Category: Tri-Town News

  • Home, garden entries sought

    FREEHOLD – Do you think you bake the best cookies, grow the biggest and juiciest tomatoes, or make the most creative crafts in your neighborhood? You may have what it takes to earn a blue ribbon in the 2008 Monmouth County Fair home and garden competition. So gather up your best needlepoint, knitting and holiday…

  • Program helps to make home ownership a reality

    It’s a staple of the American Dream – to own a home. Today, thanks in part to the Ocean County First-Time Homebuyers Program, Diane Forlenza’s dream has come true. Forlenza was recently recognized at a press conference in Toms River, on the last day of National Homeownership Month, as the 300th homebuyer who has been…

  • Monmouth plans scenic byway

    In keeping with Monmouth County’s ongoing 325th anniversary celebration, the Monmouth County Planning Board is encouraging towns along the county’s Revolutionary War routes to help guide the creation of a second state-designated scenic byway in the county. “A scenic byway extending from Upper Freehold Township to Monmouth Battlefield in Manalapan and on to Sandy Hook…

  • Town officials honor youngster

    PLUMSTED – During the Plumsted Township Committee meeting of July 2, Mayor Ron Dancer and the rest of the committee members presented a certificate of achievement to a local resident, 9- year-old Mackenzie VanDenBogart, for advancing to the state finals for the National American Miss New Jersey Pre- Teen Pageant. Certificates of appointment to the…

  • Seniors offered tips for summer safety

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Joan Leimbach JACKSON – With the summer of 2008 in full swing, senior citizens who attended a recent program at the Melvin Cottrell Center for Senior Citizens and the Disabled, Don Connor Boulevard, learned how to be prepared for Mother Nature’s sunshine and warm-weather conditions. Joan Leimbach, a case manager…

  • For the Record

    An article that appeared in the Tri-Town News on July 3, “Filmmakers Have Friend in the ‘Script Specialist’ ” included an incorrect Internet Web site address. The Web site for George Taglianetti is www.thescriptspecialist.com.

  • Band members find groove in jazz sounds

    The After Effect continues after first director leaves BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer While many of the people their age are simply listening to Top 40 tunes, they are wailing on instruments and getting carried away improvising their own music. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Zach Cregle, 17, plays his part in the seven-piece horn section…

  • Municipal budget approved

    JACKSON – The Township Council has unanimously adopted a $41.5 million municipal budget for 2008. The vote came at the council’s June 24 meeting. The meeting was the final one before three new council members were scheduled to be sworn into office on July 1. Michael Kafton, Michael Reina and Bobbie Rivere were expected to…

  • Experiences in Israel inspire young adult

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Some life experiences alter the way people see the world, while other experiences prompt people to change the way they see themselves and the part they play in the world that surrounds them. Jeremy Gross Jeremy Gross of Freehold Borough belongs to the latter group. Gross, 19, a Freehold…