Category: Tri-Town News

  • Teen faces drug charges

    JACKSON – A 17-year-old Jackson boy with suspected ties to the Bloods street gang was arrested by police on April 29. In a press release, Sgt. Steven Las-kiewicz reported that at 12:55 p.m. that day, Police Officer Eric Prosniewski stopped a 2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse for a speeding violation on Hyson Road near the Johnson and…

  • First-class mail stamp price to rise to 41 cents

    New postage rates go into effect on Monday, May 14, including a 2-cent increase in the price of a first-class mail stamp. Post offices nationwide are now selling the new 41-cent stamps and also 1- and 2-cent stamps for customers who still have a supply of 39-cent stamps, according to the U.S. Postal Service. Customers…

  • Additional Oyster Creek hearing set for May 31

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission has left the door open for two more public hearings on the relicensing application of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in Lacey Township. Residents who are not part of a coalition of groups that oppose the plant’s relicensing…

  • Photo

    ERIC SUCAR staff Howell High School sophomore Komal Thaakar performs an Indian dance for an audience at the school’s International Festival. Students from all grades took part in music, dance and various ethnic cuisines. For the story, see page 3.

  • Young actor featured in ‘Law and Order’ episode

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer GINNA DiLEO John D’Leo of Manalapan (r) takes a break on the set of “Law and Order” with Chris Meloni, who plays Detective Elliot Stabler. Who knew that doing your homework could lead to an acting career? Certainly not 11-year-old John D’Leo, of Manalapan, who will…

  • In the Arts

    The Princeton Symphony Orchestra Manalapan Parks and Recreation will host its second annual Asian Heritage Festival celebrating the rich and varied Asian cultures representing seven countries. Live performances by four Chinese schools will take center state to perform the tradition Dance with the Dragon, Lion Dance, and Drum Dance. This lively event will take place…

  • Brookdale names WWII center after Narozanick

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer DAN NEWMAN Holding the scissors (l-r) are Brookdale Community College President Peter Burnham and Freeholder Emeritus Ted Narozanick as they get ready to cut the ribbon at the Center for World War II Studies and Conflict Resolution, which was named for Narozanick. MIDDLETOWN – For nearly…

  • Jackson resident to join Villa in Freehold concert

    Jennifer Garr FREEHOLD – Eduardo Villa, a tenor who frequently performs at the Metropol-itan Opera in New York, will hold another benefit concert at First Baptist Church, 81 W. Main St., at 7 p.m. May 20. Villa, of Manalapan, said he will perform sacred arias written by Bach, Dvorak, Haydn and Mozart. He also will…

  • FRHSD will cut teaching staff in fall

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer BY MARK ROSMANStaff Writer There will be fewer teachers in the Freehold Regional High School District in the 2007-08 school year. Based on the fact that more than 2,000 sections (classes) had under 19 students enrolled in them during the current 2006-07 school year, administrators made the decision to inform…