Category: Tri-Town News
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Fentanyl, seniors and pills among topics planned in 2023 learning series
The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey (PDFNJ) has wrapped up a successful 2022 Knock Out Opioid Abuse Day Learning Series and will renew its partnership with the Office of the New Jersey Coordinator of Addiction Responses and Enforcement Strategies (NJ CARES) to host the webinar series in 2023 along with the Opioid Education Foundation…
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Memory of Jackson’s Hailey Palumbo to be honored at 2023 Rose Parade
JACKSON — Family members and friends of organ and tissue donor Hailey Palumbo recently gathered at the Jackson Township Fire Department for the unveiling of a floragraph of Hailey that will be featured on the 2023 Donate Life Rose Parade float during the 2023 Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., on Jan. 2. This year’s float…
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Ocean County College trustees name school’s new president
TOMS RIVER — The Ocean County College Board of Trustees has announced that Dr. Pamela Monaco has been selected as the next president of Ocean County College. Monaco currently serves as the vice president of academic and student affairs at Wilbur Wright College in Chicago. She will join Ocean County College on July 1, 2023,…
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Tri-Town News Datebook, Dec. 14
• Jackson’s mayor and Township Council are inviting residents to apply to volunteer on the Veterans Commission, Rent Leveling Board, Planning Board, Zoning Board of Adjustment, Economic Development Commission, Citizens Budget Advisory Committee, Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board, Pathfinders, Environmental Commission, Historical Commission and the Shade Tree Commission. In the new year, officials will create…
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Four warehouses on Randolph Road remain under consideration in Howell
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 Dec. 15 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…
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League of Women Voters seeking support for ‘Dreamers’
On behalf of the members of the League of Women Voters of Monmouth County, we ask you to join us in urging Congress to enact a permanent legislative solution for “Dreamers” – undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States as children. Unless Congress acts, the long-term survival of the DACA program (Delayed Action for…
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CBA unveils statue of co-founder and running legend George Sheehan
More than 60 years ago, Dr. George Sheehan believed in a vision for an all-boys Catholic preparatory school in Monmouth County. Together with Peter Fleming and John Henderson, the trio founded Christian Brothers Academy in Lincroft with help from the Brothers of the Christian Schools, according to a press release from CBA. A nationally competitive…
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Monmouth County News Briefs, Dec. 7
For forty-six years, 180 Turning Lives Around, a private nonprofit organization in Monmouth County, has provided support and advocacy for victims of sexual violence in the aftermath of a highly emotional and traumatic experience with the assistance of its Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) volunteers. 180’s trained confidential victim advocates, in collaboration with countywide law…
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Jackson zoners deny request for reconsideration of warehouse application
JACKSON — The members of the Jackson Zoning Board of Adjustment have denied an applicant’s request for reconsideration of a previous denial of a development application. The motion for reconsideration of the County Line Holdings, LLC, application was heard by the board members during a meeting on Nov. 16 and decided that night. Attorney Adam…
