Category: Tri-Town News

  • Dog training facility case to continue

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL – Testimony on an application that seeks to allow a dog training facility to remain in operation is expected to resume in front of the Zoning Board of Adjustment on Sept. 24. Kindred Souls Canine Center, Brown Road, is owned by Peter Campione and has been operating in Howell…

  • Lightning strike kills Howell woman

    HOWELL – Friends and family mourned the loss this week of 45-year-old Cynthia Ann “Cindy” Osler of Howell, who was struck and killed by lightning on the evening of Aug. 17 as a violent rainstorm moved through the area. Police said Osler was struck by a bolt of lightning as she walked outside the Ivy…

  • Cape May Oktoberfest trip slated for Sept. 29

    The Lakewood Community School is sponsoring a bus trip to an Oktoberfest in Victorian Cape May, Sept. 29. The bus will depart from the Lakewood municipal building at 8:30 a.m., arriving in Cape May about 10:30 a. m. The festival features German food, music, a beer garden and handmade items and crafts. Attendees may also…

  • Library hosts artist’s first public showing of photos

    BY KAREN F. RILEY Correspondent Andrew Gioulis JACKSON – The work of local artist Andrew Gioulis is on display at the Jackson library, 2 Jackson Drive, through the end of August. Numerous photographs, as well as ceramics, are featured. Gioulis grew up in the world of art; his parents own Ocean Grove Artisans – an…

  • Dogs will have a place to play at Johnson Park

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON – Dogs will soon have a place to roam on their own at Johnson Park, Kierych Drive. The Township Council has given the goahead for the creation of an off-leash dog park area at the municipal recreation facility. Dogs must be brought to the park on a leash, but…

  • Inappropriate look at tax info results in guilty plea

    A Lakewood woman formerly employed by the Internal Revenue Service pleaded guilty on Aug. 9 to accessing taxpayers’ tax returns and return information without authorization, U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie announced. According to a press release from Christie’s office, Diane Snyderman, 61, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of unauthorized inspection of returns or return…

  • In the Service

    Air Force Airman Jorge A. Barrera has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. During the six weeks of training, the airman studied the Air Force mission, organization, and military customs and courtesies; performed drill and ceremony marches, and received physical training, rifle marksmanship, field training exercises, and special…

  • Attorney works to resolve affordable housing issues

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer JACKSON – Attorney John Russo brought members of the Planning Board up to speed on where Jackson stands as the municipality seeks to comply with state affordable housing regulations. Russo, who represents Jackson in matters concerning affordable housing, addressed the board at its Aug. 7 meeting.…

  • O’Connell steps down from board

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer BY TOYNETT HALLStaff Writer Elizabeth O’Connell HOWELL – Board of Education member Elizabeth O’Connell is resigning from the panel that oversees the operation of the Howell K-8 School District. O’Connell said the task of juggling her duties as the superintendent of schools in the Freehold Borough School District and being…