Category: Tri-Town News

  • Howell teenager named 2022 Youth Horseperson of the Year

    Howell teenager named 2022 Youth Horseperson of the Year

    Jacqueline Tanzi, 18, of Howell, was named the 2022 New Jersey Youth Horseperson of the Year by the New Jersey Equine Advisory Board at the 65th annual New Jersey Breeders’ Luncheon. Tanzi, who is completing her senior year at Howell High School, was representing the New Jersey Horse Council. As Youth Horseperson of the Year,…

  • Tri-Town News Datebook, June 15

    Tri-Town News Datebook, June 15

    • New Jersey Blood Services, a division of New York Blood Center, will conduct the following drives: July 3, St. William the Abbot, 2740 Lakewood-Allenwood Road, Howell, 8:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.; July 5, Howell Donor Center, 4068 Route 9 South, Howell, 1:30-8:30 p.m.; July 6, Howell Donor Center, 7:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.; July…

  • Underfunded, understaffed state parks need a ‘friend’

    Underfunded, understaffed state parks need a ‘friend’

    By Alison Mitchell From High Point State Park at the top of the state to Cape May Point State Park at the southern tip, New Jersey has an incredible variety of public lands. Mountains, lakes, ocean beaches, bays, deciduous forests, pine barrens, beautiful rivers and streams, historic sites – we’ve got it all! But you…

  • Monmouth County Career Center Vocational Horticulture program competing in Philadelphia Flower Show

    Monmouth County Career Center Vocational Horticulture program competing in Philadelphia Flower Show

    In its second year competing, the Monmouth County Career Center’s Vocational Horticulture program will enter the Philadelphia Flower Show in the tablescape category with a project titled “Garden State of Mind” through which students will create an exhibit to highlight the health properties of a New Jersey-grown garden meant for culinary entertaining. Students in many…

  • Road litter will be focus of Jackson Clean Communities Day on June 11

    Road litter will be focus of Jackson Clean Communities Day on June 11

    JACKSON – Teams of residents representing local school, civic, social, sports and religious organizations will fan out across Jackson on June 11 to clear debris and litter from more than two dozen roads as part of the statewide Clean Communities Day environmental initiative. “They will be out there Saturday,” said Joeylynn Anderson, who coordinates Clean…

  • Jackson Planning Board approves warehouse on Herman Road

    Jackson Planning Board approves warehouse on Herman Road

    JACKSON – The members of the Jackson Planning Board have voted 8-1 to grant preliminary and final major site plan approval to an applicant who plans to construct a 35,361-square-foot, one-story warehouse on Herman Road. The application of 498 Herman Jackson, LLC, was heard during the board’s June 6 meeting in the municipal building. The…

  • Howell awarded Sustainable Jersey grant funded by PSEG Foundation

    Howell awarded Sustainable Jersey grant funded by PSEG Foundation

    HOWELL — The Howell Green Team has been awarded a $2,000 Sustainable Jersey grant funded the PSEG Foundation. Seven $20,000 grants, 13 $10,000 grants and 15 $2,000 grants were distributed to recipients across 15 New Jersey counties, according to a press release from Sustainable Jersey. The grant awards will fund a range of projects including…

  • Gasior, Fischer, Nadel turn back challenge in Howell Republican primary

    Gasior, Fischer, Nadel turn back challenge in Howell Republican primary

    HOWELL – Republican voters in Howell have nominated Fred Gasior, Susan Fischer and Ian Nadel to run for three four-year terms on the Township Council in the Nov. 8 general election. Democratic voters in Howell have nominated John Bonevich, who is currently serving on the Township Council, J. Randy Bishop and Denise King to run…

  • Monmouth County News Briefs, June 8

    Monmouth County News Briefs, June 8

    The New Jersey State Museum, 205 W. State St., Trenton, will present 2022 New Jersey Arts Annual: Re-emergence. New Jersey is home to a diverse and robust artistic community; the New Jersey Arts Annual exhibition highlights the work of visual artists and craftspeople from around the state. The New Jersey Arts Annual: Re-emergence exhibition will…