Category: Tri-Town News
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Monmouth County News Briefs, Nov. 10
Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck and the Division of Consumer Affairs have announced that the State Board of Medical Examiners has suspended the license of a Monmouth County physician who admitted having engaged in inappropriate sexual contact with a female patient he was treating for substance abuse and who allegedly also engaged in questionable…
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Voters approve FRHSD referendum for roofing, paving projects at six schools
Voters in the Freehold Regional High School District have approved a $14.46 million referendum that will address paving and roofing projects at the district’s six high schools. According to district administrators, the state will pick up 40% of the cost, meaning the work will cost the school district $8.68 million instead of the full $14.46…
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Tri-Town News news briefs, Nov. 10
Through the efforts of the Howell Alliance for substance use prevention and mental health awareness, Howell became the first municipality in Monmouth County to receive updated New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act signs. The act requires a smoke-free environment in essentially all indoor workplaces and it requires locations that are open to the public, including places…
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Tri-Town News Datebook, Nov. 10
• New Jersey Blood Services, a division of New York Blood Center, is conducting blood drives which are open to the public. The following drives are scheduled: Nov. 16, Howell Donor Center, 4068 Route 9 South, Howell, 1:30-8:30 p.m.; Nov. 17, Howell Donor Center, 7:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.; Nov. 18, Howell Donor Center, 1:30-8:30…
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New Jersey American Water wins approval to improve property in Howell
HOWELL – New Jersey American Water has received approval to improve the property where it operates the Oak Glen water treatment plant on Squankum-Yellowbrook Road in Howell. The company filed an application with the Howell Zoning Board of Adjustment and was granted approval during a meeting on Oct. 25. New Jersey American Water was seeking…
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Doctor from Marlboro faces federal charges in kickback scheme
A doctor who lives in Marlboro has been charged for his alleged participation in a scheme to receive bribes and kickbacks from a pharmaceutical company in exchange for unlawfully prescribing large volumes of a powerful fentanyl narcotic, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced on Nov. 4. Mukaram Gazi, 51, is charged by indictment with…
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Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office to hold gun buyback event in Freehold Township
Following a successful gun buyback event that was recently held in Asbury Park, a second such event will be held on Nov. 20 in Freehold Township, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced. The second gun buyback event in as many months is scheduled to take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 20…
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Jackson planners expected to hear proposal for three private schools
JACKSON – An application that proposes the construction of three private schools on a 13-acre tract on Leesville Road in expected to be heard by the members of the Jackson Planning Board on Nov. 15. The applicant, Lees Village, LLC, is proposing to build two two-story elementary schools and one two-story high school at 31…
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Veteran’s widow begins 10th annual holiday collection clothing drive
To celebrate Veterans Day 2021, Stacia McDonough and her nonprofit organization, Independence For Veterans, has kicked off its 10th annual “They Kept Us Safe, Let’s Keep Them Warm” new winter clothing drive. The clothing drive benefits formerly homeless military veterans and disabled military veterans who residing at the Hope For Veterans transitional housing facility on…
