Category: Tri-Town News

  • Mayors’ association names 2006 scholars

    Twenty Ocean County high school seniors have been selected as Mayors Scholars, according to David Siddons, Island Heights mayor and president of the Ocean County Mayors Association. For the past 15 years, the mayors’ association has presented scholarships to high school seniors throughout the county who have demonstrated exceptional academic and community achievement. The students…

  • Georgian Court University holds 94th commencement

    LAKEWOOD – Georgian Court University held its 94th commencement exercises May 19 granting 633 undergraduate and graduate degrees. The first students to graduate from GCU’s Woodbridge site also participated in this commencement. Ruth B. Mandel, director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, this year’s commencement speaker, told the graduates there…

  • Flying club helps pilots soar away from it all

    BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Steve Krapes of Middletown sprays down a plane that was washed by members of the Monmouth Area Flying Club during its annual “Plane Wash” on May 20. The club is based at the Lakewood Airport. LAKEWOOD – Ask those…

  • Planners proceed slowly on 24-home development

    BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer HOWELL – The proposed development of Farmingdale Estates, a plan for 24 homes, continues to inch along before the Planning Board. Testimony for the project continued at the board’s May 18 meeting. Following a debate between the attorney who represents the applicant and an…

  • Alert dog helps owner avoid possible disaster

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer JACKSON – A 1-year-old German shepherd is a hero in the eyes of his owner. “I’ve been called a hero for the events that led up to my career-ending injury,” said Sue DesMarais, 34, of Manhattan Street, a former special police officer with the Long Branch…

  • Late pediatrician honored at Kimball Medical Center

    LAKEWOOD – Kimball Medical Center honored one of its own with the unveiling of the Dr. Paul Aptekar Memorial Plaque. A ceremony to honor the doctor was held on May 25 in the pediatrics department of the hospital. According to a press release, Aptekar, a pediatrician and Brooklyn, N.Y., transplant, spent more than 30 years…

  • Photo

    CHRIS KELLY staff Patrick Priest leads the Lakewood Memorial Day parade on Monday, May 29.

  • American pride

    CHRIS KELLY staff Daniel Bravo of Howell flies the Red, White and Blue in his own unique way during the Lakewood Memorial Day parade on May 29.

  • Howell panel agrees to pass on Pinnacle

    Cost of land became an issue for members of Town Council BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer In a reversal of course, the Howell Township Council has decided not to pursue the purchase of the 150-acre Pinnacle property for open space preservation purposes. The parcel, which was previously referred to…