• Loss of state aid leads to tax increase in ’09

    PLUMSTED — The 2009 municipal budget of $3,615,000 as introduced by the Plumsted Township Committee on May 6 reduces spending by $78,000 from last year’s $3,693,000 adopted budget. According to Mayor Ron Dancer, the municipal tax rate will increase by 2 cents, from 9 cents to 11 cents per $100 of assessed valuation ($77 increase…

  • Plans for medical building discussed

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — The Planning Board will continue its review of a proposed medical office building at an upcoming meeting. An application for a medical office building, Robert Lambrou-Advanced Spine Care, on Bennetts Mills Road, 220 feet west of Patton Street, was discussed at the April 20 meeting of the board.…

  • Robber makes off with $4K

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer HOWELL — Police are still searching for the robber who walked out of a branch of PNC Bank with $4,000 on May 6. According to Howell police Capt. Donna Craton, police received a call at 11:05 a.m. about a bank robbery at the PNC Bank at the corner of…

  • Lakehurst naval base earns environmental quality award

    An environmental quality award has been presented to Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst by the federal Environmental Protection Agency in conjunction with its recent Earth Day project. NAES Lakehurst is part of the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst military installation, parts of which are bordered by Jackson and Plumsted in Ocean County. EPA acting Regional Administrator George…

  • Civil Air Patrol earns honors

    LAKEWOOD — New Jersey Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Wing Commander Col. Robert McCabe flew from South Jersey Regional Airport into Lakewood Airport on April 23 to personally present special awards to the cadets and commander of the Pineland Composite Squadron, a 70-member unit based at the airport. McCabe made it a point to visit the…

  • Physicist will speak at library

    It is not every day that a major motion picture places particle physics in the spotlight. “Angels and Demons,” an action-packed thriller based on Dan Brown’s best-selling novel of the same name, will open in local theaters May 15. The following day, May 16 at 2 p.m., Boris Kayser, distinguished scientist at Fermilab, the nation’s…

  • Senior Outreach Search connects locals

    PLUMSTED — The Plumsted Township Senior Outreach Search recently held a concert at its new location in the municipal building. Pupils from the New Egypt Middle School Band, under the direction of Joseph Marlow, performed for senior citizens on April 24. The Senior Outreach Search provides trips, luncheons, socials, information and special events for area…

  • Driver charged with leaving scene of May 3 fatal accident in Jackson

    JACKSON — A resident of Lakewood has been charged with knowingly leaving the scene of a fatal motor vehicle accident. Investigator Craig Ally of the Vehicle Homicide Unit of the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office said Catalino Pedro Teutle- Castro, 41, of Lakewood, was the driver of a Mazda minivan that was involved in the May…

  • Defamation case against Greater Media dismissed

    Appellate court: Media investigated story and accurately quoted sources BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer The Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey has dismissed a defamation complaint lodged against Greater Media Newspapers, Freehold Township. A three-judge panel in the Appellate Division on May 6 granted a summary judgment in favor of Greater Media…

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