Category: Tri-Town News

  • Blood drive to aid youngster

    JACKSON – Blood is desperately needed for the benefit of a young Jackson resident. Congregants, friends and neighbors from St. Aloysius parish and school and members of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Knights of Columbus are asking for help. Courtney Hughes, 9, has Ewing’s carcinoma and is in need of blood. “She was [recently] brought…

  • Buffer burns Best Buy in hearing before board

    Electronics retailer expected to return for hearing in Dec. BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer Howell HOWELL – Planning Board members said at their Aug. 25 meeting that while they would not mind having a Best Buy store in town, in order to gain approval the electronics retailer needs to…

  • Church plans to dedicate new facilities on Sept. 24

    JEFF GRANIT staff A new cross sits atop Hope Lutheran Church as part of the renovations to the house of worship on Elton-Adelphia Road, Freehold Township. FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Hope Lutheran Church, Elton-Adelphia Road, has just completed a $625,000 addition and renovation of its facilities in time for the 40th anniversary of the church. This…

  • Budget will take bigger bite in property taxes

    Jackson council introduces $37.9M spending plan for ’06 BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Mark Seda JACKSON – The news that Jackson residents had been waiting to hear for weeks was delivered on Aug. 22 when Mayor Mark Seda and the Township Council introduced a $37.9 million budget for 2006. The spending…

  • Firemen’s assoc. honors Narozanick’s dedication

    FREEHOLD – The Monmouth County Firemen’s Relief Association has honored county Freeholder Theodore J. Narozan-ick, of Freehold Borough, noting his “outstanding service, commitment and dedication” for the many years of support he has provided to firefighters throughout Monmouth County. At the association’s 2006 caucus meeting held Aug. 21 at the Long Branch Middle School, Narozanick…

  • 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…

  • Homeward Bound program receives national recognition

    FREEHOLD – Monmouth County has received national recognition for a program begun two years ago that provides rental subsidies and case management services to chronically homeless families and individuals who suffer from mental illness and substance abuse. The program, called Homeward Bound, is federally funded and managed by a partnership of the county and community-based…