Category: Tri-Town News

  • State funds to foot bill for paving in Plumsted

    PLUMSTED – New Jersey Commissioner of Transportation Kris Kolluri has notified the Township Committee that Plumsted’s grant application requesting state funds to pave additional streets off Lakeview Drive has been approved. Mayor Ron Dancer said the township will receive $95,000 from the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund to pave the following streets: Brazil Drive, Crystal…

  • Brown, Dowd to be honored

    LAKEWOOD – The Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Council of Ocean Inc. (ADACO) will honor two individuals at its annual awards dinner to be held June 10 at The Crystal Point, Point Pleasant. Geoff Brown, general manager of the Lakewood BlueClaws minor league baseball team, and Jim Dowd of the National Hockey League’s Philadelphia Flyers will…

  • In the Service

    Army Pvt. Dwayne A. Jackson, grandson of Ann Jackson of Lakewood, has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and…

  • Bands sought for competition

    FREEHOLD- The Freehold Borough Recreation Commission has opened up a call for entries to any local, high school or college-age bands that would like to compete in the town’s second annual Battle of the Bands. Scheduled from 4-7 p.m. Aug. 30, the competition will be held in the Monmouth County Hall of Records Annex parking…

  • Photo

    Julia Husken, 3, waves an American flag as she watches the Jackson Memorial Day parade May 26. The parade route took participants from Jackson Memorial High School on Don Connor Boulevard to the Jackson Justice Complex off West Veterans Highway. MATT DENTON

  • Applicant to seek approval for swimclub, day camp

    Howell zoning board will be asked to grant a use variance BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer On June 23 representatives of Country Resort at Brookside will appear before the Howell Zoning Board of Adjustment with a proposal to operate a swim club, summer camp and day care facility on Fort Plains Road, Howell. According to…

  • Holocaust stories shared between generations

    Survivors’ memories teach students about horrors, courage BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer Janet Fischer’s students have been reading the book "Daniel’s Story" about a boy’s life during the Holocaust and she wanted to bring real-life survivors to speak to her sixth-grade students. Above: Adam Boren reads from his book about surviving the Holocaust, "Journey Through…

  • CNN features story of area man’s battle

    PLUMSTED – Within two weeks of the Township Committee and mayor issuing a proclamation on May 7 to designate Brain Tumor Action Week, not only did the nation learn of Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy’s diagnosis of brain cancer, but the nation also learned of a brain tumor survivor from New Egypt to whom the township…

  • U.S. Air Force mission on display at 2008 expo

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer The 305thAirMobilityWing will host the 2008 McGuire Air Expo on May 31 and June 1 at McGuire Air Force Base, Wrightstown. The show is free and open to the public. The two-day event, “AboveAll…Be Inspired,” will culminate Air Force Week and feature performances by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and…