Category: Tri-Town News

  • County engineer to retire

    Fresh out of high school, during the summer of 1969, Ronald A. Lotrecchio worked as a draftsman in the Ocean County Engineering Department making $1.75 per hour. From those beginnings, Lotrecchio worked his way up the ladder and served as a senior engineering draftsman, assistant engineer, senior engineer, principal engineer, assistant county engineer and ultimately…

  • Council appoints Schlegel manager

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer Helene Schlegel HOWELL – Helene Schlegel has been named Howell’s new township manager. The Township Council announced its decision to appoint Schlegel to the position on Nov. 27. Schlegel has been serving as interim manager since the departure of former township manager Thomas Czerniecki in July. Officials said Schlegel’s experience…

  • Town awaits grant funding

    PLUMSTED – The township has been selected to participate in Ocean County’s 2008 funding cycle for $1.4 million in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) money, according to Mayor Ron Dancer. Of the 33 municipalities in Ocean County, 15 were selected (including Plumsted) based upon historical spending patterns, timeliness and population. The primary objective of the…

  • 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…

  • Coalition seeks equitable school funding formula

    Action in Trenton is on the horizon as tax bills rise BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer The expectation of a new school funding formula being unveiled prior to the Thanksgiving holiday did not pan out. A spokesperson for the New Jersey Department of Education (DOE) said there is a general consensus among Gov. Jon Corzine,…

  • Township officials approve spraying for gypsy moths

    PLUMSTED – Department of Agriculture inspectors have completed the gypsy moth survey in Plumsted’s wooded areas, as requested by the Township Committee. According to Mayor Ron Dancer, the survey results show that outbreaks of the leaf eating gypsy moths are expected in the spring. Approximately 1,600 acres of woodland in Plumsted qualify for the gypsy…

  • Pathfinders move ahead on upgrades to local trail

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON – Members of the Jackson Pathfinders are asking for assistance from the mayor and Township Council to move paperwork forward so they can get started on improvements to the Bunker Hill Bog Trail off East Veterans Highway and Whitesville Road. Karen Borga, chairwoman of the Pathfinders, addressed the council…