Category: Tri-Town News

  • Testimony on plan for four warehouses in Howell to resume on Oct. 20

    Testimony on plan for four warehouses in Howell to resume on Oct. 20

    HOWELL — Testimony on an applicant’s plan to construct four warehouses on a 99-acre Randolph Road property in Howell is scheduled to resume during the Oct. 20 meeting of the Planning Board. The meeting will be held in a remote manner. The Planning Board has not resumed holding in-person meetings following the coronavirus pandemic. Instructions…

  • Mary Pat Angelini appointed by county commissioners to college board

    Mary Pat Angelini appointed by county commissioners to college board

    Brookdale Community College administrators have announced Mary Pat Angelini’s appointment by the Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners to serve on the Board of Trustees through August 2026. Angelini was officially sworn in during the board’s Sept. 28 meeting. Brookdale Community College is the county college of Monmouth County. “We are pleased to have Mary…

  • Maureen Ogden was a conservation trailblazer

    Maureen Ogden was a conservation trailblazer

    By Alison Mitchell The year was 2011 and former state assemblywoman Maureen Ogden was worried about the future of open space in New Jersey. The nation was in an economic downturn, but Ogden wanted New Jerseyans to understand the need to create a permanent, dedicated source of funding to preserve large swaths of the state’s…

  • Secretary of State reminds residents of ways to vote in general election

    Secretary of State reminds residents of ways to vote in general election

    New Jersey Secretary of State Tahesha Way and the New Jersey Division of Elections are reminding voters of three convenient ways to vote in the 2022 general election, with information on each available at Vote.NJ.Gov: Those three ways are at a polling place on Election Day, Nov. 8; at in-person early voting; or with a…

  • Tri-Town News On Campus, Oct. 5

    Tri-Town News On Campus, Oct. 5

    Seton Hall University, South Orange, has announced that the following students qualified for the Spring 2022 dean’s list: Thomas Fee of Howell, Allison Wrubel of Howell, Aliya Morgan of Howell, Emiliya Sarnov of Howell, Liam Crow of Howell, Alexa Parisi of Howell, Bailey Keenan of Jackson, Elyse Whary of Jackson, Lauren Jagodzinski of Jackson, Peter…

  • Ocean County senior programs to get added funds to increase services

    Ocean County senior programs to get added funds to increase services

    From home delivered meals to caregiver support for seniors, Ocean County will earmark federal and state funds to help maintain and increase these services. “With more than 200,000 seniors living in Ocean County, the need for services clearly exists and is growing for this population,” said Ocean County Commissioner Joseph H. Vicari, chairman of the…

  • Freehold Borough rep Moses will step down from FRHSD board

    Freehold Borough rep Moses will step down from FRHSD board

    Heshey Moses, who has spent more than 50 years in the Freehold Regional High School District as a teacher, coach and member of the Board of Education, is stepping down as Freehold Borough’s elected representative on the nine-member school board. During the board’s Sept. 29 meeting, Moses announced he will step down effective Nov 1.…

  • Tri-Town News Datebook, Oct. 5

    Tri-Town News Datebook, Oct. 5

    • The Jackson Liberty High School Marching Band will host a band competition at the school, 125 North Hope Chapel Road, Jackson, on Oct. 15. Organizers said 22 high school marching bands from throughout the region will perform their field show and be judged during this Tournament of Bands event. The show will begin at…

  • Municipal officials announce cancellation of Jackson Day

    Municipal officials announce cancellation of Jackson Day

    JACKSON — Municipal officials in Jackson have announced that the 2022 Jackson Day community celebration, which was scheduled to be held on Oct. 2 at Johnson Park, has been cancelled. On Sept. 29, township officials released the following statement, “Due to the projected weather forecast for this weekend, the Jackson Day Committee has decided it…