• Irate over Irene

    Local officials, residents air frustrations with JCP&L during BPU meeting BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer When it came to Jersey Central Power & Light Co.’s response to Hurricane Irene at a Sept. 26 Board of Public Utilities meeting, the same types of words kept coming up: Unacceptable. Terrible. A joke. State legislators, municipal officials and…

  • Two tracts in Jackson expected to be preserved as open space

    JACKSON — Two tracts of land totaling more than 1,200 acres in Jackson are slated to be preserved as open space under the Ocean County Natural Lands Trust Fund Program. “Both of these properties meet the requirements of the county’s natural lands programs and provide the added benefit of protecting Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst from future…

  • ‘Beatlemania’ comes to Tinton Falls Nov. 5

    The timeless music and magic of The Beatles will be brought to life on Nov. 5 in a production of “The Official Beatlemania Stage Show” at Monmouth Reform Temple, 332 Hance Ave., Tinton Falls. Doors open at 6:15 p.m., with show time at 7 p.m. Featuring an all-star cast dressed in distinctive costumes with authentic…

  • Howell closes on purchase of Global office building

    BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer HOWELL — Municipal officials closed on the purchase of the Global office building on Sept. 26, according to Township Manager Helene Schlegel. Plans put forth by the mayor and Township Council call for municipal offices to be moved from the existing municipal complex on Preventorium Road to the office building…

  • Assault charges lodged in Howell

    HOWELL — An arrest has been made in the wake of an assault that began as a road rage incident and ended inside a Dunkin’Donuts store on Route 9 south near West Farms Road. Wayne Wyckoff, 42, of Howell, was charged with aggravated assault on Sept. 28. Police charged him in connection with a Sept.…

  • Jackson council passes on liquor restriction proposal

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — A proposed plan to limit the number of liquor stores within a 1-mile radius of one another was left to die on the vine at the Sept. 27 Jackson Township Council meeting, as input from two other township entities helped to kill the idea. The proposed law, originally…

  • datebook 

     Fall flea market at Historic Allaire Village will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 8 (rain date Oct. 9) atAllaire State Park, Atlantic Avenue (Route 524), Wall Township. More than 125 vendors will display old, new and handmade items. Admission: $1; children under 12 are admitted free. Details: 732-919-3500 or www.allairevillage.org.

  • Howell expected to name director of comm. relations

    BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer HOWELL— Steven Fecher, who is currently the confidential assistant to the township manager, will assume the role of Howell’s director of community relations pending Township Council approval. Township Manager Helene Schlegel said the move represents little more than a title change for Fecher, who will continue to report to her…

  • Program would link schools with instructors from U.S. military

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Ten Ocean County school districts are looking for an increased military presence in their students’ education, as several resolutions calling for the establishment of a STARBASE academy have passed their respective boards of education. STARBASE, an educational program that has been designed for fifth-graders by the U.S. Department of Defense,…

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