• Jackson residents named to boards

    JACKSON — Mayor Michael Reina has appointed the following individuals to various boards and commissions in the municipality. The appointments include:  Jackson Township Veterans Commission: Robert Dultz, Bruce Gatarosk, John Calimano, John Allen and Richard Hyjak.  Economic Development Advisory Committee: Phil Hackmyer, Joseph Schulman, Township Councilman Robert Nixon and Township Councilman Scott Martin.…

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     Free friendly visits and/or telephone calls are provided to homebound residents of Ocean County who are alone and over age 60 by Community Services of Ocean County. Anyone who would like to receive company or volunteer to offer companionship to others can call Sally Herrmann at 732-367-1400, ext. 280.  Free ceramics and crafts…

  • Howell High School student wins contest

    The Freehold Regional High School District and Howell High School (HHS) have announced that Howell High School student Cameron Ayesh is the winner of the 2012 High School Presidential Inaugural Conference T-shirt Design Contest. Cameron is a ninth-grade student at Howell High School. As the winner of the contest, Cameron’s shirt was produced and sold…

  • Do not trample on rights granted by the Second Amendment

    I n the Jan. 3 edition of the Tri- Town News, Dennis Levinson wrote a Your Turn guest column attacking the National Rifle Association (NRA) as being a terrorist organization responsible for the Newtown, Conn., massacre. I am an NRA member, but not a gun owner. I believe every lawful American has the God-given, not…

  • GUEST COLUMN .

    Rebuild the Shore sustainably MICHELE S. BYERS For an area with little good news since superstorm Sandy, it was a symbolic victory on Jan. 9 when the Monmouth County beach town of Belmar drove in the first piling to reconstruct its boardwalk. It is the start of a massive effort to get the Belmar boardwalk…

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    The red-winged blackbird, seen here at Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, Oceanville, aggressively defends its territory from other animals. A red-winged blackbird will even attack humans who get too close to its nest during breeding season. BILL PATRICK/www.maiseyimages.com

  • Gift cards make a difference to victims of superstorm Sandy

    BY TOM CASTLES Staff Writer HOWELL — Superstorm Sandy may have destroyed the boardwalk in many Jersey Shore communities, but the Boardwalk of Dreams is standing strong at the Taunton School in Howell. While no one at the school sustained direct damage from the Oct. 29 wind and rain storm, many students’ family members, friends…

  • Contractors permitted to hire police from neighboring town

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — The Jackson Police Department, with its black and white cruisers, nearly blends into the scenery in Jackson. The department’s officers can regularly be seen doing their job in a municipality of more than 100 square miles. What is not a regular sight in Jackson, however, are police cruisers…

  • Celebrate Arbor Day with free trees

    The New Jersey Tree Foundation is offering free 2-year-old trees (1 to 2 feet tall) to celebrate Arbor Day 2013 in New Jersey. Schools, local governments, tree groups, nonprofit organizations, scout groups and any volunteer organization may apply for the free trees. All planting must occur on public lands, be done by volunteers and maintained…

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