Category: Tri-Town News
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Monmouth County News Briefs, May 4
The Monmouth County Department of Human Services, Division of Social Services, has been awarded $75,000 through the Community Access Service grant from the New Jersey Division of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. The Monmouth County Division of Social Services applied for the grant to help expand access for county residents who may be deaf…
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Tri-Town News news briefs, May 4
Students at Jackson Memorial High School in Jackson took part in a campus cleanup on April 27 in conjunction with Earth Day after a two-year pause due to COVID-19. According to teacher Joe Pienkowski, who is the Student Council adviser, 50 to 60 students took part in the cleanup, including members of the Key Club,…
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Tri-Town News Datebook, May 4
• The Monmouth County Park System will host the Casual Birder on May 24 at 9 a.m. at the Manasquan Reservoir, Howell, meet in the Visitor Center parking lot. Join a park system naturalist for a morning bird walk. Free. Details: 732-842-4000. • The Monmouth County Park System will host the Great Spring Perennial Plant…
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Nicastro resigns as a Howell commissioner on sewerage authority
HOWELL – Robert Nicastro has resigned from his appointed position as one of Howell’s two commissioners on the Manasquan River Regional Sewerage Authority (MRRSA) Board of Commissioners. In the April 26 letter of resignation he submitted to the MRRSA’s executive director, Nicastro wrote, “I am resigning from my commissioner’s position at MRRSA due to a…
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Committee releases recommendations for improving jury selection
A New Jersey Supreme Court Committee formed to find ways to improve the jury selection process in New Jersey has released a series of recommendations that seek to expand jury pools and enhance fairness in the selection process. The Committee of the Judicial Conference on Jury Selection, established and chaired by Chief Justice Stuart Rabner,…
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Volunteers needed to support survivors of sexual violence
For 46 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 dedicated Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) volunteers. The organization’s trained confidential victim advocates, in collaboration with…
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Candidates enter race to fill three seats on Howell council
HOWELL – A contested Republican primary election on June 7 will determine which candidates from the GOP earn their party’s nomination to run for three four-year terms on the Howell Township Council in November. Fred Gasior, Susan Fischer and Ian Nadel filed nominating petitions to run for council seats as the Monmouth County Republican Organization…
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Area actors to appear in ‘Addams Family’ at Axelrod PAC
The Academy Players will debut their second musical, “The Addams Family,” at the Axelrod Performing Arts Center, Ocean Township, for two weekends, May 7-15. The Academy Players are the musical theater students of the Axelrod Performing Arts Academy (APAA) at Bell Works in Holmdel. “The Addams Family” is directed and choreographed by Michael La Fleur,…
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State encourages residents to stay healthy while interacting with farm animals
As the weather gets warmer and New Jersey residents encounter more opportunities to interact with farm animals such as goats and alpacas at local farms, fairs, petting zoos and other animal exhibitions, the New Jersey Department of Health and the New Jersey Department of Agriculture are encouraging residents to take certain health and safety precautions.…
