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    • Bike Nights at Jackson Crossing, a new bike-night series with Harley-Davidson of Ocean County, will be held on June 27 at Jackson Crossing, 21 South Hope Chapel Road and East Veterans Highway, Jackson. The event will start at 6 p.m. Bike Nights will be held on the fourth Wednesday of each month through Sept.…

  • Howell school board members accept fact-finder’s report

    HTEA president non-committal on document BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer HOWELL – The Howell K-8 School District Board of Education has voted unanimously to accept the findings of a thirdparty fact-finder concerning the ongoing contract impasse between the board and the Howell Township Education Association (HTEA). The HTEA has more than 1,000 members and includes…

  • CODA

    A new and unhappy twist on ‘Click It or Ticket’ law GREG BEAN So, you’ve got the wife, the kids and the dog in the backseat of the car, and you’re driving all the way down I-95 from your home in Maine to Florida so that everyone can spend a few days at Walt Disney…

  • Teachers who bully students must be removed from their job

    The recent incident of a Cherry Hill student in special education being bullied by teachers has created a firestorm of discussion and activity. The good that can come from this is that it draws attention to the issue and will hopefully result in measures being swiftly put in place to stop this kind of abuse.…

  • Mayor offers kudos to Plumsted police dept.

    OnMay 21, two prisoners on a work-detail at the William C. Doyle Cemetery in North Hanover Township escaped from the premises. All of the surrounding towns were notified, as (authorities) were unsure of which direction the prisoners would travel. I would like to take this opportunity to commend Sgt. Matthew Petrecca, Officer in Charge, and…

  • Group aims to raise awareness of dyslexia

    What do Albert Einstein, John F. Kennedy, Tim Tebow, Bill Gates, Thomas Edison, Whoopi Goldberg and possibly your child have in common? If your child struggles to read he may have dyslexia just like those famous people do. Everyone thinks it is reading words backward, but it isn’t. According to the National Institute of Health,…

  • Split vote repeals ordinance

    PLUMSTED – A municipal ordinance that prohibited local approval of land use applications that were in conflict with federal law was repealed by the Plumsted Township Committee with a 3-2 vote on June 6. Voting to repeal the ordinance were committeemen Michael Wysong, Herb Marinari and Jack Trotta. Voting no on the motion to repeal…

  • Jackson, builder agree to five-lot subdivision

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON – The next chapter in a nearly 12-year process to build new homes on a 19-acre property along Chandler and Breezy roads was approved by the Jackson Township Council on May 22. On that night the council memorialized a settlement to reduce the number of homes from seven to…

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