May 13, 2010 RSS feed / Front Page

New Egypt Day brings family fun

PLUMSTED — The fish will be jumping on May 15at the annual New Egypt Day festival, and attendees are encouraged to bring their fishing poles to Oakford Lake, which has been stocked with brown trout, large mouth bass, catfish and sunnies by Big More...

New Egypt Relay for Life continues fight vs. cancer

Participants will gather at high school track on weekend of May 22-23

PLUMSTED — The New Egypt Relay for Life will kick off its ninth annual twoday event to fight cancer with a cancer survivors’ luncheon at noon and opening ceremonies slated for 2 p.m. May 22 at New Egypt High School, Evergreen Road. More...

Howell included in county gypsy moth spray program

The Monmouth County Shade Tree Commission began spraying for gypsy moth caterpillars on May 10, weather permitting, according to a press release from the county. More...

Debate on rent control results in no action on law

JACKSON — An amendment to an ordinance titled Rent Control and Mobile Home Parks has not been acted on by the Jackson Township Council. More...

Golden Knights get kicks leaping back to earth

They can jump out of a plane, open their parachutes at 3,000 feet without blinking an eye and travel back to earth at speeds in excess of 60 mph. More...

Lecture to focus on foot, ankle care

JACKSON — Dr. Jasen Langley of Affiliated Foot and Ankle Center will speak on the topic of foot and ankle care 11-11:45 a.m. May 18 at the Melvin Cottrell Center for Senior Citizens and the Disabled, Don Connor Boulevard. More...

Committee advances legislation that seeks to hike racing purses

The Assembly Regulatory Oversight and Gaming Committee has unanimously approved a plan that would permit the Meadowlands Racetrack, East Rutherford, and Monmouth Park, Oceanport, to run fewer races, which would increase the amount of purses and reviv More...

Monmouth County’s population at 664,916

The Monmouth County Planning Board has released its 2010 estimate of the county’s population, and the estimate shows that the county’s population reached 664,916 on Jan. 1, 2010. More...

Food pantry helps to feed family pets

Twice a month, Ocean County 4-H members team up with volunteers from the Ocean County Animal Shelter Auxiliary to provide assistance with feeding pets at the Jackson Food Pantry. More...

Letters

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Resident upset with truck traffic on rural road

Our response to Sambol Construction’s plans are not favorable (“Sambol Plans Move to Jackson,” Tri-Town News, April 22). More...

Understand differences of privileges and rights

Iask readers to understand the difference between a privilege and a right. More...

Columns

In my day, sonny, we got numbers in a book

CODA

If the phone company stops printing and delivering residential white pages, as Verizon has asked regulators permission to do in New York and New Jersey, what am I going to use as a doorstop, or to raise my computer monitor an extra 3 or 4 inches? More...

Schools

Special ed. director offers program insights, updates

Officials hope to educate more special-needs children in-district

JACKSON — With one out of every 94 children in New Jersey diagnosed as having autism, the Jackson School District is aiming to provide the least restrictive environment for these students and others with learning disabilities. More...

Educators create book room

PLUMSTED — New Egypt Primary School teachers are creating a wealth of resources. More...

Town, school board will discuss budget

PLUMSTED — The Plumsted Township Committee and the Plumsted Board of Education will meet together at the same time and have two public meetings to consider the fate of the 2010-11 school budget. More...

Business

business briefs

Free Motion Rehabilitation Center has been selected for the 2010 Best of Howell Award in the Physical Therapists category by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA). More...

Constant vigilance, unconditional love

Walsh family fights to give autistic son as normal a life as possible

Fifteen-year-old Sean Walsh paces in a robotic loop around the lower level of his family’s Camelot Drive, Howell, home. He circles the table in the family’s great room, pauses by his sister Shannon, then punches her in the head. More...

Jackson residents support Walk MS

With sunshine smiling on the Monmouth County municipality of Lake Como, 125 residents and family members from Jackson’s Four Seasons Metedeconk Lakes adult community recently joined forces to “Walk for Larry” in the annual Walk MS e More...

GMN photographers honored in NJPA contest

Greater Media Newspapers’ Photo Department took home seven awards in the New Jersey Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest for 2009. More...

NJSBA: Eliminate decades of laws that favor unions

The New Jersey School Boards Association is calling for changes in decades of laws that it contends give organized labor the upper hand in school district bargaining and often prevent management from making personnel decisions that best meet the need More...

Suspect in attempted kidnapping still sought

Police want to speak with driver of a white Jeep who may have witnessed incident

JACKSON — Police are still looking for a white male in his late 30s to early 40s who attempted to kidnap a 33-year-old woman who stopped her car at the side of the road in Jackson on May 2. More...

A member of the U.S. Army Parachute Team,

A member of the U.S. More...

Ocean County bonds receive top grade from rating houses

Ocean County’s bond rating has reached the highest grade possible to AAA — which officials said is a testament to the county’s conservative and fiscally responsible approach to its finances. More...

Suicide prevention bill a tribute to local veteran

Holt says government failed Army sergeant from East Brunswick

After two combat tours in Iraq, Coleman Bean of East Brunswick sought treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but he did not receive the support that is in place for many returning veterans. More...

Bulletin Board

AMVETS raffle offers new car as prize

JACKSON — American Veterans (AMVETS) Post 2 of Jackson is conducting a raffle fundraiser to win a 2010 Chevy Malibu furnished by Pine Belt Chevrolet of Freehold. Tickets may be purchased at a cost of $20 each. Only 2,500 tickets will be sold. More...

Event will focus on sports industry

Individuals who are looking to work in the sports industry can take advantage of a networking opportunity as the Lakewood BlueClaws host their first Sports Management and Networking Night on June 17. More...

Dean named to chair finance committee

Dr. Michael A. Palladino of Howell, dean of the School of Science at Monmouth University, West Long Branch, has been appointed to a three-year term as chair of the Finance Committee for the American Society of Andrology (ASA). More...

Opinion

When fear is your traveling companion

GIRL TALK

“The greatest difficulty of travel is that one is forced to take oneself along.” Alain de Botton More...

Obituaries

Cheryl A. Pearlman

Ms. Pearlman, 59, of Howell, formerly of Freehold, died April 27, 2010, at the Manor Nursing Home in Freehold Township. More...

Cathy L. Smith

Mrs. Smith, 36, of Howell, died April 28, 2010, at home after a courageous battle. She was born in Flemington and had lived in Glen Gardener prior to moving to Howell in 1998. Mrs. More...

Nola Anne Bliss Jones

Mrs. Jones, 75, of Howell, died April 29, 2010, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. She was born in Gillingham, Kent, England, and moved to Howell in 1968. More...

Sports

Jaguars pointing to state track meets

Depth helped the Jackson Memorial High School boys track and field team win the NJSIAA Group III indoor track and field championships in February, and it helped the Jaguars claim their second Ocean County track and field team championship in three ye More...

Jackson Liberty High School second baseman Alexa Saltzman

Jackson Liberty High School second baseman Alexa Saltzman puts a tag on Point Pleasant Borough High School’s Nicole Casey during the Lions’ 10-0 victory over the Panthers at home in Jackso More...

Lions claim B South baseball crown

The Jackson Liberty High School baseball team lost its Ocean County Tournament opener to Lacey, 5-4, on May 8, but the Lions still have two other tournaments to prepare for and the Shore Conference B South Division championship they won last week in More...