Category: Tri-Town News
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U.S. settles lawsuit against Jackson for discriminatory ordinances targeting Orthodox Jewish religious schools
The U.S. Justice Department has announced an agreement with Jackson Township and the Jackson Township Planning Board to settle allegations that those bodies violated the federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) and the Fair Housing Act (FHA) when they passed and applied a series of discriminatory zoning ordinances that intentionally targeted the…
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Jackson planners approve bike path; town officials will review proposal
JACKSON — The members of the Jackson Planning Board have granted final major site plan approval to an application filed by Jackson Development Company, LLC, for a recreation, walking and bike path at property owned by J21OS, LLC, that is between West Fish Road and the north side of Freehold Road. The application was the…
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Gov. Murphy announces updated property tax relief program
Gov. Phil Murphy, state Senate President Nicholas Scutari and state Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin have announced the expansion of the ANCHOR tax relief program, making the relief program one of the largest in state history. ANCHOR, which stands for Affordable New Jersey Communities for Homeowners and Renters, was announced by Murphy in March as part…
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Tri-Town News news briefs, June 15
Jackson residents who want to run for public office in the 2022 election have until 4 p.m. Sept. 6 to file a nominating petition, according to a legal notice published by Township Clerk Diane Festino. Jackson’s non-partisan municipal election will take place on Nov. 8. The mayor’s term currently held by Michael Reina and the…
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Monmouth County News Briefs, June 15
A Monmouth County grand jury has returned a five-count indictment against a Somerset County man accused of taking lewd photographs of a juvenile female at a Red Bank car dealership in 2021, in a manner commonly described as “upskirting,” Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced on June 8. David M. Chapinski, 41, of Franklin…
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Tri-Town News On Campus, June 15
Nicholas Kinzler of Jackson was named to the dean’s list at Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., for the spring 2022 semester. Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, N.Y., announced that Arianna Rivera of Howell has graduated as a member of the Class of 2022. Marissa Sheridan of Howell, a member of the Class of 2025, has been…
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Jackson resident reports suspicious activity; three Newark men arrested
JACKSON — On June 10 at 3:28 a.m., Jackson Police Officer Travis Ceppaluni responded to a residence on Round Hill Road, which is in a development off Leesville Road, after a resident reported being alerted by his Ring security camera of an unknown individual in his driveway near his vehicles. The resident informed police his…
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Howell High School students honored for work in film, video
As the 2021-22 school year comes to an end, several students in the Freehold Regional High School District’s Music, Video and Production (MVP) program at Howell High School have won awards on the film festival circuit. At the 20th annual Garden State Film Festival, senior Amanda Katz, 18, of Manalapan, was awarded Best Home Grown…
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Commissioners call for action to increase energy independence, lower energy costs
The Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners is renewing a call on federal and state policymakers to take immediate action to adopt policies that will help lead to energy independence and lower costs in the United States and in New Jersey. “My fellow commissioners and I passed a resolution in March calling on our federal…
