Category: Tri-Town News
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Acorn booms and busts – a nutty tale
By Alison Mitchell If you have out been outside recently enjoying your yard, strolling through neighborhood streets or city parks, or hiking along wooded trails, you may have spotted lots of acorns, hickory nuts or beech nuts on the ground. Or maybe you noticed the opposite – a lack of acorns and other nuts in…
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Tri-Town News Datebook, Nov. 23
• The Monmouth County Park System will host the Creative Arts Center Exhibit and Sale on Dec. 3 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Dec. 10 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Thompson Park Creative Arts Center, Lincroft. Celebrate the original artwork of the center’s students and instructors during this exhibit and…
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Sayreville man convicted of 2018 bias-driven murder of Freehold Township resident
A New Jersey Superior Court jury sitting in Freehold has returned guilty verdicts on the most serious charges against the man who attacked and killed a stranger in Freehold Township in May 2018, solely because of the victim’s race, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Nov. 18. Following a seven-week trial before…
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Lack of information about new homes concerns Jackson board members
JACKSON — Members of the Jackson Planning Board expressed concern about what they called a lack of information when an applicant came before them to seek subdivision approval during a recent meeting. On Nov. 7, the applicant, GM Grawtown, LLC, was seeking preliminary and final subdivision approval to create 49 residential lots (homes), one affordable…
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Florida man charged with possession of counterfeit bills in Jackson
JACKSON — A 26-year-old male resident of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has been charged by Jackson police with being in possession of counterfeit bills at the Jackson Premium Outlets, Route 537. According to Jackson Police Department Sgt. Fred Meabe, who is the department’s public information officer, on Nov. 8, Detective Stephen Purtell was in the area…
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Monmouth County News Briefs, Nov. 16
The American Red Cross is urging blood and platelet donors to give now and help fight the potential impact of seasonal illnesses and a potentially severe flu season on the blood supply. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicts a serious spread of flu this year and is already reporting an early spike in…
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Springsteen archives to host authors of award-winning Woody Guthrie book
The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University will host a conversation and book signing with Nora Guthrie and Bob Santelli on Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m. on the campus of Monmouth University, West Long Branch. Their book, “Woody Guthrie: Songs and Art, Words and Wisdom,” was recently awarded the 2022…
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Voters in Jackson, Howell elect members to serve on school boards
Residents in Howell and Jackson elected residents to serve on their local school boards in the 2022 general election. Jackson – Three residents sought two three-year terms on the seven-member Jackson School District Board of Education. The candidates were Megan Gardella, John Spalthoff and incumbent board member Allison Barocas. As of Nov. 15, according to…
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Dept. of Agriculture encourages residents to destroy spotted lanternfly egg masses
New Jersey Department of Agriculture Secretary Douglas Fisher is encouraging New Jersey residents to help take part in eliminating spotted lanternfly egg masses. While the adult spotted lanternflies cannot survive the freezing temperatures, they do lay egg masses that survive the winter and then hatch in late April or early May, according to a press…
