• Three charged after vehicle stop

    PLUMSTED — Drug charges were lodged against three Plumsted residents after police alleged that they threw drugs and drug paraphernalia from a moving vehicle. During the afternoon of Sept. 1, Plumsted police officers were patrolling the area of the Oak Grove Mobile Home Park looking for suspected narcotics-related activities when they conducted a motor vehicle…

  • IN THE SERVICE

    Navy Capt. Joseph G. Rehak, son of Arlyne Rehak of Jackson, recently assumed command of Expeditionary Combat Readiness Center, Virginia Beach, Va. Rehak completed basic underwater demolition/ SEAL training in 1992 and reported to SEAL Team Eight and deployed as assistant platoon commander aboard U.S.S. George Washington. Rehak was later reassigned to SEAL Team Two…

  • ON CAMPUS

    Karissa E. DePalma, daughter of Pat and George DePalma of Howell, graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, where she earned a master’s in special education degree with BCBA certification. Her academic awards included a 4.0 GPA for two years and the Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society. Karissa’s activities…

  • DATEBOOK

     The Jackson Township Municipal Utilities Authority will hold its public meetings at 5:30 pm. in its administrative offices at 135 Manhattan St., Jackson, on Sept. 25, Oct. 16 (revised), Nov. 20, Dec. 18, Jan. 29 and Feb. 5 (reorganization). Details: 732-928-2222. Items for the Tri-Town News Datebook may be sent to [email protected].  Wartime-era…

  • Resident faces bank robbery charge

    JACKSON — It took police officers only hours to find and apprehend a Jackson resident following his alleged involvement in an Aug. 30 bank robbery at the Wells Fargo Bank, 2115 West County Line Road. According to Jackson police Lt. Steven Laskiewicz, the incident occurred just after noon when a man entered the bank and…

  • The time to have fun is today

    IN THE NEWS Mark Rosman I have the feeling once again that time is flying by. Wasn’t it just yesterday that I was taking my son, Nate, to Penn State University to begin his freshman year in Happy Valley? It sure seems that way. But here I am, a couple of weeks after dropping him…

  • Elected positions are not supposed to be ‘jobs’

    A s the important midterm election approaches, desperate and powercrazed politicians seeking re-election resort to their same pathetic tricks to give the economy an artificial stimulus and make us feel better so we will be conned into voting again for them. The most obvious examples are the various highly visible road-related projects, including resurfacing that…

  • Photo

    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR A lone horse is a picture of solitude in a field off Davis Station Road, Upper Freehold Township, on Sept. 6.

  • New Jersey will allow sports betting at racetracks, casinos

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Within the next month, representatives of Monmouth Park, Oceanport, expect to see patrons wagering on New York Jets and New York Giants football games and other sporting events. Dennis Drazin, consultant to the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association, which operates Monmouth Park, said he hopes to have a betting parlor…

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