Category: Tri-Town News
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Monmouth County News Briefs, Dec. 29
The Monmouth County Division on Aging, Disabilities and Veterans Services, Area Agency on Aging/Aging and Disability Resource Connection (AAA/ADRC), recently received recognition from the New Jersey Division of Aging Services, Office of Area Agency on Aging Administration, for its efforts to help seniors during the coronavirus pandemic. In the annual programmatic and fiscal assessment of…
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Tri-Town News Datebook, Dec. 29
• New Jersey Blood Services, a division of New York Blood Center, is looking for volunteers who will assist donors at area blood drives. No medical background necessary. Volunteers should be outgoing to provide friendly customer service, be able to perform tasks as needed and must provide proof of COVID vaccination prior to volunteering. Must…
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Distribution and fulfillment centers now principal uses in Jackson commercial zone
JACKSON – Members of the Jackson Township Council have adopted an ordinance which adds distribution centers, fulfillment centers and warehouses as permitteds use in the municipality. The ordinance adds an additional permitted principal use of buildings and structures in the Mixed Use Neighborhood Center/Highway Commercial (MUNC/HC) zone so as to include distribution centers, fulfillment centers…
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Boy Scout reports new military memorial in Howell is almost complete
HOWELL – A local Boy Scout who proposed moving military monuments to a new location as his Eagle Scout project provided an update on his work to the members of the Howell Township Council during a recent meeting. When he appeared before the council in February, Boy Scout Brendan Mueller of Troop 300, which is…
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State updates COVID-19 quarantine recommendations for schools
The New Jersey School Boards Association is reporting that the New Jersey Department of Health (DOH) has updated quarantine recommendations for school settings, shortening the quarantine time for students who have been exposed to someone with a positive COVID-19 result from 14 days to seven days – as long as the person who has been…
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Monmouth County Planning Board presents 2021 Merit Awards
The Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners, in partnership with the Monmouth County Planning Board, presented two organizations with 2021 Merit Awards during a Planning Board meeting held on Dec. 20. “The county commissioners and the Planning Board are pleased to recognize four outstanding honorees who have made significant contributions to planning in Monmouth County,”…
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Jackson council names Festino new municipal clerk effective Jan. 1
JACKSON – Diane Festino will become Jackson’s municipal clerk on Jan. 1 as Janice Kisty retires from the position. Kisty has served as Jackson’s township clerk since Jan. 1 2019. Prior to that she served as the deputy township clerk, Planning Board secretary, Planning Board recording secretary and Zoning Board of Adjustment recording secretary. The…
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Tri-Town News news briefs, Dec. 22
The Township Council in Jackson has introduced an ordinance that will, if adopted, add distribution centers, fulfillment centers and warehouses as permitted principal uses to the Mixed-Use Neighborhood Center/Highway Commercial (MUNC/HC) zone. The ordinance was introduced on Dec. 7 and a public hearing and possible vote for adoption was scheduled for the council’s Dec. 21…
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Monmouth County News Briefs, Dec. 22
The Rite Aid Foundation has awarded CASA for Children of Monmouth a $10,000 grant as part of its 2021 Giving Tuesday grant award. The grant will support CASA of Monmouth’s program of advocacy for the foster children they serve, according to a press release. CASA stands for Court Appointed Special Advocates. “CASA of Monmouth is…
