• Resident upset with lack of property tax relief

    Regarding two recent articles in the Tri-Town News, “High School Board OKs 2014-15 Salary Increases” and “Howell K-8 School Board Adopts $113.7M Budget,” how is any relief going to happen for Howell property taxpayers when salary increases are put through, increases from spending take place, and tax levies escalate by over $2 million? Why are…

  • Long wait for traffic light troubles resident

    Since moving to Howell 20 years ago, my wife has been writing to newspapers, local elected state representatives, and state and local police about the urgent need for a traffic light at the corner of Colts Neck Road and Route 33 in Howell. Anyone trying to get from Colts Neck Road onto Route 33 going…

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    Sandy Hook Lighthouse in northern Monmouth County, the nation’s oldest operating lighthouse, celebrated its 250th anniversary on June 14. FRANK GALIPO

  • Writers invited to conference at Brookdale Community College

    Writers and readers of all ages and experience levels are invited to attend the first Aspiring Writers Conference at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, on June 27. Four Brookdale faculty members and the founder of the Red Bank Blogging Club will give a series of lectures about memoir writing, blogging, narrative medicine and the personal and…

  • AAUW book sale opens June 18

    FREEHOLD — Members of the Freehold Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) will host their annual used book sale at the air-conditioned First United Methodist Church, 91 W. Main St., Freehold, this week. AAUW member Deidre McNamara said visitors to the book sale may peruse between 25,000 and 30,000 books. A special…

  • Freehold Township High School is ‘No Place for Hate’

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Freehold Township High School has been designated by the Anti-Defamation League as No Place for Hate, a recognition that celebrates commitment and support for establishing antibullying and acceptance activities within the school environment. No Place for Hate is a national initiative that supports educators and students in ensuring that their school environment…

  • Colts Neck man charged with child porn

    COLTS NECK — A township resident has been charged with receiving sexually explicit images of a 12-year-old Pennsylvania girl with whom he had an online relationship, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Chad C. Weber, 21, is charged by complaint with one count of receiving child pornography. Weber surrendered on June 3 and made his…

  • Resident facing drug charges

    — Clare Marie Celano MARLBORO — A criminal complaint warrant from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office lists multiple drug-related charges as having been filed against a Marlboro resident on May 28 in Marlboro municipal court. The document states that Boris Baranik, 31, “knowingly or purposely manufactured, distributed or dispensed, or possessed with intent to manufacture,…

  • Pedestrian killed on Route 9

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — A motor vehicle crash involving a pedestrian on Route 9 resulted in the death of a Freehold Township man on June 9. According to Freehold Township Police Detective Jerry Kiwit, officers were dispatched to the scene at 11:36 p.m. The incident occurred on Route 9 south, about a quarter-mile north of Elton-Adelphia…

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