Category: Tri-Town News
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Tri-Town News Datebook, July 13
• Travel the storm-tossed New Jersey surf through history with local author Margaret Thomas Buchholz during “New Jersey Shipwrecks” at the Ocean County Library Jackson Branch, 2 Jackson Drive, at 2 p.m. July 25. The program will explore the treacherous shoals and inlets of the “Graveyard of the Atlantic.” Buchholz co-authored “Great Storms of the…
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Jackson police vs. firefighters softball game will benefit #Jake’s Got This
JACKSON – Local police officers and firefighters are poised to face off on the diamond, not for trophies or prizes, but to raise funds to benefit children who have been diagnosed with cerebral palsy. While their mission is serious, Jackson police officers and firefighters engaged in some good natured bravado, with each side predicting victory…
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Woodmont Senior Living proposes apartments for seniors in Howell
HOWELL – Testimony is expected to continue during the Aug. 4 meeting of the Howell Planning Board on an application that proposes the construction of apartments for senior citizens. The meeting will be held in a virtual manner. The Planning Board has not resumed in-person meetings following the coronavirus pandemic. Woodmont Senior Living, LLC, as…
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Monmouth County News Briefs, July 6
U.S. Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) announced he has secured $26 million for maintenance dredging of the Shrewsbury and Navesink rivers in the Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development spending bill for Fiscal Year 2023. The House of Representatives is expected to vote on the underlying legislation in the upcoming months, according to a…
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Tri-Town News news briefs, July 6
A graduation ceremony was held for the eighth grade class at Howell Middle School North on June 20 and for the eighth grade class at Howell Middle School South on June 21 as the 2021-22 academic year came to a conclusion in the Howell K-8 School District. Both graduation ceremonies were held at Howell High…
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Jackson Pathfinders take pride in caring for community’s trails
JACKSON — The next time you are out walking or hiking one of the woodland trails that traverse Jackson, take a moment to appreciate the work of a group of local volunteers who maintain four trails that immerse the people who walk and hike them in the natural world around them. In fact, the mission…
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Gov. Murphy signs $50.6 billion budget Appropriations Act into law
Gov. Phil Murphy has signed the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY2023) Appropriations Act into law. The act puts a $50.6 billion budget in place to fund New Jersey’s operations from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023. Murphy signed the Appropriations Act into law on June 30. According to a press release from the Governor’s office,…
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Tri-Town News Datebook, July 6
• Learn about the value of plants during “Pass The Plants, Please,” at 2 p.m. July 15 at the Ocean County Library Jackson Branch, 2 Jackson Drive, Jackson. Rutgers Master Gardener Georgina Price will present the program. Attendees will gain an understanding of how plants derive their own nutrition, protect their seeds, transport water internally…
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Manchester man indicted on charges of terrorism, attempted murder following area attacks
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer has announced that on June 29, Dion Marsh, 27, of Manchester Township, was indicted by a Grand Jury sitting in Ocean County on charges of terrorism, two counts of carjacking, seven counts of bias intimidation, four counts of attempted murder, attempted kidnapping, five counts of possession of a weapon…
