Category: Tri-Town News

  • Howell will participate in gypsy moth control efforts

    HOWELL – Municipal officials have made plans to spray an insecticide over Howell’s densely forested areas in an attempt to protect trees from being stripped bare of their leaves by gypsy moth caterpillars. State agriculture officials have said the spring of 2008 is expected to bring a gypsy moth infestation that will be worse than…

  • Finishing touches being put on ’08-09 school needs

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON – School administrators discussed staffing needs and special education as the Jackson Board of Education continued a series of meetings focusing on the development of the 2008-09 school year budget. The budget will be unveiled shortly, and residents will vote on the spending plan in the April school election.…

  • Campground to open March 15

    FREEHOLD – Spring into spring by spending the night at the Monmouth County Park System’s family campground in Turkey Swamp Park, Georgia Road, Freehold Township. Opening for the season on March 15, the campground features 64 wooded campsites (52 which can be reserved while 12 are available on a first come, first serve basis). All…

  • 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…

  • Inventory of historic sites to aid preservation efforts

    PLUMSTED – The Township Committee is preparing to establish, by ordinance, the Historic Preservation and Design Review Advisory Committee to review proposed actions to historically significant properties listed on the official historic sites inventory map and to assist in the Land Use/Planning Board decision making process. According to Mayor Ron Dancer, Plumsted now has its…

  • Program will test toys for presence of lead

    Health dept. invites parents, caregivers to seek assistance BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent Young children love brightly colored toys, but often these toys may contain hidden health hazards such as lead. To assist parents and caregivers of children, the Monmouth County Health Department and the Lead Coalition of Monmouth and Ocean Counties have launched a leaded…