Category: Tri-Town News

  • Mayor: Jackson budget will wait for new govt.

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer JACKSON – Exactly when the municipal government will have a 2006 budget ready to present to the public has become a hot issue for some members of the Township Committee. The issue has taken on political overtones as residents get set to go to the polls…

  • 11 residents make bids for first Jackson council

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Jackson JACKSON – When residents head to the polls on May 9 they will elect five people who will form Jackson’s first township council in the new government that will come into existence on July 1. Polling hours on May 9 will be from 6 a.m.…

  • Muster zone funding explained

    BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer LAKEWOOD – According to Lake-wood Development Corporation Director Lynn M. Celli, a few misconceptions exist regarding a muster zone township officials are planning to institute for day laborers. In early April the Township Commit-tee approved the creation of a 2-acre employment services area –…

  • State representatives will discuss farm preservation

    PLUMSTED – The State Agricul-ture Development Committee (SADC) will hold an informational meeting for landowners interested in preserving their farms by selling their development rights or their farmland outright to the state. The meeting will take place at 8 p.m. May 10 at the Plumsted Municipal Building, 121 Evergreen Road, New Egypt. “Our state acquisition…

  • Assemblywoman takes tough stand against bomb threats

    With no type of legislation currently on the books to handle the issuance of bomb threats, state Assemblywoman Amy Handlin (R-Mon-mouth and Middlesex) has announced plans to introduce a bill which would mandate punishment for anyone who makes a bomb threat or causes other false public alarms. “We are all mindful of the sad but…

  • Greater Media Newspapers wins 42 NJPA awards for 2005

    “Willie,” first place, Portrait, Miguel Juarez With a total of 42 editorial, photography and advertising awards, Greater Media Newspapers had its best showing ever in the weekly division of the New Jersey Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest for 2005. The newspaper group, based in Freehold, publishes 12 weeklies, serving Monmouth, Middlesex and Ocean counties, and…

  • Resident asks for assistance in fighting Howell commercial project

    Here they go again. More development for an already overdeveloped Ramtown section of Howell. And this time, a bar. Yes, just what our section of town needs, a bar serving alcohol and more traffic. Here are the details. The applicant and owner of the Quail Creek shopping mall has a small parcel of land adjacent…

  • Relay for Life pushes purple

    JACKSON – The executive committee of the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life, to be held at New Egypt High School, Plumsted, June 10-11, has launched a key awareness and fundraising event called “Paint Your Town Pur-ple.” Local relay chairwoman Anita Pfef-ferkorn of Millstone Township rolled out the program at the team captains’ meeting stating,…

  • University launches public phase of $10M fundraiser

    LAKEWOOD – Before an enthus-iastic group of supporters and donors, Georgian Court University launched the public phase of its $10 million capital campaign with a surprise gift of $500,000 from the Sisters of Mercy of New Jersey. Diane Szubrowski, president of the Sisters of Mercy of New Jersey, the university’s sponsoring organization, presented GCU President…