Category: Tri-Town News

  • All God’s creatures are blessed in tribute to St. Francis

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer ERIC SUCAR staff Nick Scorcia holds up his miniature dachshund Mossimo to be blessed by a priest during the blessing of the animals at Georgian Court University, Lakewood, on Oct. 4. The blessing of the animals honors St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals and ecology. LAKEWOOD –…

  • New programs spark pupil interest at St. Aloysius

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON – Pupils at the St. Aloysius School, Bennetts Mills Road, consider themselves to be blessed with new materials and programs for the 2007-08 school year. “The Reading First Grant received by the Jackson School District has enabled the St. Aloysius School to purchase many supplemental materials for the teachers…

  • Rihanna to perform at Brookdale

    Brookdale Community College, Route 520, Lincroft, will celebrate its 40th anniversary with rhythm and blues, hip hop recording star Rihanna on Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. in the Robert Collins Arena. Rihanna was solicited by Student Life and Activities after a request from the student body. According to Robert Quinones, director of the Warner Student…

  • Possession of bomb nets probationary term

    Steven Cole, 45, of Howell, was sentenced to five years of probation last week for his guilty plea to a one-count Information that charged him with receiving and possessing a firearm, namely an explosive bomb, which was not registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, according to a press release from…

  • Chamber series will focus on ‘Strategies for Success’

    The Western Monmouth Chamber of Commerce is now accepting registrations for its management symposium “Strategies for Success.” The symposium is a four-part series which will begin on Nov. 16. The chamber has partnered with Brookdale Community College and Rutgers Center for Management Development to bring this opportunity to the business community. Created by the Women…

  • Ocean County will offer flu shot vaccination clinics

    Ocean County residents will be able to choose from 60 different vaccination clinics, including five evening clinics, as the Ocean County Health Department announced it will soon begin holding the clinics for the 2007-08 flu season. Daniel Regenye, assistant public health coordinator, said, “We have ordered 35,000 doses of vaccine and we believe we will…

  • Jackson teen driver charged in accident that killed three

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON – The teenage driver of a 2003 Mitsubishi Lancer who was involved in a Sept. 10 accident on East Veterans Highway that claimed the lives of three people has been charged with four motor vehicle violations. Ocean County Prosecutor Marlene Lynch Ford announced last week that Nicole N. Greenberg,…

  • October 2007: Conspiracy of memories

    Agarden is a commitment. When your roses succumb to our Mid-Atlantic heat and humidity, when slugs eat holes in your hosta leaves and in anything else that grows close to the ground, when vines creep up and smother everything in their path, when insidious ailments attack your prize plants and insects suck, shred and nibble…

  • Kennel code to be considered

    HOWELL – At its meeting on Oct. 16 the Township Council is expected to consider the passage of an ordinance that establishes guidelines and acceptable locations for dog kennels; revises the definition of dog kennels; and limits the number of dogs per household in all zones. The stated goals of the ordinance are to “protect…