Category: Tri-Town News
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Jackson Township Council appoints members to Rova Farms committee
JACKSON – The members of the Jackson Township Council have appointed 10 residents to the new Rova Farms Advisory Board. The advisory board will give residents a chance to help decide the future use of the Rova Farms property in the Cassville section of Jackson. The members of the advisory board will assist and advise…
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Basie awards to recognize achievement in high school theater
The Basie Awards, the annual celebration of Monmouth County high school theater presented by Bank of America, will return to the Basie Center stage in Red Bank on May 25. Tickets for this year’s presentation go on sale April 22 at 10 a.m. through theBASIE.org and the Basie Center box office, 99 Monmouth Street, Red…
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Jackson council calls on state to fund transportation for private school students
JACKSON – Township Council members are calling on the state to pay for transportation to bring private school students to and from their schools as a state mandate currently requires local school boards to fund that service. In certain instances, students who attend a non-public school may be entitled to transportation provided by the public…
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Jackson council adopts ordinance limiting construction times
JACKSON — The members of the Jackson Township Council have adopted an ordinance that prohibits construction and demolition work at certain times of the day. Township Council President Martin Flemming, Vice President Andrew Kern, Councilman Alex Sauickie, Councilman Stephen Chisholm and Councilman Nino Borrelli voted “yes” on a motion to adopt the ordinance during the…
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Parks for all: Celebrating Frederick Law Olmsted’s 200th
By Jay Watson New York’s world famous Central Park is a place of tranquil beauty, 843 acres of rolling terrain, winding paths, scenic woodlands, sweeping lawns, wide lakes, meandering streams and areas set aside for active recreation. It would be easy for visitors to assume this pastoral landscape came courtesy of Mother Nature, with a…
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Monmouth County News Briefs, April 13
The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) has announced it will implement a waiver issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), allowing states to continue waiving the “under-the-hood” portion of school bus driver testing. All other aspects of the written and skills test remain in place, according to a press release from the…
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Center Players will present ‘Crimes of the Heart’ in Freehold
Center Players continues its return to live theater with a production of Beth Henley’s 1981 Pulitzer Prize-winning “Crimes of the Heart.” Directed by award-winning filmmaker and playwright Anthony Marinelli of Manalapan, the production will run from May 6-22 at Center Playhouse, 35 South St., Freehold Borough, according to a press release. The tragicomedy tells the…
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Tri-Town News On Campus, April 13
The following students at Delaware Valley University, Doylestown, Pa., have been inducted into Alpha Lambda Delta, a national honor society for students who have achieved an academic average of 3.5 or higher during their first year or term of higher education: Payton Eldridge of Howell and Taylor Picchierri of Howell. Tatiana Wypych of Jackson was…
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JAR of Hope representatives planning to climb Mount Everest as fundraiser
Jim Raffone, the CEO and founder of the local charity JAR of Hope, is planning to climb Mount Everest with several friends in May to save children who have a very rare fatal disease. “Why Everest?” Raffone asked. “Well, charitable foundations have not held fundraising events because of COVID. So we have to find other…
