Category: Tri-Town News

  • Seniors enjoy special party

    JACKSON – A fabulous ’50s Valentine’s Day party was held at the Jackson Senior Center on Feb. 11. Seniors listened and danced to the music of Bill Turner and the Smoke House Band. “I want to thank the wonderful people in charge for providing a Valentine’s Day party at the senior center. It was one…

  • Girl Scouts do their part to lift spirits of soldiers

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Members of Jackson Girl Scout Troop 489 hold a flag that was sent to them by American military personnel who are serving in Baghdad, Iraq. The girls sent a care package to the servicemen, one of whom is the father of a troop member. JACKSON – The youngsters in Girl…

  • Plumsted panel endorses 5 farms for preservation

    PLUMSTED – The Township Committee is providing the required resolution of municipal endorsement for the preservation of five more farms into the Farmland Preservation Program. With the addition of five more farms to the preservation program, Plumsted would be at an all-time high of 37 farms permanently protected and preserved forever from future residential development,…

  • New rec director is young, but comes with experience

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer Davide Fuoco HOWELL – If one word could be used to describe Howell’s new director of parks and recreation that word would be “enthusiastic.” Davide Fuoco, 27, was selected from a field of about a dozen candidates for the position. He holds a bachelor’s degree in recreation administration fromKeanUniversity, Union.…

  • Black history focus of meeting

    LAKEWOOD – The Lakewood Heritage Commission will host “AWalk Down Memory Lane” in honor of Black History Month, being celebrated during February. The event will be held at the auditorium of the Lakewood municipal building on Feb. 24 at 2 p.m. The program will be an oral history told by a panel of guests from…

  • Retail building proposed forW. Veterans Highway

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON – An application for a new retail building, Gelori LLC, on West VeteransHighway nearHawkins Road, has been presented to the Planning Board. Testimony on the application was heard at a recent meeting of the board. In introducing the project, Planning Board engineer Douglas Klee said the applicant is proposing…

  • Mentoring program helps youths stay on right track

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer LAKEWOOD – After watching Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. give his landmark “I have a dream” speech during the historic March on Washington in August 1963, Michael Rush, the deputy superintendent of Paterson’s public schools, was inspired to become successful and give something back to his community. Rush is the…

  • Go Bags will aid Howell police in cases of a shooting

    HOWELL – The Howell Township Policemen’s Benevolent Association (PBA) in conjunction with the Howell PBA Vest and Safety Fund issued allHowell police officers Go Bags on Jan. 23. The bags are designed to be carried by a police officer when responding to an activeshooter incident and contain equipment an officer may need to assist him…

  • Champions crowned

    Nine boys and girls from Jackson and Howell, ages 10 to 14, were named local champions of the 2008 Knights of Columbus free throw championship and have earned the right to compete at the regional level. The Howell-Jackson Council 6201 sponsored the local competition at the St. Veronica School gym on Jan. 19. All youngsters…