• Fossils Car Club slates 25th annual show

    The Fossils of South Jersey car club, based in Jackson, will hold this year’s car show on May 19 at Jackson Memorial High School, 101 Don Connor Blvd., Jackson. This will be the 25th anniversary of the car show, which raises funds for local and national children’s charities, according to a press release. The show…

  • GREEN SCENE

    March: Can you dig it? GOTTI KELLEY “There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder.” — Alfred Austin A garden myth: Lawns are beautiful, vegetable gardens are ugly. Not true. Vegetable gardens in a front yard (a hot trend)…

  • Owners of horse farms may apply for award

    Promoting public awareness of environmentally friendly horse farms and sustainability of agriculture are the two primary objectives of the New Jersey Equine Environmental Stewardship program. Included in the program is the Gold Medal Horse Farm award. The award and overall program gives recognition to outstanding equine farms for their dedication to environmental sustainability and management,…

  • CODA

    When did the Europeans get so smart about U.S. weather? GREG BEAN I f you are a person of a certain age, like me, you might remember the old days when the nightly weather forecast was about as accurate as Punxsutawney Phil’s on the day he pops out to check his shadow. In those days,…

  • datebook 

     The Jackson Township Regular Republican Organization meets at 7:30 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of each month. The March 27 meeting will be held at the Jackson First Aid Squad building, 38 East Veterans Highway, Jackson. All Republicans are welcome. Details: 732-833-9333. Items for the Tri-Town News Datebook may be sent to [email protected].

  • Resident questions cleanup costs in Jackson after Sandy

    The post-Sandy cleanup costs for Jackson residents were $3 million. We actually had to obtain the cleanup cost figures from Ocean County considering that our elected officials claim they did not have the figures four months after the storm. We really thought our town was lucky to have escaped much of the physical damage inflicted…

  • Candidate says board needs a Democratic watchdog

    I would like to thank the more than 400 Democrats from every town and district in Monmouth County who nominated me at the convention recently to run for Monmouth County freeholder in the November election. The monopoly control of any political body by one political party is not healthy and leads, inevitably, to corruption. The…

  • Future voters need to become an informed electorate

    To the future doctors, business people police officers, scientists, judges, and most importantly — future voters: I wish to convey not only the importance of decision, but also the importance we, the adolescents of society, carry as we grow toward adulthood. Each individual has a voice, and each individual voice has the right to be…

  • Sandy response requires bold action

    We have all been impacted by superstorm Sandy, which profoundly changed the lives of so many residents on the Jersey Shore. We were also impacted by the supercell storm that hit Freehold on July 28, damaging many houses. There is much discussion about how to respond to these events in the short term, but what…

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