Category: Tri-Town News
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MOMS Club of Jackson sponsors back-to-school supply drive
JACKSON – Popular online shopping apps are propelling an increase in donations to an annual back-to-school supplies drive for Jackson students. “We used to just ask for donations from the community, I would post what we needed. But this is the first year I did an Amazon wish list and it’s been like a lifesaver,”…
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Tri-Town News Datebook, Aug. 10
• Guitarist and singer Gary Nokes will perform “Sounds of the Shore” at the Ocean County Library Jackson Branch, 2 Jackson Drive, at 2 p.m. Aug 20. Nokes will perform classic beach ballads, nautical numbers and coastal country favorites. Registration at www.theoceancountylibrary.org/events is required to attend this free program. • The Monmouth County Park System…
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Jackson planners approve office building on North County Line Road
JACKSON — In a 9-0 vote, the members of the Jackson Planning Board have granted site plan approval to an application that proposed the construction of a two-story office building at 115 North County Line Road. During the Aug. 1 meeting of the board, attorney Dennis M. Galvin and engineer Kevin Shelly represented the applicant,…
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Jackson zoners deny density variance for proposed 48-home development
JACKSON — Five members of the Jackson Zoning Board of Adjustment have voted to deny an application that sought a density variance related to a property at 443 Leesville Road between Burke and Diamond roads in Jackson. At the conclusion of a four-hour meeting on Aug. 3, a motion was made to deny the application…
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Monmouth County News Briefs, Aug. 3
The Ashley Lauren Foundation will hold its inaugural Touch A Truck fundraiser on Aug. 20 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Bucks Mill Park, 125 Bucks Mill Road, Colts Neck. There will be a $5 admission fee. Children under 2 are free. The rain date is Aug. 27. Monica Vermeulen, founder/CEO, said, “There is…
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New law requires public schools to develop threat assessment teams
Gov. Phil Murphy has signed A-4075/3229 into law, requiring the board of education in each school district and the board of trustees at each charter school or renaissance school in New Jersey to develop and adopt a policy for the establishment of a threat assessment team at their respective schools. According to a press release…
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Clearwater Festival will fill two stages with music on banks of the Navesink River
The free New Jersey Clearwater Festival will return from the coronavirus pandemic with live music on the banks of the Navesink River in Red Bank on Aug. 6 (11 a.m. to 7 p.m.) and on Aug. 7 (11 a.m. to 5 p.m.). In addition to music, the 47th annual event will feature environmental information, food…
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Tri-Town News On Campus, Aug. 3
Amanda Sabia of Jackson has been named to the Central Penn College, Summerdale, Pa., dean’s list for the Spring 2022 term. Amanda is majoring in physical therapist assistant. Tyler DiGiovanni of Howell has been named to the Spring 2022 dean’s list at Palmer College of Chiropractic’s campus in Port Orange, Fla. Palmer College of Chiropractic…
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Visual impairment rights advocate will speak at Jackson library
Kaleigh Brendle, a partially sighted New Jersey collegian and visual impairment rights advocate, will speak about her experiences and perform her own music at the Ocean County Library Jackson Branch at 2:30 p.m. Aug. 13. Brendel, who is a Villanova University student and a Howell High School alumnus, will recount her struggle with the College…
