Category: Tri-Town News

  • Small visitor gets big gift from Rotary Club

    Child from West Bank travels to New Jersey for heart surgery BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Tasneem Al Azza Tasneem Al Azza is a very lucky girl. Right now, Tasneem, who is almost 4, is back home in the West Bank, Israel, playing with an array of toys she…

  • FRHSD budget for ’06-07 wins approval by 500 votes

    Leimbach defeats Kraft to win seat representing Howell Township BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer Once again, voters have approved the Freehold Regional High School District’s budget. Collectively, residents in the district’s eight sending municipalities voted to fund a $106 million tax levy in support of a $158 million total…

  • Household hazardous waste will be collected

    Ocean County freeholders are encouraging residents to take advantage of Ocean County’s free household hazardous waste disposal program, which gets under way on May 1. “This program helps our residents rid their homes of potentially dangerous materials like pesticides and herbicides, mercury and even propane tanks,” said Freeholder James F. Lacey, who serves as liaison…

  • How does Howell school’s garden grow?

    With a lot of care and planning at Land O’ Pines BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer Literally and figuratively, some healthy seeds have been planted at the Land O’ Pines Elementary School, Howell. In cooperation with class mother Monica Hansen, the children in Heather Glad-kowski’s fourth-grade class planted an…

  • Millstone resident sends greetings from Africa

    Peace Corps marks 45 years of service around the globe BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Above, having recently shaved her head because of the heat, Millstone Township resident Lindsay Bonanno, who earned the nickname Jeneba from African villagers, hugs Jeneba Fitini, a village baby named after the Peace Corps volunteer. At…

  • Age for tobacco purchase rises

    Legislative action signed by former Gov. Richard Codey mandated that beginning April 15, the minimum age of a person that can be sold tobacco products will be raised from 18 to 19, said Leslie Terjesen, health educator, Ocean County Health Department. Terjesen said the new law states, “No merchant may sell, offer for sale, distribute,…

  • Three square off in race for mayor’s post

    Giblin, Kafton, Seda want to be Jackson’s top elected official BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Sean Giblin When Jackson residents go to the polls on May 9, they will elect the first members of the township’s new government. The nonpartisan election will give Jackson voters the opportunity to elect a mayor…

  • State assemblyman blasts school funding methods

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer State Assemblyman Joseph R. Malone III (R-Ocean, Monmouth, Burlington, Mercer) has alleged that if the state does not do something about the way schools are funded, only “the filthy rich and the obscenely poor” will be able to live in New Jersey. Malone spoke about the…

  • Photo

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff The ominous sky over FirstEnergy Park, Lakewood, on April 13 was a sign of things to come as the Lakewood BlueClaws took the field, only to lose their 2006 home opener, 9-2, to the Delmarva Shorebirds.