Category: Tri-Town News

  • Sign clutter beginning to bug Howell officials

    BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer HOWELL – Interested in working at home for $10 an hour? How about attending an open house on Adelphia Road? Would you like to lose 30 pounds in 30 days? With posted advertisements infiltrating Howell and making it “look like a yard sale,” Mayor…

  • Plans show new county communications center

    Representatives of the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office stressed the importance of communication and unveiled a proposal for a new county emergency communications center during a meeting held Aug. 4 at the Monmouth County Police Academy, Kozloski Road, Freehold Township. Monmouth County Sheriff Joseph Oxley explained that the plans are preliminary, but said constructing such a…

  • Private drive is subject of subdivision debate

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer JACKSON – Steve and Donna Wedel may have to wait a bit longer for the possible approval of their three-lot subdivision application. Speaking at an Aug. 7 meeting, Planning Board engineer Douglas Klee said the applicant is proposing to subdivide a 10-acre tract on West Veterans…

  • Jackson woman named to post at Specialty Hospital at Kimball

    LAKEWOOD – Specialty Hospital at Kimball’s new clinical director is Diane Stanaway, of Jackson, who has built a 20-year career in nursing management. In her new leadership role at the Lakewood-based long term acute care hospital (LTACH), she is responsible for all nursing and respiratory services in the treatment of patients with medically complex conditions…

  • Farms considered for preservation

    The Ocean County Board of Freeholders is getting ready to grant preliminary approval to six farms, totaling approximately 200 acres, to be included in the county’s Farmland Preservation Program. “Preliminary approval authorizes the preparation of appraisal reports to determine the development values of the farms,” said Freeholder Director Gerry P. Little. “This does not obligate…

  • Local writer helps to give ‘Oedipus’ new wrinkles

    BY SHARON LEFF Correspondent BY SHARON LEFFCorrespondent In January, Howell High School graduate Gil Varod set out to write a children’s musical with some of his friends, not knowing that the end result, “Oedipus for Kids,” would be chosen for production at the upcoming New York Musical Theatre Festival. With only a month to go…

  • Future of local television channel seems uncertain

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Scott Martin JACKSON – The chance for Jackson to have a municipal cable television station may have gone down the tubes. Responding to a request for a municipal cable station, Township Councilman Scott Martin looked into the matter. Speaking at an Aug. 8 meeting, Martin said,…

  • Monmouth horse show set for stop in Freehold

    New Jersey’s longest running hunter and jumper horse show will be visiting East Freehold Park for the 111th annual Monmouth County Horse Show. The Monmouth County Horse Show, which is one of the oldest equestrian events in the nation, will take place from Aug. 16-20 at East Freehold Park, Koz-loski Road, Freehold Township, beginning at…

  • Jackson Liberty open house set

    JACKSON – Construction is just about complete on the new Jackson Liberty High School, 125 North Hope Chapel Road, and the public is being invited to take its first look at the $70 million building. Allison Erwin, communications specialist for the Jackson School District, said a ribbon-cutting ceremony and an open house will be held…