Category: Tri-Town News

  • Event will honor father, husband who lost battle

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Tom Coppinger, who lost a three-year battle with lymphoma on April 11, left behind his wife, Kelli, and daughter, Brianna. Kelli Coppinger’s life, as well as the life of her daughter, Brianna, 5, were changed forever in the blink of an eye. Coppinger, 35,…

  • Council considers new specs for hotel-conference centers

    BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer HOWELL – Noting the concerns of residents and members of the Township Council, township planner Charles Newcomb has drafted a new hotel and conference center ordinance. The revisions were made after some residents and officials objected to a proposed ordinance regarding hotels and conference…

  • Teens’ words, emotions fill pages of magazine

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer DAVE BENJAMIN Students who helped to produce the Jackson Memorial High School literary magazine Jackson Views can take pride that their magazine scored No. 1 in an American Scholastic Press Association contest. JACKSON – With a touch of creativity, students in the Jackson Memorial High School…

  • Internet safety topic of talk

    JACKSON – A seminar for parents about Internet safety will be held from 7-9 p.m. tonight, April 20, at the municipal building, 95 West Veterans Highway. “Far too often today, parents and children are hearing disturbing stories of kids using the Internet with disastrous results,” Township Committeeman Mike Kafton said. “As a parent of three…

  • Golf tournament supports scholarship for h.s. senior

    JACKSON – A Jackson Memorial High School student will be the beneficiary of a golf tournament to be held May 22 at the Eagle Ridge Golf Club, Lake-wood. Proceeds from the event will go to the Jackson Township High School Scholar-ship Fund, which in turn will provide the Charles F. Wetherell Memorial Scholar-ship Award to…

  • Malave will not seek re-election

    BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer HOWELL – Citing professional and familial responsibilities, Republican Township Councilman Juan Malave has decided not to seek re-election in November. His term will end on Dec. 31. Malave has served on the Township Council since January 2003 after winning a four-year term in the…

  • West Nile battle begins in Ocean County

    Warmer spring weather may be welcomed by many people this year. However, with rising temperatures and more frequent rainstorms comes the threat of contracting West Nile virus (WNV), a mosquito-borne viral disease which can cause brain inflammation, according to a health department spokesperson. Crows and blue jays, part of the corvid family of birds native…

  • GOP, Democrats uncontested in June

    HOWELL – A Republican slate of candidates and a Democratic slate of candidates will run unopposed in the June 6 municipal primary election. Three four-year terms on the five-member Township Council – the seats now held by Republicans Peter Tobasco and Juan Malave, and independent Robert Walsh – will be up for grabs in the…

  • No primary contest on tap in Lakewood

    LAKEWOOD – The June 6 municipal primary election will not be contested. In November, two Democrats and two Republicans will vie for two three-year terms on the Township Committee. Any resident who wishes to file as an independent candidate may do so after the primary. Democrats Meir Lichtenstein and Michael Sernotti will run on the…