Tag: Tri-Town News news briefs
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Tri-Town News news briefs, Dec. 1
Two current members of the Howell K-8 School District Board of Education and a former member of the board were elected to three-year terms in the 2021 general election. According to election results posted online by the Monmouth County Clerk’s Office, incumbent board members Jennifer Okerson and MaryRose Malley were re-elected with 11,516 and 11,242…
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Tri-Town News news briefs, Nov. 10
Through the efforts of the Howell Alliance for substance use prevention and mental health awareness, Howell became the first municipality in Monmouth County to receive updated New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act signs. The act requires a smoke-free environment in essentially all indoor workplaces and it requires locations that are open to the public, including places…
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Tri-Town News news briefs, Oct. 6
The Jackson Memorial High School Jaguar Marching Band will host a “Showcase of Champions” marching band competition on Oct. 9. Award-winning bands from around the state will compete and be judged on music and the performance of their field show. The Jackson Memorial band will perform its show “Heroes,” which pays tribute to police, firefighters,…
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Tri-Town News news briefs, Sept. 29
The Jackson Liberty High School Marching Band earned first place honors and was crowned Best Overall Band at their first competition of the year – the Tournament of Bands which was held at Manchester High School on Sept. 18. Out of 13 competing bands, the Jackson Liberty band had the highest overall score and also…
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Tri-Town News news briefs, Aug. 11
When voters in Jackson go to the polls on Nov. 2 to vote for state representatives, they will also vote to elect four members of the Jackson School District Board of Education. July 26 was the deadline for New Jersey residents to file a nominating petition to run for a seat on a board of…
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Tri-Town News news briefs, July 7
The Ocean County College Athletics Department has been awarded a grant from the NJCAA Foundation and the First Point Volleyball Foundation to launch a men’s volleyball program. The grant will support the addition of men’s volleyball to the Vikings’ sports programs, beginning in the spring of 2023, according to a press release. “We are very…
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Tri-Town News news briefs, June 30
The eighth annual Howell-Farmingdale 5K Run and Race Walk will be held in memory of Jake Bukowiec, John Bukowiec Jr., Jared Crippen, Craig Held, William Johnson, Brian McDonough, Bubba O’Reilly, Waler Reitsma, Naneisha Rivera and former Howell mayor Robert Walsh. The event will benefit CONTACT of Ocean and Monmouth Counties crisis intervention and suicide prevention…
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Tri-Town News news briefs, June 2
During the May 25 meeting of the Howell Township Council, resident Kathi Novak asked if any progress had been made on Mayor Theresa Berger’s recent request to her fellow municipal officials that a local ethics board be created. “Is anybody working on it? Is it in the process? What is going on?” Novak asked. Berger…
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Tri-Town News news briefs, May 12
A Howell business owner has been sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for tax evasion and failure to pay the IRS more than $540,000 in employment taxes, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced on May 6. Wilson Salas-Molina, 41, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan to an…