Category: Tri-Town News

  • Lakewood renews emphasis on school security

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer LAKEWOOD – In the aftermath of a Nov. 12 melee at Lakewood High School that resulted in the arrest of 11 high school students and one adult, school administrators, parents, police and security personnel gathered on Dec. 4 in the high school library to discuss security in the township’s schools.…

  • Residents of cul-de-sac object to street changes

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON – Residents who live on Denmark Lane do not want any changes made to their street or to their properties. They voiced their concerns at the Dec. 3 meeting of the Planning Board. Denmark Lane is a cul-de-sac off Green Valley Road, near Clearstream Road. Planning Board engineer Douglas…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff The Kingdom Sound choir performs during the Howell Township Cultural Arts and Heritage Committee’s Festival of Choirs held Dec. 2 at the First United Methodist Church, Farmingdale.

  • For the Record

    In an article that was published on Nov. 8, CentraState Medical Center incorrectly stated that John M. D’Amato, Esq., a supporter of CentraState’s MS Center and MS Benefit, died after a long battle with MS. D’Amato died of natural causes. CentraState apologizes to the D’Amato family for the error. D’Amato was a longtime friend and…

  • Athletic center comes up short in bid for approval

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL – A developer’s plan to build an athletic training facility on Fairfield Road came up one vote short of approval at the Dec. 3 meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment. The applicant who proposed to construct the Monmouth County Athletic Center sought a use variance in order to…

  • Plumsted will seek state loan for improvements

    PLUMSTED – The Township Committee will introduce an ordinance to establish special improvement districts that will qualify Plumsted to receive $600,000 from the state Department of Community Affairs Office of Smart Growth, Business Improvement Zone Loan Fund. Eligibility for the zero interest $600,000 Business Improvement Zone Loan Fund is limited to only those municipalities in…

  • Transportation personnel saluted for volunteer spirit

    JACKSON – When the call went out for Jackson school bus drivers and transportation personnel to save the day, they were ready, willing and able. “Our transportation staff jumped at the chance to help when the organizers of the 14th annual Komen New Jersey Race for the Cure reached out to the school district to…

  • County recognizes veterans program

    For three decades, the Disabled Veteran Outreach Program (DVOP) has provided veterans with hope. “This program has helped countless veterans through employment assistance and outreach,” Ocean County Freeholder Director John P. Kelly said. “And even more importantly, the program has provided these men and women returning from war with opportunity.” Ocean County Freeholder Gerry P.…

  • JMHS grad on national tour with ‘Ring of Fire’

    BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent While with a date in New York’s Little Italy, Marissa Caro received a phone call that dramatically changed her career. Marissa Caro “It was the casting director of the musical ‘Ring of Fire’ ” said Caro, 21, a student at Pace University, New York. “I had to be on a plane…