Category: Tri-Town News

  • Town, DEP will address work at park

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer JACKSON – The township Department of Public Works has halted a road construction project in Johnson Park after the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued Jackson a notice of violation. “DEP investigator Michelle Kropilak was on site on July 19 and told them to stop…

  • State, county will fund 2 tracts to be preserved

    PLUMSTED – The Township Com-mittee will be obtaining a $785,000 New Jersey Planning Incentive Grant award toward the acquisition of two more properties totaling 79 acres that will be saved and preserved forever from future major residential subdivisions. According to Mayor Ron Dancer, the first property consists of 23 acres of mature forest with oaks…

  • Ford Road to be improved

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer BY TOYNETT HALLStaff Writer HOWELL – An $820,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) issued by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will be used for the reconstruction of Ford Road from Route 9 to Kent Road. The project will be divided into four phases with each phase…

  • Educator helms Center Players’ summer show

    Dan Green Long before Daniel S. Green was instrumental in the founding of the Freehold Regional High School District Academy for the Arts, he took on his first teaching role at Manalapan High School. It was 1972 and the school had only been open for one year. Green was asked not only to teach English…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Justin Lombardo, 15, of Howell shows off his guitar skills during the Howell Library’s recent Teen Battle of the Bands. Justin was performing with the band Affliction.

  • Seniors to meet, discuss FDR

    Bridge Biography, a new company devoted to preserving family histories, is inviting seniors to the Empire Diner, Route 9 north, Freehold Township, on Aug. 22 at 9 a.m. to share their remembrances of the day Franklin Delano Roosevelt died (April 12, 1945). Tickets are free; however, space is limited; attendees must R.S.V.P. before Aug. 10.…

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    The Nerds will perform Aug. 8 (rain date Aug. 9) in the second of three free outdoor concerts planned as part of Jackson Township’s Concert Under the Stars series. The Nerds are well known throughout New Jersey and beyond for their unique high-energy performances of rock ‘n’ roll favorites that have audiences dancing, singing and…

  • In the Arts

    In the Arts The Monmouth Museum located on the campus of Brookdale Community College, Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, will present the photographs of Paul Lenz Aug. 10 through Sept. 9 as part of the New Jersey Emerging Artists Series. In this exhibit, “Reflections,” Lenz says he presents a collection of images of common objects that…

  • Jackson artist’s mural unveiled

    MANALAPAN – On June 27, postal officials, community leaders, local historians and educators unveiled a 4-by-5-foot mural in the lobby of the Manalapan-Englishtown post office. The large colorful mural was painted and donated by aspiring 24-year-old artist April Kuhn. Kuhn, a Jackson resident and former interior design major at Brookdale Community College, illustrated four historic…