Category: Tri-Town News

  • 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…

  • Summertime fun

    ERIC SUCAR staff Matt Nanni, 12, enjoys a game of Skee-Ball during a trip to Swingtime, Howell, with the Teen Adventure summer program. For staff writer Toynett Hall’s story on this special program offered by the Howell Recreation Department, see page 8.

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    SCOTT PILLING staff Peter Campione, owner of the Kindred Souls dog-training facility in Howell, works with Tyson, a 4-month-old boxer, on obedience commands. Campione is concerned that a recent action taken by the Township Council could have a negative impact on his business.