Category: Tri-Town News

  • Track meet honors coaches’ late friend

    BY DENNIS JORDAN Correspondent The Monsignor Everitt Memorial Invitational Track and Field Meet hosted by Holy Family Elementary School of Lakewood was held April 20 at the Lakewood High School track. The event served as a fundraiser for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and featured spirited competition among parochial school pupils from Monmouth and Ocean counties.…

  • Community to observe National Day of Prayer

    PLUMSTED – On May 1 the National Day of Prayer will be observed in the courtroom of the Plumsted municipal building, 121 Evergreen Road, beginning at 7:30 p.m. This will mark the 15th consecutive year the event has been held. According to Mayor Ron Dancer, local residents are organizing the event and are encouraging people…

  • Volunteers will be honored at Strand Theater

    LAKEWOOD – The Historic Strand Theater, Clifton Avenue, will host “Applause,” the theater’s second annual volunteer appreciation event, from noon to 2 p.m. April 27. The event will be followed by the swinging sounds of the Duke Ellington Orchestra on the main stage at 2 p.m. The event is being held in celebration of National…

  • Civil Air Patrol cadets to offer info at Six Flags

    JACKSON – On Aug. 27 local Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops and the general public will be treated to special presentations to be given by the New Jersey Wing Civil Air Patrol (CAP), the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary. The Six Flags Great Adventure park management and the Scout Council have invited CAP to train…

  • Summer camp training sessions slated in Howell

    The Howell Parks and Recreation Department is accepting registration for summer camp counselor in training sessions to be held at one of the middle schools. The three-week program will be held Monday through Friday, July 14 to Aug. 1 for ages 14 and 15. The cost to attend the program is $40. Registration is on…

  • Emotional words

    Kate Campbell Stevenson performed her one-woman show “Women: Back to the Future” at Georgian Court University, Lakewood, onMarch 31. Stevenson’s performance featured a portrayal of 19th century abolitionist and suffragette Lucy Stone (above). FRANK GALIPO

  • Deadline is April 25 for annual kayak race

    The deadline to sign up for the 38th Manasquan River Canoe and Kayak Race is April 25. This annual Monmouth County Park System event slated for May 10 will begin at Howell Park Golf Course, Howell, and end at the Hospital Road Canoe Landing Area. The 5.87-mile route features varied widths, depths, twists, turns, obstacles,…

  • Father enters guilty plea in youth football assault

    REGIONAL INTEREST COLTS NECK- On April 17, Mario A. Romano, 42, of Colts Neck, appeared in state Superior Court in Freehold and pleaded guilty to the disorderly persons offense of simple assault. Romano entered his guilty plea before Superior Court Judge Ira E. Kreizman, according to a press release from theMonmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. In…

  • Police: Road where fatal accident occurred is safe

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL – Opinions differ as to whether Georgia Tavern Road is a safe thoroughfare or a potential drag strip. Georgia Tavern Road is a 4-mile long street that runs between Route 9 in the Freewood Acres section of Howell and Casino Drive. Georgia Tavern Road’s intersection with Peskin and Lemon…