Category: Tri-Town News

  • Kiwanis presents grant to children’s hospital

    The New Jersey District of Kiwanis International announced that it will award a $500,000 grant to the Children’s Specialized Hospital Foundation. Kiwanis leaders presented the foundation with a gift of $50,000, the first installment in their pledge, at a press conference at Children’s Specialized Hospital, Toms River. The grant, approved in August at the annual…

  • Lakewood man’s killer still at large

    BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer LAKEWOOD — A township man met a violent death in a downtown business last week, and police are still searching for his killer. According to Lakewood police Sgt. Maureen McGilloway, officers responded to a report on Feb. 7 that a man had been shot inside the…

  • 100 days of fun

    JEFF GRANIT staff Nicole Foley plays with some of the 100 balloons that filled a room at the Precious Angels Preschool, Howell, on Feb. 2, which was the 100th day of school. Among the activities children enjoyed on the special day at school was a hopathon to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association. An MDA spokesperson…

  • Parents’ grief serves as warning to others

    Couple who lost daughter hope her face will serve as a reminder of crime BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Over the past four years more than 300 people have been arrested in Manalapan and charged with driving while intoxicated. “It works out to an average of 78 people a year and…

  • On Campus

    Lindsey Simmons of Howell was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Messiah College, Grantham, Pa., where she is a first-year student majoring in art education. Mark A. Politi of Howell was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, Va.…

  • Board puts off action on Grawtown Rd. development

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer JACKSON — The Planning Board has held off making a decision on a 37-lot subdivision. The application was submitted by RG-2 Associates, two families in Ocean County, the Crawford family and the Johnson family, according to attorney Ray Shea, who represents the applicant. The applicant is…

  • Westlake wins reimbursement for services

    Homeowners association will be repaid $279,000 BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer Jackson officials have settled the township’s debt with residents of the Westlake adult community for more than a quarter million dollars. That is the amount owed in reimbursement from 2000-05 for unused municipal services. Under the terms of an agreement…

  • Youngster excited about trip to Galapagos Islands

    BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer Gunther Errhalt JACKSON — If animals could talk, they would speak to Gunther Errhalt. On May 13, Gunther, 12, and 14 other winners of a National Geographic essay contest will travel to the Galapagos Islands, where some of the world’s most unusual animals live. The boy’s…

  • Photo

    CHRIS KELLY staff Regina Richie, 5, of Forked River, uses all of the energy she can muster up to toss her bowling ball during the Ocean County Parks Department’s bumper-bowling program at Brunswick Lakewood Lanes, Feb. 10. Looking on is Regina’s mom, Francesca.