Category: Tri-Town News

  • Jackson groups will sponsor first disability resource fair

    JACKSON – The Special Education Advisory Council and the Jackson Parent-to-Parent support group will join forces to sponsor the first Disability Resource Fair, to be held from 6-9 p.m. April 20 at the Crawford Rodriguez Elementary School, 1025 Larsen Road. The fair will be open to the public and all interested parents and educators are…

  • Horse Park plans fundraiser

    UPPER FREEHOLD – The Horse Park of New Jersey, Route 524, will hold its Spring Classic and fundraiser April 8. Clinicians Suzy Stafford, Audrey Bostwick and Michelle McBride will all participate in the event, which aims to raise funds for the horse park. Stafford will present “How to Walk an Obstacle.” Whether participants want to…

  • County marks milestone as 100th farm preserved

    With the preservation of its 100th farm, Monmouth County announced a major milestone in the Farmland Preservation Program. According to a press release, in March, the county acquired the development rights to the Blaso farm, a 21-acre equine operation on Arneytown-Hornerstown Road in Upper Freehold Township. The Blaso farm has the distinction of being the…

  • Army officer describes strides made in Iraq

    Retired state trooper says Americans were welcomed by villagers BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer LTC Charles Smith JACKSON – The 6 p.m. television news calls out the name of an American soldier killed in Iraq. “She was a cheerleader in high school, the captain of her college soccer team and she…

  • Police tracking suspect in Howell bank robbery

    A lone suspect held up the Commerce Bank, Route 9 south, Howell, on the evening of March 31, and got away with what police Capt. Steve Dreher termed “a larger amount of money.” After receiving the money from a female teller, the suspect left the bank and got into a red two-door vehicle, Dreher said.…

  • County workers boost charities

    FREEHOLD – This year, Monmouth County employees donated nearly $39,000 to support the work of more than 1,300 charitable organizations throughout the United States. The Public Employees Charitable Campaign, begun last September with bi-weekly payroll deductions administered by the United Way of Monmouth County, raised $38,798, said Luis A. Navarro, who has served as the…

  • Open space tax hike may be on ballot

    Howell property owners now pay 2 cents per $100 of assessed valuation BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer In November, Howell residents may have a chance to vote on a question regarding the preservation of open space in the township. If they indicate a willingness to support that effort, it…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Anthony LoBosco (13) of the Jersey Shore Wildcats of Howell throws to first base to turn a double play as the Jackson Bobcats’ Steve McConville tries to break up the play during USBL travel league 12-year-old action on April 2 at the Jackson Justice Complex.

  • NJ Monthly rates local town No. 1

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP and JANE MEGGITT Staff Writers BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP and JANE MEGGITTStaff Writers ROOSEVELT – Those in New Jersey who may not know where Roosevelt is, will now. The April edition of NJ Monthly magazine that hit newsstands March 28 rated the small Western Monmouth County borough of Roosevelt the No. 1 place…