• Private dog park approved

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer HOWELL – To the consternation of some residents, the Surrey Downs Board of Directors voted 4-1 on March 16 to provide an off-leash dog park for residents of the private adult community. Surrey Downs is on Route 524 in north Howell. The dog park will only be open to…

  • Gym’s anniversary events help Brennan foundation

    JACKSON — Supergym of Jackson, a full-service health club at the corner of County Line and New Prospect roads, has announced that all of the activities for its anniversary party on March 27 will benefit the Brennan Stands Alone Foundation. The Brennan Stands Alone Foundation is organized to assist current and former members of the…

  • Metro PCS antennas to be added at 2 sites

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — Two applications that were submitted by Metro PCS, N.Y., LLC received Planning Board approval on March 15. Both applications proposed the addition of antennas on existing communications towers in Jackson. The first Metro PCS application called for six antennas to be placed on an existing monopole at 735…

  • Upgrades planned at JTMUA

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — Improvements will be made at the Manhattan Street headquarters of the Jackson Township Municipal Utilities Authority (JTMUA). Representatives of the water authority appeared at the March 15 meeting of the Jackson Planning Board to outline the improvements. The board granted a courtesy approval to the municipal agency. The…

  • Howell board names Sanasac business administrator/secy.

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer HOWELL — Ronald Sanasac no longer has the word “acting” in front of his job description. Sanasac got a round of applause at the March 16 Howell K-8 School District Board of Education meeting after board members voted unanimously to appoint him as the district’s business administrator and board…

  • Teacher will be sentenced in May

    COLTS NECK — A former social studies teacher at Colts Neck High School faces a sentence of noncustodial probation and forfeiture of future public office stemming from a theft by deception scheme. Megan Laboy was charged with pocketing money from her students that the students believed would be donated to various charities. Laboy allegedly told…

  • State commission aims to cut red tape

    BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer C ivil service regulations and interlocal agreements were some concerns voiced during the second of three public hearings about simplifying state government at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, on March 9. The Red Tape Review Commission, a bipartisan effort led by Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, listened to testimony from state and…

  • Health care bill for 9/11 responders advances

    BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Advocates of a federal bill guaranteeing health care for life for Sept. 11 first responders breathed a collective sigh of relief last week as the bill took a crucial step forward. The House Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ), passed the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and…

  • Library hosts artwork by Jackson students

    Youth Art Month display runs through March 31 Public schools across the United States are celebrating Youth Art Month in March. In Jackson, student artwork has been and will remain on display at the Jackson Branch of the Ocean County Library, 2 Jackson Drive, through March 31.   Andy Drury “All 10 schools in the…

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