Category: Tri-Town News

  • Meeting length a concern

    BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer Howell HOWELL – Another Township Council meeting, another early morning finish. And with sleepy discussion at the meeting which began in the evening hours of Sept. 5 and ended in the early morning hours of Sept. 6, the governing body pressed for a solution…

  • Educational foundation seeks to serve students

    BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer HOWELL – As a new school year begins, the Howell Township Education Foundation (HTEF) will continue to strive to fund programs that might not otherwise be provided in the regular Howell K-8 school budget. Headed by resident Anthony Novem-bre, the nonprofit group accepts donations…

  • Aires, Walsh named athletic directors

    Jackson board selects longtime staff members to head up h.s. programs BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer The Jackson Board of Education has promoted a pair of longtime staff members to head the athletic departments at Jackson’s two high schools. With the opening of Jackson Liberty High School this week, the opportunity…

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    SCOTT PILLING staff Jackson Pop Warner players have some fun with a football during an evening practice at the Pop Warner fields on Manhattan Street, Aug. 31, just prior to a pep rally for the players and cheerleaders.

  • Women’s group continues mission to serve Jackson

    Food pantry provides supplies for 70 to 150 families each month BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Volunteers from the Jackson Women of Today work hard to keep the shelves of the Jackson food pantry stocked. The pantry provides food for between 70 and 150 Jackson families each month. The pantry is…

  • Hovbilt plan will be heard on Sept. 11

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer JACKSON – Representatives of Hovbilt will appear before the Planning Board at 9:30 p.m. Sept. 11 for the first in a series of hearings on applications that propose large-scale residential development. The first of three applications filed by Hovbilt is for a General Development Plan for…

  • District one step closer to planned referendum

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer BY MARK ROSMANStaff Writer PLUMSTED – The Plumsted Township School District is one step closer to placing a construction referendum question before township residents. On Aug. 14, the state Department of Education notified district administrators that their request for a $34 million extension of credit had been approved by the…

  • New state Web site will offer Rx cost comparisons

    Start-up cost of project estimated at $322,000 BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer New Jersey residents will be able to shop for medicine smarter by using a new state Web site. Appearing in East Brunswick on Aug. 21, Gov. Jon Corzine signed a bill into law that created the Web site, to…

  • Carrier does duty to save mail from burning truck

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Vincent Lombardi takes his job as a mail carrier very seriously. According to Anthony Kemprow-ski Jr., supervisor of customer service at the Freehold Township post office, Lombardi recently displayed the spirit and determination of the United States Postal Service – to protect and deliver…