Category: Tri-Town News

  • New trees are coming to Howell

    HOWELL — The Shade Tree Commis-sion has received a $25,000 grant from the Cool Cities Community Stewardship Incentive Program (CSIP) to plant about 100 trees along Salem Hill and Newbury roads. The Shade Tree Commission plans to begin planting the trees along the designated streets in the spring of 2007. The new trees will fill…

  • Teen gets probationary sentence

    HOWELL — According to a press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, on Nov. 27 a 14-year-old girl who lives in Howell received a one-year probationary sentence from state Superior Court Judge James J. McGann after pleading guilty to initiating a false public alarm. The probationary sentence was conditioned upon the teenager completing 40…

  • Indictment hits builders with corruption charges

    REGIONAL INTEREST A federal investigation into corrupt activities has ensnared three area residents who have developed residential and commercial projects in Marlboro for years. On Dec. 6, U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie announced the indictment of brothers Steven Meiterman, 44, of Marlboro, and Bernard Meiterman, 42, of Manalapan, and their business partner Edward Kay, 38,…

  • Youth guilty in ATV case

    HOWELL — A 16-year-old male was found guilty of one count of second degree aggravated assault and one count of fourth degree assault by auto on Dec. 7 following a trial before state Superior Court Judge James J. McGann, sitting in Freehold. The charges stemmed from an incident that occurred in Howell on Nov. 14,…

  • New Jersey’s standardbred industry on shaky ground

    Breeders call for bigger purses and slot machines at state BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Horses graze in the pasture of Fair Winds Farm in Upper Freehold Township on Dec. 1. UPPER FREEHOLD — While the annual standardbred horse sale in Harris-burg, Pa., on Nov. 3-8 set record…

  • Traffic takes center stage at hearing

    Testimony continues on Hovbilt application for Jackson Valley BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer A proposed new connector road that would join Cassville Road (Route 571) and Perrineville Road was the focus of the latest session of Hovbilt testimony before the Jackson Planning Board. Hovbilt has proposed building Jackson Valley, a community…

  • Rite Aid wins approval

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer JACKSON — An application proposing the construction of a Rite Aid pharmacy has been approved by the Planning Board, following a previous 4-4 vote to deny the application. At issue was the traffic congestion that could occur if the county did not install left turn arrow…

  • Knitters know special gifts are well received

    Tangled Threads ladies at Howell senior center love to help people feel good BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Fran Musico (l) and Martha Meli work on their projects during a meeting of the Tangled Threads class at the Howell Senior Center. The women in the class…

  • Club earns organization’s top award

    JACKSON — The Jackson Optimist Club has been recognized by Optimist International as a Distinguished Club for the year 2005-2006 Always busy with service projects in the community, the Jackson Optimist Club was recognized for its exceptional work throughout the community, its commitment to children, and its continued support of Optimist International and the New…