• Redevelopment plan continues to advance

    Sewer line expected to allow new businesses to succeed in downtown New Egypt PLUMSTED — Planning for the revitalization of New Egypt’s Main Street/business district and to eliminate long-standing environmental degradation to Oakford Lake and Crosswicks Creek took another step forward at the end of 2009 with promising results from a groundwater discharge investigative study…

  • Employee to be laid off as town controls costs

    PLUMSTED — Mayor Ron Dancer announced this week that it has become economically necessary for the Township Committee to authorize the third layoff of another full-time employee within the last 12 months, as well as offering employees voluntary furlough programs as additional cost-control measures. Furlough programs authorize an employee to have an approved leave of…

  • Applicant will shift plan to Jackson zoning board

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — An application that proposes the construction of a commercial enterprise at the corner of West Commodore Boulevard and Paterson Road has been moved at the applicant’s request from the Planning Board to the Zoning Board of Adjustment. Following a discussion at the Planning Board’s Feb. 1 meeting, the…

  • Murder charge filed in death of Jackson man

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Apossible disagreement between two Jackson men resulted in the death of one man and jail for the other. Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Deputy Chief Mike Mohel said a 911 call was placed at about 3:44 a.m. Feb. 7 and Jackson police officers responded to 2 South Baker Drive in the…

  • Sewer fee increase this year smaller than first predicted

    Howell officials review updated MRRSA information BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Customers of Howell’s municipal sewer utility will end up paying an extra $26 a year in sewer fees, according to revised figures provided by township officials. Howell Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey Filiatreault had originally proposed a $67 hike in sewer rates annually to…

  • Howell High School’s Allie Moreland

    Howell High School’s Allie Moreland (l) defends against Lacey’s Jenna Fleck during a game played Feb. 3 in Howell. The Rebels beat the Lions, 48-38, and locked up a state tournament berth. For the story, see page 46. For more photos, www.gmnews.com. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Looks like we survived the ‘storm of the decade’

    Coda • GREG BEAN By the time this column sees print, the Great Blizzard of 2010, nicknamed “Snowpocalypse” by some creative member of the national press, will just be a memory. You know, before we moved to the East Coast, I used to believe that folks out here were scared of only one thing, and…

  • Resident sees downside of moving Jackson election to November

    Once again, under the guise that government knows better, we are being told to change the date when Jackson residents cast their votes for mayor and Township Council. Jackson residents overwhelmingly passed a referendum in November 2005 to change the date of their municipal election to May in order to avoid the coattail effect which…

  • Writer recalls Sen.’s role in Social Security tax

    Arecent letter to your newspaper from Ocean County Freeholder Joseph Vicari (“Freeholder Says It Is Time to Rethink Tax on Social Security Payments,” Tri-Town News, Letters to the Editor, Jan. 28) talked about the tax on Social Security. Keeping in mind that tax had already been paid on those Social Security funds, I thought I…

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