Category: Tri-Town News

  • Cell phones will be turned into minutes for U.S. troops

    The Ocean County Library will participate in the national “Cell Phone for Soldiers” program by distributing postage-paid envelopes for shipping cell phones at 17 of its branches. The local distribution of the envelopes began August 11, said Senior Librarian Meagan Toohey. “Cell Phones for Soldiers” is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. It sells the collected cell…

  • Mustangs put their best foot forward during meet and greet

    Goal is to show adoption potential of formerly wild horses BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Jamie Landriscina, 11, of Howell, says hello to Strawberry Shortcake on Aug. 3 during the New Jersey Mustang and Burro Association’s visit to Rick’s Saddle Shop in Upper Freehold. The spirit of the West was…

  • Board hears more details about Windsor Crescent

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer DAVE BENJAMIN Engineer Sean Savage presents information about the Windsor Crescent residential development during the Aug. 4 meeting of the Jackson Planning Board. Windsor Crescent is a 112-unit project to be built off Solar Avenue that will help Jackson meet its state-mandated obligation to build housing for people with low…

  • District upgrades security; set to enforce dress code

    LAKEWOOD — The Lakewood School District will be visibly different this fall. The changes begin with upgrades to school security, a new dress code and a new superintendent of schools. In response to a Nov. 12 melee at Lakewood High School that resulted in the arrest of 11 high school students and one adult, the…

  • Pinelands panel moves plan to require home clustering

    During its regular meeting on July 11, the Pinelands Commission advanced a proposal aimed at better protecting Pinelands resources by mandating the clustering of residential development in Pinelands-designated Forest Areas and Rural Development Areas. A portion of Jackson is in the protected Pinelands region of New Jersey. According to a press release from the Pinelands…

  • Georgian Court Univ. to celebrate 100 years

    LAKEWOOD — The year was 1908. It was illegal for women to smoke in public in New York, females were declared unfit to operate automobiles in Cincinnati, and women around the world were struggling to gain the right to vote. Yet, in spite of this post-Victorian era that showed little advantage to women, in Plainfield,…

  • Burlington Path Road subdivision approved

    REGIONAL INTEREST UPPER FREEHOLD — What may be the last residential subdivision approved under Upper Freehold Township’s current 3-acre zoning was approved at the July 22 Planning Board meeting. Maritone Construction’s three-lot subdivision on Burlington Path Road received preliminary and final approval in a 7-0 vote with board member J. David Holmes abstaining. On Aug.…

  • Holy Family names principal

    LAKEWOOD — When students walk through the doors of the Holy Family Elementary School in September, a new principal will be at the helm. Robert Andrews has been appointed principal of the school. Andrews earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Peter’s College in Jersey City. He has since completed a Master of Science…

  • Upper Freehold woman seeks to raise awareness of ovarian cancer

    Veiga family will join walkathon on Sept. 27 in Avalon BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Terry Veiga considers herself to be a very lucky woman. It’s not just the nice house in the Grande at Old York development, the good husband, the two active sons, and her adored dogs. Last year, at…