Category: Tri-Town News
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Guitar pickin’
Brieanne Data, 8, plays her electric guitar during “Jackson’s Got Talent,” a talent show featuring Jackson residents that was sponsored by the Jackson Optimist Club on March 29 at the Jackson Memorial High School Fine Arts Center. CHRIS KELLY staff
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Couple intent on helping cats, dogs find nice home
BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent Mitch Geier and his wife, Betsy Lane, went to the Northern Ocean County Animal Shelter in Jackson to adopt a dog and a cat. They came home with Jack, an 8-year-old dog, and Tiberius, a 3-year-old cat, and something more – a project to increase pet adoption at the shelter. “There…
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Study will examine uniting fire districts
Jackson solicits firm to conduct first phase BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Jackson officials have taken the first step toward determining whether sharing services with or consolidating Jackson’s fire districtsmight serve the community better than the present system of four separate fire districts. A legal notice published in a local daily newspaper last week is…
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Critter Corner
Breed American Satch Staffordshire terrier Color brindle Age three years Sex neutered male Description loves to play;weighs 59 lbs., a “kisser”; very active; good for a home with older children; good companion Breed domestic shorthair Color white with black spots & tail Age two years Sex male Description lap cat; enjoys being petted; small; a…
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Cowboy Larry Zwickel of Howell demonstrates in front of the State House in Trenton April 1 during a rally sponsored by the New Jersey Farm Bureau. Garden State farmers are lobbying their legislators not to go along with Gov. Jon Corzine’s plan to eliminate the N.J. Department of Agriculture. See story, page 46. JEFF GRANIT…
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Three named to Emergency Medical Services panel
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON – Three people have been appointed to Jackson’s new Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board. “We want to make sure that response times and quality of service are the best they can be. By implementing an advisory board we can stay on top of any situation,” Councilman Scott Martin said…
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Soldiers, airmen given warm welcome home
Jackson residents are among personnel honored at McGuire BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer PHOTOS BY DAVE BENJAMIN Jackson Mayor Mark Seda greets Chief Master Sgt. Lance Endee of Jackson during a welcome-home ceremony held at McGuire Air Force Base, Wrightstown. Endee’s children, Marley, 10, and Tyler, 12, met their dad upon his return from a…
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Woman tells depression sufferers they are not alone
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer For teenagers receiving their driver’s license, it should be an exciting time in their lives. However, for 24- year-old Stacy Hollingsworth, in her mind it was access to a lethal means to commit suicide. Stacy Hollingsworth “I went downstairs into the garage and took the car out without my parents…
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Lower rate being offered for packages to troops
The United States Postal Service is now offering a new cheaper rate for packages sent to servicemen and servicewomen overseas. “In some cases, it’s going to be cheaper to ship a care package to the troops than it would be to send a similar parcel to a stateside address,” Ocean County Freeholder Gerry P. Little…
