September 25, 2008 RSS feed / Front Page

Funding available for improvements

PLUMSTED — The township's Neighborhood Preservation Program (NPP) has entered the fourth year of a five-year $525,000 state grant that the Plumsted Township Committee obtained from the state Department of Community Affairs in 2004. More...

State: No plea deals for teenage drivers

Following a key recommendation of the Teen Drivers Study Commission, New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram last week directed municipal prosecutors not to offer or accept plea bargains to teenage drivers with graduated drivers licenses (GDL) for More...

Community effort will put shine on town in October

JACKSON — Plans are under way for "Operation My Town," an annual event that will have volunteers cleaning up Jackson. Patricia Wood, who is Jackson's Clean Communities Coordinator, said the event is set for Oct. 18. More...

Yearling sales markedly down in New Jersey

UPPER FREEHOLD — It was a sobering Sunday for the horse industry. That's how Bob Marks, the marketing director of Perretti Farms, described the 2008 New Jersey Classic Yearling Sale, held Sept. More...

County, local partners to address homelessness

FREEHOLD - Monmouth County officials and their community partners have begun developing a plan aimed at ending chronic homelessness in 10 years. "I am delighted this forum is taking place," Monmouth County Freeholder John D'Amico Jr. said. More...

Cell phones will be turned into minutes

The Ocean County Library will participate in the national Cell Phones for Soldiers program by distributing postage-paid envelopes for shipping cell phones at 17 of its branches. The local distribution of the envelopes began on Aug. More...

Ocean County will take bids for new natural gas contract

Ocean County will again tap into an online auction with the hopes of finding better prices and more competitive bidders when it comes to buying natural gas to heat and fuel its buildings this winter. More...

Local filmmaker will show work at festival

Joe Valenti grew up in Brick Township
BY ZACH LEVINE Correspondent

Joe Valenti may not be a household name just yet, but that could soon change if he has anything to say about it. More...

Stephen's Law: Wheelchairs must be secured in vehicles

BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer

Stephen Griscti, 40, was born with tuberous sclerosis, a condition that at its worst causes seizures, mental retardation and manifests itself in tumors on major organs. More...

Teen sentenced to state's substance abuse program

Three young women died in Sept. 2007 accident in Jackson
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer

JACKSON — The driver of a vehicle in which three girls were killed on Sept. 10, 2007, has been sentenced to 18 months confinement in the New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission's DOVES program. More...

Auction benefits MS chapter

LAKEWOOD — On Aug. 16 the Lakewood BlueClaws held their seventh annual Jersey Auction to benefit the Mid Jersey Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. The auction directly followed the Blue- Claws vs. More...

Decoy & gunning show returning to Tuckerton

Each fall, the Ocean County Board of Freeholders hosts Ocean County's Decoy and Gunning Show to highlight working decoy and southern New Jersey water fowling heritage. More...

Letters

U.S. should treat veterans with respect

My nephew, U.S. Army Sgt. Coleman Bean, died earlier this month. He was 25 and he took his own life. Coleman signed up for the Army on Sept. 5, 2001. He was with the 173rd Airborne and parachuted into Iraq at the start of the invasion. More...

Westlake adult community makes certain Sept. 11 is special

For many (people) the date Sept. 11 brings tears, anxiety and a mixture of emotions too powerful to completely understand. I, like many of the Sept. More...

Howell Planning Board member clarifies his recent statement

In my recent letter ("Housing for Seniors Should Be Approved," Tri-Town News, Aug. 28) I had stated, "We do not need more stores on Route 9." This was an error on my part. As a member of the Planning Board, this was not a proper statement. More...

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Columns

Big brothers specialize in diabolical pranks

Coda • GREG BEAN

(Editor's Note: Greg Bean is taking a temporary sabbatical from writing his column due to the death of his son. This column was originally printed April 26, 2008). More...

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Obituaries

Sadie A. Coleman

Mrs. Coleman, 85, of Hazlet, died Sept. 4, 2008, at Care One in Jackson. Before her retirement, she was a phone operator for AT&T and a cook at the Red Roof Tavern, Holmdel. More...

Albert Herman

Mr. Herman, 98, of Jackson, died Sept. 10, 2008, at Bella Terra in Jackson. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and had lived in Aventura, Fla., before moving to Jackson five years ago. He was married to his wife, Helen, who died in 2006, for 74 years. More...

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Howell greets recovering soldier

Army Lt. Brian Brennan is given hero's welcome by friends, well-wishers
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer

Through the small opening of a limousine window, U.S. Army 1st Lt. Brian Brennan greeted a crowd of people at the Southard Fire Department substation on Maxim-Southard Road in Howell with open arms. More...

Jaguar band to host afternoon of music

Marching bands will be in Jackson on Oct. 4
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer

Music will fill the air when the Jackson Memorial High School Jaguar Marching Band hosts the United States Scholastic Band Association Showcase of Champions at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 4. More...

Community will gather for annual celebration

Howell Day set for Oak Glen Park Sept. 27
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer

HOWELL — For more than three decades, Howell residents have been showing up each fall to partake in the township's largest display of community spirit, Howell Day. On Sept. More...

In the Service

Navy Seaman Recruit Daniel J. McKenna, son of Linda Mills of Jackson and Shawn A. McKenna of Englishtown, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. More...

Latino Festival coming to downtown Freehold

FREEHOLD — For the first time ever the Latino Festival of western Monmouth County will be held in downtown Freehold on Oct. 4 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The event coincides with Hispanic Heritage Month. More...

GOP selects Wynalek to run for council seat

BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer

HOWELL — Republican Party officials have named a candidate to round out their 2008 slate. Their pick is a neophyte to local politics and a married mother of three children. More...

Officials deal with water issue

BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer

JACKSON — School district staff members were praised at a recent Board of Educationmeeting for their efforts in dealing with a situation that arose at the Elms Elementary School on Sept. 15. Speaking at the Sept. More...

Residents may vote for new Hall of Fame class

The New Jersey Hall of Fame has announced 30 nominees in five categories as the organization launched voting for the class of 2008. More...

Pantry director: More people are seeking help

BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer

JACKSON — The Jackson Food Pantry will be open at 4 p.m. today, Sept. 25, for its regular food distribution. The pantry is housed at the Jackson Department of Public Works building, 10 Don Connor Blvd. More...

2 men face charges of burglary

JACKSON — Police officers responding to a burglar alarm arrested two individuals at a township business. Jackson police Capt. David Newman said in a press release that on Sept. More...

Wellness Center Complex opens on GCU campus

LAKEWOOD — On Sept. 24, Georgian Court University officially opened the new $26 million Wellness Center Complex with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and blessing conducted by Bishop John Smith of the Diocese of Trenton. More...

Television is going digital

Big changes are coming to your TV, but they have nothing to do with the new fall season. These changes involve the transition to digital broadcasting on Feb. 17, 2009. More...

Museum awards teacher

JACKSON — Karen Blenner, art teacher at Howard C. Johnson Elementary School, has been recognized by Artsonia — an online children's art museum — for outstanding leadership in the area of arts education at her school. More...

New recycling facility opens

LAKEWOOD - Each year, more than 80,000 tons of material is processed at Ocean County's regional recycling center on New Hampshire Avenue in Lakewood. More...

Plan for homes wins approval

BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer

HOWELL — On Sept. 4, applicant Sierra Builders I LLC received final approval from the Howell Planning Board to create 19 lots for single-family residential development and three stormwater management lots in an R-3 Zoning District. More...

Bulletin Board

Triathlon to aid domestic violence survivors

Dottie's House will hold its first triathlon Oct. 12 at Island Beach State Park in Seaside Park. The last triathlon held at this venue was over 12 years ago. More...

Harvest harmony fest to feature many acts

The Acoustic Musicians Guild will present its annual Harvest Harmony Festival from noon to 7 p.m. Sept. 27 at Silverton Organic Farm, Silverton Road, Toms River. More...

OCVTS to offer new customer service course

Ocean County Vocational Technical School (OCVTS), in partnership with the Ocean County Workforce Investment Board (WIB) and the One-Stop Career Center, is offering a new course, which focuses on career success by targeting fundamental workplace ski More...

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Opinion

Only female in house blitzed again by the football season

Are We There Yet?
• LORI CLINCH

At long last and without further adieu, the football season is upon us, and as the only female in a houseful of football nuts, I'm handling it about as well as a quarterback who just got blitzed. Whatever the heck that means. More...

Stop this automated madness!

Around Town • AMY ROSEN

Some people may think I am a fairly normal person, but if they only knew that I harbor feelings of contempt based on one's voice alone, a hatred for a life form I have never met in person, they might change their mind. More...

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Sports

Late score makes difference for New Egypt football

Warriors win 21-20 after trailing with less than a minute to go
BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer

New Egypt High School coach Tom Farrell has been around football a long time. He has witnessed just about every kind of scenario one could imagine in his 20-plus years on the gridiron — except for the one that took place Friday night. More...

Using your head

ERIC SUCAR staff Ryan Totin of Jackson Memorial High School directs the ball to a teammate during the first half of his team's Sept. 18 game against Brick Township High School. More...

New Egypt boys soccer facing crucial games

Warriors have three games this week against local rivals
BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer

New Egypt High School boys soccer coach Sam Palumbo is delighted with his team's ability to create scoring chances. What the fourth-year coach is not so happy about, however, is his squad's inability to finish around the goal. More...

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