Category: Tri-Town News

  • Board readjusts times at two Howell schools

    HOWELL – The Howell Board of Education is calling a do-over. After voting several weeks ago to place the Adelphia and Griebling elementary schools on new schedules beginning in the 2008-09 school year, the board readjusted the school schedule on July 9. Beginning in September the school day in Howell’s K-8 schools will be lengthened…

  • Nerds and Punks will rock Jackson

    JACKSON – Mayor Mark Seda and the members of the Township Council, in conjunction with the Department of Recreation and Senior Services, have announced that The Nerds will return to the township’s stage on July 23 along with The Punks, for the first of three free concerts in Jackson’s annual Concert Under the Stars series.…

  • Bressi to continue as planning board chair

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON – Kenneth Bressi was reelected chairman of the Jackson Planning Board when the panel reorganized on July 7. Councilman Michael Reina, who previously served as chairman of the Planning Board, returned to the panel that evening. Reina, who was sworn in as a member of the Township Council on…

  • Jackson will ask top court to hear case on ordinance

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON – In an effort to preserve the environment and the quality of life for residents, the Sierra Club has extended a hand to Jackson officials in a planned appeal of an appellate court decision. “Unfortunately, in the last year or two there have been a number of environmental miscues…

  • July 20 dance will honor memory of young mother

    Family members, friends remember Shakita Crudup BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Shakita Crudup had planned to spend the Father’s Day weekend of 2007 at the Six Flags Great Adventure theme park in Jackson with her boyfriend, William McMillan, and her four children. Her plans never came to fruition. Shakita Crudup Crudup, 26, of Lakewood,…

  • Ban on bikes, scooters eyed for park on Jackson Day

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON JACKSON – In order to promote safety in John F. Johnson Jr. Memorial Park on Jackson Day, Sept. 6, Township Council members have discussed an idea put forth by Jackson’s recreation director. Jackson Day is the community’s annual celebration that features entertainment, vendors, rides, games and other activities. Speaking…

  • Social activist led fight for day laborers’ rights

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Alejandro Abarca FREEHOLD – Advocates for and members of Freehold Borough’s Latino community are mourning the loss of a person they called a leader in the fight for workers’ rights. Alejandro Abarca, 32, who lived in Freehold Borough between 2003 and 2007, died two weeks ago in Mexico from…

  • Monmouth County Fair back for five days of fun

    The smell of kettle corn, the lights of the rides, and the sounds of musical entertainment and animals being proudly displayed at the East Freehold Park Showgrounds, Kozloski Road, Freehold Township, in an indication that summer is here and so is the Monmouth County Fair. Now celebrating its 34th year of putting smiles on people’s…

  • Advisory panel to review building dept. situation

    Jobs hang in balance as Jackson officials consider their options BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON – Before taking any more steps to close the Jackson Building Department and lay off its employees, a review by the Citizens Budget Advisory Committee has been called for by the Township Council. “There is the issue of closing…