Category: Tri-Town News

  • Council debates ways to address speeding

    BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer HOWELL – Residents of Hampton Road are fed up with motorists speeding down their street and are looking to municipal officials for help. At the Sept. 5 Township Council meeting, Township Manager Thomas Czerniecki discussed various issues regarding speeding in the municipality and focused…

  • Towns share recycling revenue

    Recycling continues to provide economic benefits in Ocean County with municipalities sharing in a $463,000 payout from Ocean County’s Recycling Revenue Sharing Program. “I am pleased to announce that our towns will be receiving this money shortly and it’s because of the continuing dedication of our residents to the county’s recycling program,” said Freeholder James…

  • NAACP wants state intervention

    BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer LAKEWOOD – Warren Sherard, president of the Ocean County/Lakewood branch of the NAACP, has submitted a letter to the New Jersey Department of Education (DOE) asking officials to assume control of the school district’s embattled special education program. In May, the DOE filed a…

  • Police still search for killers

    LAKEWOOD – Ocean County authorities are still looking for the men who murdered a 29-year-old woman in her Route 9 (River Avenue) home during the early morning hours of July 22. Isabel Marcelino-Sanchez was killed by a shotgun blast at 4 a.m., according to Ocean County Prosecutor Thomas F. Kelaher, who said two suspects are…

  • Lakehurst wins safety award

    Once again this year, Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst has been recognized for its outstanding safety program. According to a press release, the Secretary of the Navy has chosen Lakehurst to receive the Safety Excellence Award for overall quality of its occupational safety and health programs for Safety Ashore medium size industrial activities in the…

  • Jail expansion plans advance

    Plans to expand the Ocean County jail to accommodate a growing inmate population and to provide an upgraded facility with improved security are moving forward. The Ocean County Board of Freeholders was recently updated on the expansion and renovation plans, which call for 157,000 square feet of additions and alterations at the Ocean County Justice…

  • Internet auctions offer great deals … and steals

    BBB advises how to bid safely and successfully Who hasn’t heard at least one friend brag about the great price they got through an on-line auction? Whether the item is new or used, unique or commonplace, the winning bidder feels a sense of accomplishment. When the purchase arrives as advertised, both the seller and the…

  • Allentown set to host horse parade

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer ALLENTOWN – In organizing a parade, one local resident learned the powerful part the horse has played in the area’s history. In celebration of Allentown’s 300th anniversary and Upper Freehold’s Community Day, and in recognition of New Jersey’s Day of the Horse, Allentown has organized an…

  • Trip to China creates memories for siblings

    BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer Brother and sister Jonathan and Taryn Ladeau recently returned from an 18-day People to People student ambassador trip to China. They visited many landmarks in the Asian nation. HOWELL – By their standards, Jonathan and Taryn Ladeau had a relatively ordinary summer. They spent…