Category: Tri-Town News

  • Genealogist delves into history of Shore’s murders

    ‘Murders in Monmouth’ documents three decades of crime BY KATHY HALL Correspondent George Joynson’s passion for genealogy led him to write “Murders in Monmouth: Capital Crimes from the Jersey Shore’s Past.” Top right: John Vacchiano, who fled New Jersey after murdering a man he was feuding with, is one of the infamous characters featured in…

  • Newspaper group takes home 30 awards in NJPA contest

    Greater Media Newspapers received 30 awards from the New Jersey Press Association for excellence in writing, photography and advertising in the NJPA’s Better Newspaper Contest for 2007. Eric Sucar, “Reindeer,” Independent first place, Feature BobWaitt, advertising director for Greater Media Newspapers, said the Classified Department, and Production Department, which designs many of the ads, are…

  • State grant to fund study of shared services possibilities

    JACKSON- The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs has awarded Jackson a Sharing Available Resources Efficiently (SHARE) grant. The $29,880 grant will be used to conduct a feasibility study into services that may be able to be shared between the township and the Jackson Board of Education. “We are very pleased that we have been…

  • Volunteers will help clear Jackson’s streets of litter

    JACKSON – On April 12 more than 400 volunteers, all members of several Jackson nonprofit organizations, will participate in Jackson’s community cleanup day. The event’s theme is “Litter Free, You and Me” and is sponsored by the New Jersey Clean Communities Grant and Mayor Mark Seda. The event will be headquartered at the Jackson Justice…

  • Soaring to new heights

    Gina Lupi, of Freehold, rehearses for her role as Peter Pan in the Strand Theater, Lakewood, production of J.M. Barrie’s classic tale of imagination and never growing up. “Peter Pan” continues its run at the Strand on April 12 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. and April 13 at 2 p.m. For more information, call…

  • Congressman lauds school for pupils’ caring attitude

    RACER program at Goetz Middle School teaches character BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer U.S. Rep. Christopher Smith JACKSON – RACER, the character education program at Jackson’s Goetz Middle School, has drawn the attention of New Jersey Congressman Christopher Smith. Smith, whose district includes Jackson, visited the school recently to observe and support the RACER program.…

  • Volunteers will help clear Jackson’s streets of litter

    JACKSON – On April 12 more than 400 volunteers, all members of several Jackson nonprofit organizations, will participate in Jackson’s community cleanup day. The event’s theme is “Litter Free, You and Me” and is sponsored by the New Jersey Clean Communities Grant and Mayor Mark Seda. The event will be headquartered at the Jackson Justice…

  • Police seek Lakewood resident, 19, in robbery

    Howell detective says suspect may have left New Jersey BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer HOWELL – Police have issued an arrest warrant for a Lakewood man who they believe robbed a Howell jewelry story in February. The suspect remains at large. Howell police Detective Eileen Dodd said Reich Jewelers, on Route 9 south in the…

  • Protesters urge Bush to end war, invest in America

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Hundreds of protesters chanted, “Bring the troops home, end the war now” as President George W. Bush touched down in Freehold aboard Marine One last week. Local individuals and families joined New Jersey Citizen Action (NJCA), Democracy ForAmerica, the Coalition For Peace Action, the Solidarity Singers and Democratic Congressman Frank…