayor…

  • Ocean Y will honor Brown and BlueClaws

    The Ocean County YMCA will hold its second annual Red Triangle Award Reception 6-8 p.m. Oct. 24 at the Woodlake Country Club, Lakewood. The reception honorees for 2008 will be Geoff Brown and the Lakewood BlueClaws. At the center of the YMCA’s logo is a red triangle that stands for unification of the spirit, mind…

  • Howell cast prepares to go ‘Into the Woods’

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL — A musical take on fairy tales will be center stage when students at Howell High School present Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning musical “Into the Woods.” “Into the Woods” will be performed at 7 p.m. Oct. 22, 7 p.m. Oct. 23, and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Oct. 25…

  • Town seeks grant for well in park

    PLUMSTED — The Township Committee has authorized an application to be made for a New Jersey Green Acres Park Development Grant in the amount of $100,000 to pay for the installation of the Recreation Park’s first irrigation well and water lines. Presently, none of the nine ballfields at the 30-acre Recreation Park, off Brindletown and…

  • Big wheel keeps on turnin’

    Joey Giusti, 5, of Jackson, watches the spinning wheel as he plays a game of chance at the Carnival for Pals held at the Driftwood Cabana Club, Sea Bright, on Sept. 28. CHRIS KELLY staff