Category: Tri-Town News

  • Residents’ help sought in animal cruelty cases

    “We depend on the residents of Jackson to be our eyes and ears in fighting animal cruelty and helping lost pets get home.” – Joseph Sbano Jackson animal control officer BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer JACKSON – Cruelty toward animals is a crime. On Dec. 21, Jason T. Reid, of Jackson,…

  • Plumsted committee welcomes newcomers

    PLUMSTED – The Township Committee’s first meeting of 2007 began with state Assemblyman Joseph Malone (R-Ocean, Monmouth, Mercer and Burlington) officiating the oaths of office to newly elected committeemen Mike McCue and Eric Sorchik. McCue and Sorchik will serve three-year terms on the governing body. The committee then elected Commit-teeman Ken Francis as the new…

  • Legislature grants gay couples civil union rights

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer TRENTON – Same-sex couples in New Jersey will now have access to all the legal rights and responsibilities heterosexual couples possess, except for the right to call their relationship “marriage.” Recently, the New Jersey Legislature passed a bill that will allow same-sex couples to have civil…

  • Couple overcomes obstacles to welcome ‘miracle baby’

    Surrogate mother helped to make a dream come true BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer Shari and Glen Devora celebrated their son, Jacob’s, first birthday on Dec. 21. After a series of medical issues prevented Shari from becoming pregnant, the Devoras were able to find a surrogate mother who helped to make…

  • Kiddie Academy gains OK from Planning Board

    JACKSON – Kiddie Academy at Jackson Crossing has received approval from the Planning Board. Speaking at the Dec. 18 meeting, Planning Board engineer Douglas F. Klee said the applicant sought approval to establish a day care facility for children in the Jackson Crossing shopping center on South Hope Chapel Road near the intersection of East…

  • Open meetings advocate keeps eye on N.J. towns

    Goal is to raise public’s awareness of right to open government BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer “I don’t like to file lawsuits. I only do that if I have to. If I give them all of the reasons and they don’t care, then I do what I have got to do.”…

  • Life on the front in the War Between the States

    Union soldiers’ letters home provide poignant glimpse into Civil War BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer PHOTOSBY JEFF GRANIT staff Brick Township historian Gene Donatiello wrote his latest book “A Family of Soldiers, Letters Home to Herbertsville from the Civil War,” after longtime resident Elmer Havens gave him a suitcase…

  • Monmouth freeholders approve open space grants

    FREEHOLD – The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has approved grants totaling nearly $2 million from the 2006 Monmouth County Open Space Trust Fund to acquire, create or improve park facilities in 14 municipalities. According to a press release, land acquisition and development for park recreation and open space purposes are made possible by the…

  • Howell to bill insurance for police ambulance use

    BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer Howell HOWELL – The Township Council has adopted an ordinance that will allow the municipality to be reimbursed by insurance companies when police department ambulances are dispatched to residents. Reimbursement is contingent upon the resident maintaining health insurance. Township officials said the Howell Police…