Category: Tri-Town News

  • Rock’n Music Idol semifinalists announced

    Hundreds of contestants from throughout the state have auditioned in hope of becoming a Rock’n Music Idol for 2007-08. The competition, administered by Rock’n Music Academy in Middletown, is a search for New Jersey’s most impressive musicians ages 7 to 17 in the categories of guitar, bass, drums, keyboard/piano, vocals and vocals/instrument. Contestants are judged…

  • Sea training tour a success for Howell man

    Midshipman David J. Brienza of Howell recently returned to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy after completing his sea training tour aboard three U.S. merchant and military vessels. Cadets at the academy, in Kings Point, N.Y., are required to serve two tours totaling 300 days as marine engineers or 360 days as deck officers. Brienza is…

  • Howell man gets prison term

    A former assistant manager of a Hudson City Savings Bank branch in West Long Branch was sentenced on Dec. 14 to 24 months in federal prison for embezzling nearly $500,000 from the bank, U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie announced. U.S. District Judge Freda L. Wolfson, sitting in Trenton, also ordered Robert Libby, 33, of Howell,…

  • Hotel plan may return at later date

    HOWELL – A public hearing on an applicant’s plan to build a six-story hotel near the intersection of Route 9 and Interstate 195 was not heard by the Howell Zoning Board of Adjustment on Dec. 17. A special meeting of the zoning board had been scheduled for that night to hear the hotel application. Local…

  • Social club delivers special gifts

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer LAKEWOOD – Instead of participating in a Santa grab bag this Christmas during which acquaintances exchange gifts with one another, residents of Lakewood’s Horizons at Woodlake Greens adult community have decided to give gifts to the people who they say deserve them the most. Diane Rotondelli, Cynthia Barnes and Carol…

  • Car stickers for provisional drivers are now available

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON – Stickers that will identify a vehicle as one that is being operated by a person who holds a New Jersey provisional driver’s license are now available in Jackson. “The stickers have been received and they are available for distribution,” said Jackson police Sgt. Brian J. Geoghegan. “If people…

  • State fund helps pay for children’s medical needs

    On Dec. 13 Gov. Jon S. Corzine announced more than $3.3 million in financial grants awarded by the Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund Commission (CICRFC) to help families dealing with their children’s extraordinary medical expenses. “The Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund provides New Jersey families with financial assistance for uncovered medical bills related…

  • Seniors get some help in preparing for winter

    Ocean County’s meals on wheels provider has teamed up with the Ocean County Health Department and Office of Senior Services in getting information to participants on being prepared for winter weather. Community Services Inc., which delivers congregate and home delivered meals for Ocean County, has provided brochures to more than 1,200 individuals outlining how to…

  • ‘I Am Legend’ lives up to its name

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Movie Critic Warner Bros. Pictures release Di rected by: Francis Lawrence Starring: Will Smith, Alice Braga, Dash Mihok, Charlie Tahan, Abbey Running time: 110 minutes Classified: R It is fairly safe to say that at this point, the genome has replaced the atom as the ultimate symbol of humanity’s collective anxiety. The…