• Warriors, Hubert shooting for success in hoop season

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer The New Egypt High School boys basketball team hopes to leave behind some struggles at the end of the preseason and in its final two scrimmages as it bids for a further advance into the postseason with highly touted 6-9 junior center Desmond Hubert. “We struggled in our last two…

  • Howell is the hunted in A North wrestling

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer It is a new wrestling season, but things have not changed at the top of the local mat scene. Coach John Gagliano’s Howell High School Rebels remain the team the other schools in the Shore Conference A North Division will be going after. Howell High School’s Cole Cameron (top) works…

  • Datebook

    • A blood drive will be conducted by the Red Cross from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 4 at the Jackson library, 2 Jackson Drive, Jackson. Call 732-928-4400 for appointments. Walk-in donors are also welcome. Tip sheets and eligibility guidelines are available at the library. • The Plumsted Township Board of Health will hold…

  • Driver safety program coming to Howell

    HOWELL — AARP’s 55-Alive Driver Safety Program, an eight-hour refresher course for those 50 years of age and older, will be held from noon to 4 p.m. Jan. 15 and Jan. 22 at the Howell Senior Citizens Center in the Howell municipal complex. Upon completion of the course, insurance companies must give a 5 percent…

  • Jan. 28 program at Jackson library will address bullying and cliques

    JACKSON — “Tools for Teens and Adults: Bullying and Girl Cliques” will be presented to teens (ages 12 and up), parents, educators, clergy and youth workers at 6 p.m. Jan. 28 at the Jackson library, 2 Jackson Drive. The workshop will focus on defining the roles of bullying: the bully, the victim and the witness…

  • For the record

    The amount of snow that fell in Jackson during the snow storm of Dec. 19 was 23.5 inches, according to the National Weather Bureau in Mount Holly. A photo caption in the Dec. 24 edition of the Tri-Town News incorrectly stated the amount as 28 inches.

  • A small idea has grown into a successful event in Jackson Township

    Several years ago a tiny ember of an idea glowed in the minds of Westlake residents Honey Greenberg and Linda Selznick, who presented their idea to Rabbi Yosef Carlebach, executive director, Chabad of Central and South Jersey, who agreed to help facilitate their project. When the women of Bat Shalom Hadassah in Jackson and the…

  • Mayor has right to control funds for upgrades

    At the Dec. 22 meeting of the Jackson Township Council, a big deal was made by the council president because the mayor was attempting to spend funds that the council had already allocated to sports field construction, on sports field construction. Yes, the mayor wanted to use the money for its intended purpose. This construction…

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