Category: Tri-Town News

  • Ford Road set for improvement

    HOWELL – According to Robert Gude, chairman of the Citizens Advisory Com-mittee, the township has secured a $200,000 Community Development Block Grant to fund the reconstruction of Ford Road. Ford Road runs from Church Road to Route 9 in the southern part of Howell. Gude confirmed that the grant will come at no additional cost…

  • Planning Board moves all work to new panel

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer JACKSON – The Planning Board held its final meeting before a new municipal government appoints a new board that will be charged with hearing development applications in the township. Jackson’s new Township Council will come into existence on July 1. It is ex-pected that members of…

  • Grand jury indicts 16 in auto leasing scheme

    FREEHOLD – On June 5, a Monmouth County grand jury returned an indictment charging Paul J. Brennan, 43, of Manasquan, along with 15 other individuals in a conspiracy to commit theft by deception. Brennan was indicted for second degree conspiracy and 15 additional counts of theft by deception in the second and third degree. Gregory…

  • Training center graduates 45 firefighters

    Forty-five new volunteer firefighters recently graduated from the Ocean County Fire and EMS Training Center in Waretown. The new volunteer firefighters graduated after completing more than 170 hours of classroom and hands-on training. “On behalf of my colleagues on the Board of Freeholders, I would like to congratulate the 45 new volunteer firefighters who will…

  • Jackson educators bid teaching careers farewell

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer Jim and Pat Carrigan Jim Carrigan remembers a time when students changed for gym class behind a curtain on the stage because Marlboro schools did not have locker rooms. Carrigan, 63, of Jackson, has countless memories to choose from with 41 years of teaching under his…

  • Couple’s life ends in murder-suicide

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Monmouth County Prosecutor Luis Valentin (r) answers questions about the June 19 murder-suicide of Joseph and Vincenza Importuna. Joining Valentin at the June 20 press conference was Manalapan Police Chief Stuart Brown. MANALAPAN – Although Joseph and Vincenza Importuna were not well known…

  • Limited public comment taken on spending plan

    Howell municipal budget checks in at $40.3 million BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer HOWELL – Only three residents spoke up when the Township Council held a June 20 public hearing on the $40.3 million municipal budget for 2006. The budget was expected to be adopted by the council at…

  • Homeowners should limit mosquito-breeding habitat

    Now is the time to “mosquito-proof” your yard and decrease the opportunity for breeding any West Nile virus-carrying mosquitoes in isolated areas of standing water, said an Ocean County Health Department spokesman. “Mosquitoes can breed in just a few inches of standing water,” said Edward Rumen, public information officer. “There are certain tasks a homeowner…

  • CentraState receives grant for Hispanic breast health programs

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Centra-State Healthcare System has secured a $22,500 grant from the Susan G. Komen Foundation for breast health education programs for underserved populations. The funding will support Centra-State’s goal of increasing the number of uninsured Hispanic/Latina women who receive annual screenings and comprehensive breast health education. According to a press release, Centra-State is…