• James Volpe golf classic set for June 17

    JACKSON — The James Volpe Foundation, founded in honor of James Volpe, a Jackson Memorial High School student who was killed in a motor vehicle accident in 2011, will host the James Volpe Foundation second annual golf classic on June 17 at the Pine Barrens Golf Club, Jackson. Activities will include a shoot-out competition, closest…

  • Threat not found to be credible

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — Threats of violence from a Christa McAuliffe Middle School pupil prompted Jackson School District administrators and the Jackson Police Department to swing into action on May 21. School district spokeswoman Allison Erwin said the child was not making threats to another student, but to the entire middle school.…

  • Howell’s Race to Educate returns June 8

    HOWELL — The Howell Township Education Foundation (HTEF) will host its fourth annual Race to Educate 5K Race/Walk on June 8. The event will begin and end at Howell Middle School South, 220 Ramtown- Greenville Road. In addition to the 5-kilometer (3.1-mile) race/walk, there will be an area for vendors, food and drinks, and a…

  • Tips to be taken via text by sheriff’s office

    The Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office is sending a message out that it needs the public’s help in combating crime, and hopes to get a message back via text. Through the agency’s new initiative, people can report a tip about suspicious behavior anonymously, at any time from anywhere, by text messaging, according to a press release.…

  • Hotel traffic an issue as zoners hear application

    BY GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer HOWELL — The applicant who wants to build a hotel at Route 9 north and Northwoods Place is pressing forward with his application. Testimony on the hotel application continued at the May 20 meeting of the Howell Zoning Board of Adjustment. Applicant Leonard Solondz owns a 26- acre parcel off…

  • Salary range set for new Howell job

    BY GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer HOWELL — The next director of Howell’s Department of Community Development will be an employee of the township. In preparation for hiring a person to fill the director’s position, the Township Council at its May 7 meeting adopted an ordinance that establishes a salary range for the person who holds…

  • Brothers take pride in paying tribute to nation’s war dead

    For Memorial Day BY GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer American Legion Post 31 members (l-r) Jim King, Tony Mikulas, Steve Mikulas and John Mikulas take a break from placing American flags at the graves of veterans who are buried at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hamilton. JORDAN GELTZER The members of American Legion Post 31, Hamilton Township, kept…

  • Howell to limit secondhand dealers

    BY GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer HOWELL — A new law will place a cap on the number of secondhand merchandise dealers that will be permitted to operate in Howell. The Township Council recently adopted an ordinance establishing the limit. “We are really trying to limit the number of secondhand shops in Howell,” Mayor Bill Gotto…

  • Honoring veterans by hiring them

    RETIRED MAJ. DON BLOSSER, USMCR GUEST COLUMN On Memorial Day, May 27, New Jerseyans and Americans across the country joined together to honor those who have served and sacrificed for our nation and our freedoms. As a retired U.S. Marine Reservist who served during the Vietnam era on active duty and as a reservist, I…

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