Category: Tri-Town News

  • Ocean library in ‘Libraries We Love’

    Ocean County Library has won a spot in the “Heart of the Community: The Libraries We Love,” the first book to sing the praises and show the beauty of America’s public libraries. Chosen from hundreds of nominations, Ocean County Library was noted for being a valuable asset for the community. It is one for the…

  • Officer extends hand of friendship to family

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Police Officer William Campbell JACKSON – “America’s Most Wan-ted” wants you to tune in and to vote on-line, and so does one Jackson police officer. “I have been nominated for the ‘America’s Most Wanted’ all-star program and I need your vote,” said Police Officer William “Bill”…

  • Jackson schools ask voters to OK $127.6M budget

    Proposal includes cost of opening new high school BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Residents who enter the voting booth on April 18 will cast their ballots on a $127.6 million budget the Jackson Board of Education has proposed for the 2006-07 school year. The spending plan includes costs associated with the…

  • Down but not out

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Howell’s Rob King takes a hit from a Toms River North defenseman during the Rebels’ 10-4 victory on Monday in Howell.

  • Craft reveals intricacies of Ukrainian traditions

    Eggs symbolize spring; designs, hues hold meanings of their own BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Clockwise from top left – Eggs finished with traditional Ukrainian designs are among some of the other crafts offered at the Off the Wall Craft Gallery in Allentown on April 1. The first step to creating…

  • Lakewood and Jackson road projects on track

    Like a rite of spring, the sound of heavy equipment and the smell of hot asphalt are returning to Ocean County’s roads. Work is either already under way or about to begin on five projects in Lakewood and Jackson, according to a press release from the county. Improvements along Hope Chapel Road in Lakewood are…

  • 2005 gambling case concludes in state court

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer JACKSON – A township resident has received a suspended three-month jail sentence for his role in an April 2005 Texas Hold’em poker game. John Dellamura, 47, entered a plea of guilty on Feb. 27 before state Superior Court Judge Edward Turnbach, sitting in Toms River, according…

  • Howell needs more money to complete land purchase

    BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer HOWELL – Once again, the township will need to open taxpayers’ wallets to pursue the goal of open space pres-ervation. After completing the Harms land acquisition component of a 300-acre open space preservation purchase, municipal officials will need more money to complete the purchase…

  • Lucas edges DiBella to win bid to seek freeholder seat

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer With a margin of victory that could not have been any closer and was guaranteed to cause controversy, Andrew Lucas, a township committeeman in Manalapan, managed to secure the Republican Party’s nomination as a candidate for the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders. Lucas will run for…