• Old playground to be dismantled

    PLUMSTED – Unsafe conditions at the Plumsted recreation field playground on Brindletown Road has forced officials to cut off public access to the equipment. “It just doesn’t make any sense to put money into something we are going to replace in (six months), especially since we are going into a season where people won’t be…

  • Work will get under way on repairs at Prospertown Lake

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON – In the weeks following Tropical Storm Irene in August 2011, families and businesses were reeling from millions of dollars worth of damage the storm caused throughout New Jersey. One project made necessary by Irene — the rehabilitation of a dam at Jackson’s Prospertown Lake Wildlife Management Area —…

  • Fall Forestry Festival to be held in Jackson, Oct. 6

    JACKSON — The New Jersey Forest Service Forest Resource Education Center (FREC) will host a Fall Forestry Festival from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 6. Residents of all towns and ages are welcome to attend the event. Entrances to the Fall Forestry Festival will be at the FREC interpretive center off Don Connor Boulevard,…

  • Authority announces price reduction for fourth quarter

    PLUMSTED — The Plumsted Municipal Utilities Authority (PMUA) has announced it has reduced its standard quarterly charge of $74 to $62 for the fourth quarter of 2012. This one-time price reduction of $12 is available to PMUA customers whose accounts are current or made to be current by the invoice due date of Oct. 16,…

  • Bands to play in showcase

    JACKSON — A United States Scholastic Band Association Showcase of Champions will be held on Oct. 6 at 5 p.m. at Jackson Memorial High School, Don Connor Boulevard, Jackson. Admission is $8 ($5 for students and senior citizens). There will be food, beverages, items to purchase, and a gift basket auction. The following bands will…

  • Medical director: We can get through it

    Gains in breast cancer evaluation and treatment offer greater hope BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Dr. Debra Camal ‘C ancer is biologically angry.” These words, spoken by Debra Camal, the medical director of the breast program at Meridian Cancer Care, ring true for those affected by breast cancer. “Central New Jersey, in general, does have…

  • Where will you be when the zombies invade?

    BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer The Asbury Park boardwalk will once again be transformed into a post-apocalyptic wonderland on Oct. 6 as the fifth annual festival of the undead, the New Jersey Zombie Walk, takes over the entire boardwalk. The free all-day event invites people of all ages to shamble around town in their own…

  • Search of home leads to arrest

    JACKSON – A Jackson man was arrested and charged with multiple narcotics violations following the Sept. 14 execution of search warrants by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Special Operations Group and the Jackson Police Department. According to Ocean County Prosecutor Marlene Lynch Ford, law enforcement officers searched a home at 707 Willow Point Drive, a 2002…

  • Homeowner finds intruder in residence

    Jackson police are seeking a man who entered a home on Sept. 25 and fled after he was confronted by a resident. JACKSON – Police are reporting that an attempted burglary on Oxford Road was thwarted by a homeowner after the resident came face-to-face with the intruder. Shortly before 10 a.m. Sept. 25, the resident…

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