Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor

  • Affordable housing will be available for veterans

    Affordable housing will be available for veterans

    By Andrew Martins Staff Writer JACKSON – More than 70 affordable housing units in a section of the Jackson Twenty-One project will be made available to qualifying low income or moderate income military veterans as the result of an agreement between municipal officials and the developer. The Township Council approved the agreement Feb. 2. With the…

  • Jackson Relay for Life returns as fight vs. cancer continues

    Jackson Relay for Life returns as fight vs. cancer continues

    By Andrew Martins Staff Writer JACKSON – The competition and spirit of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, will also be found in Jackson in May at the community’s annual Relay For Life event. The Relay for Life Planning Committee unveiled the Summer Olympics theme during a Jan. 26 kickoff event held…

  • State commission approves supervisors’ union in Jackson

    State commission approves supervisors’ union in Jackson

    By Andrew Martins Staff Writer JACKSON – A state commission has granted a group of municipal workers in Jackson the approvals needed to form a new collective bargaining unit for more than a dozen supervisory employees. Members of the new union, the Jackson Township Municipal Supervisors, petitioned the state Public Employee Relations Commission (PERC) in August…

  • Zoners, applicant work out shopping center details

    Zoners, applicant work out shopping center details

    By Jennifer Ortiz Staff Writer HOWELL – Members of the Howell Zoning Board of Adjustment may be getting closer to a decision on a proposed shopping center that would include an LA Fitness Center, two retail shopping buildings and parking facilities on Lanes Mill Road. Testimony continued on Feb. 8 and the matter is expected…

  • Tri-Town News Business Briefs

    Lori Pepenella has joined the Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore, Howell, as the director of community development. Pepenella will oversee Girl Scout special events in Monmouth and Ocean counties. She will also work closely with community partners to maximize sponsorship opportunities and grants. Pepenella was previously employed with the Southern Ocean County Chamber of…

  • Eight Jackson wrestlers advance to Region 6 tourney

    Eight Jackson wrestlers advance to Region 6 tourney

    By Wayne Witkowski Four Jackson Memorial High School wrestlers and four from Jackson Liberty High School moved on to the Region 6 championships at Toms River High School North this week. One wrestler from each school upheld his No. 1 seed in the District 21 championships and another upended a No. 1 seed in the…

  • Seniors led Jaguars swimmers to successful season

    Seniors led Jaguars swimmers to successful season

    By Wayne Witkowski An early-season loss to Toms River High School North marred an otherwise perfect regular season and made the difference in Jackson Memorial High School’s boys swim team repeating as Shore Conference A South Division champions. Toms River North ended up unbeaten in the division. The Jaguars (10-1 in the regular season) dropped…

  • Rafferty among Jackson athletes moving on to indoor MOC

    Rafferty among Jackson athletes moving on to indoor MOC

    By Wayne Witkowski Jackson Memorial High School senior Ryan Rafferty qualified for a return to the NJSIAA Meet of Champions (MOC) in two events, which did not go as expected. Rafferty finished second in the 1,600 meters at the Group III championships Feb. 20 at the John Bennett Indoor Athletic Complex in Toms River, clocking…

  • Pupils earn spots in All South Jersey Band

    Pupils earn spots in All South Jersey Band

    PLUMSTED – New Egypt Middle School pupils Antonietta (Netty) DiDonato and Grace Dreher auditioned for and won seats in the Region III, All South Jersey Band, according to a press release from the Plumsted Township School District. At the audition, each musician had to perform a challenging solo, scales and sight-reading. Region III encompasses the…