Category: Tri-Town News

  • Driver ticketed after morning crash with bus

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer JACKSON — A resident of Barnegat received a summons for careless driving after her vehicle struck a school bus on the morning of Feb. 15. Police said 19 pupils who were on the bus that was headed for the Christa McAuliffe Middle School were taken to…

  • Recall effort has yet to take off

    Residents who filed notice of intent have not started circulating petitions BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer A grass roots initiative to recall the mayor of Howell appears to have stalled. Residents John Pearson, Joe Parente and Howard Malsbury filed the notice of intent to recall Mayor Joseph M. DiBella last month.…

  • Council OKs traffic measures

    BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer HOWELL — The Township Council adopted a traffic calming measure on Feb. 7 even though the move was opposed by some residents. Township Engineer William Nunziato Jr. previously said 48-inch high flexible pylons were planned for installation at one end of Redwood Road, 200 feet in…

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    SCOTT PILLING staff Minister Marsha Griffin dances with her granddaughter, Illianna McDuffie, during a performance by the “Sounds of Hope” gospel/ inspirational group at the Lakewood library on Feb. 18.

  • Trail project to link three counties moves forward

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE — The Planning Board received an update on the Greenway Group’s trail initiative on Feb. 8. The Crosswicks Creek/Doctors Creek Watershed Regional Greenway Planning Group (Greenway Group) consists of 12 towns in Monmouth, Mercer and Ocean counties that share a watershed and stream corridors. Walter…

  • Supreme Court hears gay marriage arguments

    Aberdeen couple one of seven involved in landmark legal battle BY TOM CAIAZZA and CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writers BY TOM CAIAZZA and CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writers Above, Karen (l) and Marcye Nicholson-McFadden are one of seven same-sex couples who had their plea for marriage rights heard by the New Jersey Supreme Court on Feb. 15. At…

  • Senator’s bill advances

    A bill sponsored by state Sen. Robert Singer of Lakewood that would prohibit a landlord or tenant of a shopping center from entering into or renewing a lease using deceptive practices was approved by the Senate Commerce Committee recently. The legislation would include deception, fraud, misrepresentation, or the knowing concealment, suppression or omission of any…

  • County grants funding for parks, open space

    Manalapan, Marlboro, Colts Neck awarded funds; Howell denied BY FRAIDY REISS Correspondent BY FRAIDY REISSCorrespondent What do a fitness trail in Colts Neck, two soccer fields in Marlboro and the last farmland in Eatontown have in common? They were among 13 projects approved this month for grants from the 2005 Monmouth County Open Space Trust…

  • Eye Sights 2006: Celebrating the diversity of vision

    First place, “Morning Serenity” by Carolyn Soltys, Aberdeen The diversity of individual creative vision is the focus of the 162-piece photography collection currently on exhibit at the Guild of Creative Art in Shrewsbury. “Eye Sights 2006,” the guild’s third annual All-Members Juried Photography Show and Exhibit, will run through March 1. The competition was judged…