Category: Tri-Town News

  • Technical question stalls housing plan

    Project density at issue in plan for 2,351 homes on 610-acre Jackson property BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer The question of whether an application for a 2,531-home development known as Jackson Mews will be heard by the Jackson Planning Board or the Zoning Board of Adjustment may be answered on Sept.…

  • In the Arts

    Beatles fans are sure to be singing along at the State Theatre, 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick, Aug. 17 at 8 p.m. when The Smithereens and Glenn Burtnik and Friends perform all the songs from two of The Beatles’ most popular albums. The Smithereens will perform the songs on the “Meet the Beatles” album. The…

  • Crime scene procedures focus of library lecture

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer BY TOYNETT HALLStaff Writer ERIC SUCAR staff Retired police detective Robert Ferguson teaches a group of youngsters about crime scene investigation techniques during a program at the Howell library. HOWELL – There was a dead body in the middle of a room filled with children. Instead of running away, these…

  • Student tapped for conference

    Nicole A. Skrobola, a student at Howell High School, has been selected to attend the 2007 Congressional Student Leadership Conference, sponsored by LeadAmerica, at St. John’s University in Queens, N.Y. The conference is a college-accredited invitational leadership program for academically talented and promising young leaders internationally. Exceptional high school students with a record of academic…

  • Residents asked to comment on plan

    JACKSON – A cross acceptance public hearing has been scheduled which may be of interest to Jackson residents. The hearing will be held at 6 p.m. Aug. 16 at the Ocean County Administration Building, 101 Hooper Avenue, Toms River, in the freeholders meeting room. “The cross acceptance in the case of Jackson is that the…

  • Fellowship opens its arms to town’s hungry residents

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer BY TOYNETT HALLStaff Writer PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Volunteers at the Agape Fellowship, Lakewood, make it a team effort as they prepare meals during the first soup kitchen, July 21. LAKEWOOD – The tables were adorned with beige tablecloths and an assortment of flowers as a centerpiece. Members of…

  • Lakewood man convicted in cocaine distribution

    A Lakewood man was convicted by a federal jury last week on a crack cocaine trafficking charge, U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie announced. After five hours of deliberations, which began on Aug. 1, a jury convicted Michael Stallworth, 20, also known as “Ski” and “Lock and Load,” of the one charge in the indictment against…

  • Waste station foes to press for environmental study

    Local reps will ask federal board to order closer look at project BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – State, county and local officials are doing what they can to keep an unregulated solid waste transfer station from becoming part of the landscape on Business Route 33 near…

  • Job bank for veterans to provide assistance

    A partnership between Ocean County and the federal Veterans Administration (VA) will help Ocean County’s veterans secure employment opportunities. “The Ocean County Board of Freeholders is very proud of the more than 68,000 veterans that call Ocean County home,” said Freeholder Gerry P. Little, who serves as the board’s liaison to the Ocean County Veterans…