Category: Tri-Town News
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Schools sign agreement for hospitality and sport business management majors
Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, and the University of Delaware recently signed a new articulation agreement for the transfer of Brookdale Associate Degree Program in Hospitality Management and Delaware’s Bachelor of Science Degree Program in Hospitality Business Management, housed in the Department of Hospitality and Sport Business Management at Delaware’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and…
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Monmouth County asks for help in stopping spread of spotted lanternfly
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Monmouth County has been receiving an increasing number of reports from concerned citizens about the spotted lanternfly. The spotted lanternfly is an invasive insect that is native to China, India and Vietnam and is now in the United States. According to a Sept. 14 press release from the county, in 2014,…
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Monmouth County News Briefs, Sept. 15
A Shrewsbury man has been criminally charged with embezzling more than $750,000 from the Colts Neck-based company he once worked for as an accountant, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey has announced. Linskey said Mark S. Bloom, 45, is charged with second-degree theft by unlawful taking. An investigation by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office and…
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Howell board grants final approval for new 7-Eleven on Route 9
HOWELL – Final major site plan approval has been granted by the members of the Howell Planning Board to an applicant which will construct a 7-Eleven convenience store and gas station at Route 9 north and Strickland Road. During a meeting in April, the 7-Eleven application received preliminary major site plan approval from the board.…
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Howell marks 20th anniversary of terrorist attacks on America
HOWELL – Although it was 20 years later, residents and officials in Howell did not forget. On Sept. 10, municipal officials marked the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. Howell officials, police officers, firefighters and emergency services personnel gathered at the Sept. 11 memorial on Preventorium Road to…
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Monmouth County commissioners host 20th anniversary 9/11 memorial ceremony
ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS – The Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners hosted a memorial ceremony on Sept. 11 at Mount Mitchill Scenic Overlook with those who lost loved ones from Monmouth County in the terrorist attacks on the United States on Sept. 11, 2001. “Twenty years ago as we all started the day, we never thought…
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Tri-Town News Datebook, Sept. 15
• New Jersey Blood Services will host blood drives on the following dates: Sept. 16, Howell Donor Center, 4068 Route 9 South, Howell, 1:30-8:30 p.m.; Sept. 21, Howell Donor Center, 1:30-8:30 p.m.; Sept. 22, Howell Donor Center, 7:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.; Sept. 23, Howell Donor Center, 1:30-8:30 p.m.; Sept. 28, Howell Donor Center, 1:30-8:30…
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Tri-Town News news briefs, Sept. 15
The Howell Police Athletic League, the Monmouth-Ocean Police Athletic League and area businesses and police departments are collecting donations for individuals who have been impacted by Hurricane Ida in New Jersey and in Louisiana. The following items are requested for donations: water, food, new clothing, cleaning supplies, garbage bags, hand sanitizer, personal hygiene items, chainsaws,…
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‘Monmouth County, 9/11, and Its Aftermath’ debuts
Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon has announced the premiere of the film “Monmouth County, 9/11, and Its Aftermath” to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. As a member of the Monmouth County Historical Association’s (MCHA) Sept. 11 Commemoration Advisory Committee, Hanlon produced the film as…
