Category: Tri-Town News

  • Persistence pays off with recall of dangerous crib

    Manalapan father responds after baby’s fingers trapped BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer On Nov. 8 the federal Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) issued news of a recall of a designer baby crib. It was a response that was due in no small measure to the vigilance of one man, Andrew Hartung, 36, of Manalapan. Hartung…

  • Westlake Brandeis group receives national charter

    JACKSON JACKSON – Officers and members of the Westlake adult community chapter of the Brandeis University Women’s Committee are thrilled to have received their national charter. “On Oct. 24 Dr. Dottie Pierce, the national president of the Brandeis University Women’s Committee, gave the Westlake chapter its official charter at its regional meeting held at the…

  • Bands sought for Jan. event

    JACKSON – It’s not too early to start getting ready for the 2008 Battle of the Bands. The Jackson Educational Foundation in conjunction with the Jam Room Music Complex of Howell will be sponsoring the second annual Battle of the Bands on Jan. 19 from 7-11 p.m. at Jackson Memorial High School, Don Connor Boulevard.…

  • Firm outlines Jackson affordable housing plan

    Solar Avenue project calls for 112 rental units in Jackson BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Plans are in the works to construct a 100 percent non-agerestricted affordable housing rental development in Jackson. At a recent meeting, members of the Planning Board heard an informal presentation for the 112- unit Windsor Crescent Solar Avenue affordable housing…

  • GREEN SCENE

    November is the time for horticultural multitasking Fall is upon us with vibrant colors, creating the tapestry of autumn. We all hope the inevitable journey of falling leaves will be delayed, so we can enjoy the splendid foliage and somehow postpone the onset of winter. We were blessed with wonderful warm October days and good…

  • Students study life cycle as part of trout project

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer The brook trout, New Jersey’s state fish, has been falling in numbers over the past few years as a result of overdevelopment and pollution. In an effort to help mitigate this problem, the Ocean County Soil Conservation District has sponsored four Ocean County schools in a program called Trout in…

  • New York Choral Society to sing at Freehold church

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Members of the First Presbyterian Church, West Main Street, Freehold Borough, are abuzz with excitement and anxiously awaiting the arrival of the New York Choral Society, which will perform in concert at the church on Dec. 15 at 7:30 p.m. In addition to anticipating the arrival of the well-known…

  • Officials are preparing car stickers

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON – Councilman Angelo Stallone announced at the Nov. 9 meeting of the Township Council that Public Safety Director Matthew Kunz expects to have provisional driver stickers available within the next week. Stallone said the stickers will be able to be placed on a car that is used by a…

  • Calls, response times remain issue in Jackson

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON – The vice president of MONOC wants to know where Mayor Mark Seda obtained the statistics he recently cited regarding emergency medical responses in the municipality. MONOC provides Basic Life Support (BLS) services in Jackson from 5 a.m. to 6 p.m. seven days a week and it provides Advanced…