Category: Tri-Town News

  • Ex-mayor levels budget blast at Jackson council

    Kafton says winners’ campaign literature promised tax relief BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer JACKSON – Public reaction to the presentation of the 2006 municipal budget came swiftly after Mayor Mark Seda and the Township Council introduced a $37.9 million spending plan. The proposed budget will increase the municipal tax rate from…

  • Community events to benefit 180, Turning Lives Around

    BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer HOWELL – The weekend of Sept. 8-10 will be an important time for the nonprofit organization 180, Turning Lives Around. A pair of benefit events on behalf of two of the organization’s programs will take place during the weekend. 180, Turning Lives Around seeks…

  • Fire District No. 1 voters to have say on new truck

    Jackson JACKSON – Residents of Fire District No. 1 will be asked next week to support the purchase of a new rescue-pumper truck. Residents who live in Fire District No. 1 will vote on the proposal from 7-8:30 p.m. Sept. 5 at the Whitesville Volunteer Fire Company firehouse, 81 South Hope Chapel Road. Jackson’s Fire…

  • Jackson Tea Party finds local tax hike revolting

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer JACKSON – The political scene in the township has just gotten a little more fractured. Stating their displeasure with a 19.6-cent increase in the municipal tax rate as contained in Jackson’s 2006 budget, Republicans for Jackson Inc. announced it has formed the Jackson Tea Party. The…

  • DPW employees begin to clean sign clutter

    BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer HOWELL – During his first month on the job, Jeffrey Cramer, the new director of Howell’s Department of Public Works, has already made his mark – 629 sign advertisements have been removed from locations throughout the municipality. In recent weeks, the Township Council pushed…

  • Jackson dedicates h.s. with hopes for success

    Hundreds turn out as Jackson Liberty H.S. joins township schools BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Clockwise from top – The Jackson combined marching band performs at opening ceremonies of the Jackson Liberty High School dedication, Aug. 24. Members of the Jackson Air Force Junior ROTC present the colors. Guests who toured…

  • Hiroshima survivor details atomic horror

    BY CHRISTINE GRIMALDI Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE GRIMALDIStaff Writer MONROE – The atomic bomb’s fallout killed Yoshio Sato’s mother and young sister in Hiroshima, Japan, and years later wreaked carcinogenic havoc on both him and his younger brother. It also instilled in Sato a commitment to promoting peace. “We must in no way allow the…

  • With a little improvisation, 13 can be a lucky number

    Improv Jam’s Summer League preps up-and-coming comics BY KELLY RIZZETTA Correspondent BY KELLY RIZZETTACorrespondent Will Kervick, Robby Webb, Zach Jones and Kevin Karoll (seated) compete as “The Foxy Ghandis.” Below, Mike O’Keefe (l-r), creative director, and Pete Capella, artistic director, introduce the teams in Improv Jam’s Summer League. Allowing rival groups of adolescents to spend…

  • Upper Freehold officials at odds over how town should develop

    Village centers, density transfers under review BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Officials continue to consider designating some places in the township as areas for development in an alleged effort to preserve others. Township Planner Mark Remsa told the Planning Board at its Aug. 10 meeting that the township…