Category: Tri-Town News
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Tri-Town News news briefs, Dec. 1
Two current members of the Howell K-8 School District Board of Education and a former member of the board were elected to three-year terms in the 2021 general election. According to election results posted online by the Monmouth County Clerk’s Office, incumbent board members Jennifer Okerson and MaryRose Malley were re-elected with 11,516 and 11,242…
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Monmouth Arts announces recipients of ArtHelps funding for 2022
Monmouth Arts has announced the ArtHelps Local Arts Program Awards for Fiscal Year 2022, through a partnership with the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. These competitive grants are awarded to local nonprofit arts organizations that provide high quality art programs and events to residents throughout Monmouth County each year, according to a press…
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‘The Nutcracker Rocks’ takes stage at Axelrod Performing Arts Center
Axelrod Contemporary Ballet Theater (AXCBT) returns home to the Axelrod Performing Arts Center, 100 Grant Ave., Deal Park, on Dec. 11 to begin its run of “The Nutcracker Rocks,” an annual family favorite holiday tradition. This contemporary adaptation of the ballet was conceived by AXCBT Artistic Director Gabriel Chajnik, according to a press release. Based…
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Nearly 600 firearms collected at two gun buyback events in Monmouth County
A combined total of nearly 600 firearms have been collected for destruction as the result of two gun buyback events hosted by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office and partner agencies over the last month, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced on Nov. 23. Monmouth County was one of nine counties statewide to host a…
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Monmouth Arts awarded $107,500 Impact 100 Jersey Coast grant
Monmouth Arts has been selected as one of four organizations to receive the 2021 Impact 100 Jersey Coast grant. The grant of $107,500 will support a new arts and wellness program, Creative Expressions, a countywide initiative that uses the arts to address the rise in mental health issues in area youths due to the COVID-19…
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Seeking solutions to warehouse sprawl in the Garden State
By Michele S. Byers For decades, suburban sprawl consumed farms, meadows, wetlands and forests. New housing, corporate parks, shopping malls and countless businesses took over New Jersey’s landscapes, often with little regard for water supplies, roads, waste water, schools and other needed infrastructure. Today there is a new type of sprawl threatening this state we’re…
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CentraState Healthcare Foundation makes donation to local school
The Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education has accepted a $10,000 donation from the CentraState Healthcare Foundation, Freehold Township. Board members voted to accept the donation during a meeting held on Nov. 18 at Howell High School. An item on the meeting agenda indicated the foundation’s donation will go to Freehold Township High…
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Supreme Court order lays out framework for future remote and in-person proceedings
The New Jersey Supreme Court has issued an order that provides a framework for future court operations, both now and after the COVID-19 pandemic. While the order grants judges discretion to determine whether to conduct court proceedings remotely or in person, it also establishes a series of general principles to follow in making such decisions,…
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Monmouth County News Briefs, Nov. 24
The Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County will present a Zoom program, “Hollywood Yiddishkeit: Jewish Images in American Film,” with historian John Kenrick on Dec. 5 at 2 p.m. Admission is $12 for museum members and $15 for non-members. To make a reservation and receive the Zoom link, call 732-252-6990, email [email protected] or visit www.jhmomc.org…
