Category: Tri-Town News

  • School pays tribute to Army lieutenant

    Brian Brennan honored at Howell football game BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer Jim and Joanne Brennan of Howell are at a loss for words. Since the news broke about their son, U.S. Army 1st Lt. Brian Brennan, and the injuries he sustained in Afghanistan, there has been what they called an outpouring of support from…

  • Making friends at the library

    MATT DENTON Sparks, the Ocean County Library mascot, gets a hug upon his arrival at the Fabulous Fall Fiesta held Sept. 12 at the Lakewood library during Hispanic Heritage Month.

  • Residents question status of gate, road

    Council president: We will try to get some answers BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Residents of Jackson who live in the Westlake North community are asking the Township Council to help them resolve a problem. “I am a resident of Westlake North and there are many people here who are also residents of Westlake North,”…

  • Celebration of centennial puts premium on service

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer LAKEWOOD — Old friends reunited and reminisced about the good old days during Georgian Court University’s Centennial Celebration. Alumni Bernadette Markey Chultze, class of 1957, Eileen Markey, class of 1965, Mary Lou Kramli, class of 1963, Marguerite Brennan, class of 1963, and Patricia Dombal, class of 1963, were among the…

  • Students take turn in voting booth

    McAuliffe pupils being taught how voting machines operate BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer DAVE BENJAMIN Andrea Raible (l) and Madison Piassek prepare to cast their votes in the Christa McAuliffe Middle School student council election and in a mock election for president of the United States. Two elections — a voting double-header, if you will…

  • Supt. will not present seminar at conference

    Talk would have focused on teen driving safety BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Freehold Regional High School District Superintendent of Schools James Wasser will not present a seminar at the annual conference of the National School Boards Association (NSBA) in April 2009. Wasser had been scheduled to present a seminar at the national conference in…

  • Board confirms movement of some Howell students

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer The Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education has unanimously approved a resolution to set attendance area boundary lines for the district’s six schools for the 2009-10 school year. The only change in the attendance areas will affect incoming freshmen from Howell who live north of Route 524 between…

  • Mayors seek changes to affordable housing law

    Regional Interest BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer At least a dozen mayors in the state have joined forces to seek reform to New Jersey’s affordable housing law, which the mayors claim makes unrealistic demands on municipalities. The group of mayors met recently as part of the Mayors’ Housing Policy Committee, which was established by the…

  • Seems like old times

    ERIC SUCAR staff Knights of Valor perform before a large crowd gathered at the jousting field during the 27th annual Renaissance Faire at Pine Park in Lakewood on Sept. 20. The faire is a fundraiser for the Lakewood Lions Club, which uses money raised to support several charities.