Category: Tri-Town News

  • Survivor’s story kicks off Relay for Life planning

    While the seventh annual New EgyptArea Relay for Life kickoff event drew a large crowd on Feb. 24, this year’s keynote speaker brought out the real meaning of Relay of Life. According to a press release, Jim Matthews of Millstone Township, a 12- year cancer survivor, told the gathering, “There is so much strength and…

  • Council candidate fires first shot of campaign

    JACKSON – It’s time to end the blame game, according to one person who is running for a seat on the Township Council. “(Mayor) Mark Seda and his council can stay in a state of denial for only so long, after which they must admit that they miscalculated the effectiveness of gypsy moth suppression and…

  • Donorschoose.org helps make projects a reality

    Teachers can go online to find funding sources for special initiatives BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Acquiring funds for the extra projects that make a student’s school life richer is possible if you know where to go. Donorschoose.org is helping to make many teachers more productive in the classroom.Among those teachers is Tracey Corsano,…

  • Teacher shares experience of trip to Ghana, Africa

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer ERIC SUCAR staff David Hunt, who is a social studies teacher at Manalapan High School, holds up a piece of artwork that he brought back from his trip to Ghana, Africa. Hunt spoke about his journey at Howell High School on Feb. 26. See story by Tri-Town News staff writer…

  • Dancer extols meaning behind the movements

    Howell’s ‘White Eagle’ performs hoop dance in Thompson Park ERIC SUCAR staff Matthew “White Eagle” Clair, of Howell, a hoop dancer who grew up on the Elsipogtog reservation in New Brunswick, Canada, performs an American Indian dance with his audience in the cabin at Thompson Park, Jamesburg. BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent American Indian dancer…

  • Howell will consider riparian buffer ordinance

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL – In an effort to protect Howell’s stream corridors and the drinking water supply, the Township Council has reintroduced an ordinance that deals with riparian buffer regulations and stream corridor preservation. The revised ordinance redefines the meaning of a riparian buffer, is more stringent on the encroachment of the…

  • Resident brings issues in development to light

    Possible illegal dumping in creek under investigation BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON – So far, Rachelle Giacchi is batting .500. Giacchi, a resident of the Westlake North adult community, contacted the Tri-Town News because she had two concerns that she said were not being properly addressed by the people who oversee the community. After…

  • Film will serve as spark for discussion at library

    ‘Beyond Disability: The Fe Fe Stories’ to be shown March 8 BY BARI FAYE SIEGEL Correspondent JACKSON – People with disabilities want one thing more than anything else in the world: they want others to see them as people who live, learn, laugh and love – like everybody else in the world. They dream of…

  • Alchevsky named chief of Cassville fire dept.

    JACKSON – The Cassville Volunteer Fire Company No. 1, which serves Jackson’s Fire District No. 2, recently held its 67th annual installation of officers and awards dinner. “Cassville Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 protects 65 square miles of southern and northwestern Jackson and is staffed by more than 30 active volunteer firefighters,” said newly elected…