Category: Tri-Town News

  • Things look up for lady who sings the blues

    Jo Wymer puts her life in song as she pursues success in music biz BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Everyone has a story. Some people write it, others paint it, but Jo Wymer? She sings it – with attitude and soul. Wymer, 40, of Freehold Township, is a blues singer. She and her band…

  • Three charged with bias intimidation in Jackson

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON – Three white adult males from Jackson were arrested and charged with bias intimidation, harassment and criminal mischief stemming from an Aug. 11 incident. According to a press release issued by Jackson police Detective Sgt. Denis Campbell, the incident occurred on County Line Road and continued on to Villanova…

  • Feds deny application for solid waste transfer station

    Sludge Busters and elected officials praise decision BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Freehold Township now has a nickname – “The Little Engine That Could,” according to Annemarie Howley. And the little engine that could, did. What it did was stop a plan that sought to establish a solid waste transfer station on Route 33…

  • Library mystery takes youths back to the ’70s

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL – Death, mystery, suspense, Sudoku and puzzles were the ingredients Howell library staff members used to try to create interest for the 2007 summer reading program “You Never Know.” One of the final events of the summer program was an updated version of the popular board game “Clue.” The…

  • Westlake Brandeis unit marks anniversary

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON – It is with much pride that the Westlake adult community chapter of the Brandeis University National Women’s Committee is celebrating its first anniversary. “With pride and amazement our copresident Ruth Badian recalls that evening last year when 15 women met in her home and founded the Westlake chapter,”…

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    ERIC SUCAR staff With help from the narrator, Stephanie Rosato, 17, a group of youngsters points to the “killer” during a game of “Staying Alive” at the Howell library. The game included a 1970s theme. For the story by staff writer Toynett Hall, see page 6.

  • Antique auto show Sunday

    The Historic Village at Allaire will present its 12th annual Antique Rolling Iron Auto Show on Aug. 26 (rain date Sept. 16). Antique vehicles are expected from throughout the tri-state area. This show is open to all vehicles manu factured from 1982 and before. Trophies will be awarded to vehi cles in many classes, including…

  • Howell woman bidding for Mrs. America

    Claire Pavlinec was recently crowned Mrs. New Jersey ’07 BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Kerry Walsh (l) and Mrs. New Jersey 2007 Claire Pavlinec, of Howell, unload donated items that will be given to mothers at the Ocean Health Initiative, Lakewood. Pavlinec runs a charitable organization called Maternal Wings. HOWELL – In…

  • Senators’ bill becomes law

    Abill sponsored by state Sens. Loretta Weinberg and Ellen Karcher that will educate families about a vaccine to inoculate against the human papillomavirus (HPV), which is linked to the development of cervical cancer, was signed into law last week. “The HPV vaccine may very well be one of the biggest health-care advancements in our lifetime,”…