• Prom dress donations will help girls

    JACKSON — Everyone at the White Butterfly, 200 North County Line Road, is all aflutter with its “Touch of Magic” project currently in progress. Michelle Katz and Mike Kafton, coowners of the White Butterfly, are asking community members for donations of slightly used prom dresses to help girls who want to go to their high…

  • Smith pushes for funding for new hangar at base

    A project supporting a critical mission at Joint Base McGuire-Dix- Lakehurst (JB-MDL) in south central New Jersey that Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) has been working on since 2008 is included in the Army’s fiscal year 2013 budget, according to a press release from Smith’s office. The Army’s proposed budget includes $47 million for a new…

  • business briefs •••

    Michael Mimoso has been named the executive director of Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood, a Barnabas Health facility. Mimoso has been functioning as Kimball’s acting executive director for the past six months. He joined Kimball Medical Center in January 2011 as chief operating officer. During Mimoso’s tenure at Kimball, many improvements have been realized throughout the…

  • Patriot Players stage ‘Hairspray’

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The Freehold Township Patriot Players’ production of the musical “Hairspray” will make its premiere on March 1, 2 and 3 at 7 p.m. at Freehold Township High School, 281 Elton- Adelphia Road, Freehold Township. On March 3, there will be additional performance at 1 p.m. Tickets are $5 for students and senior…

  • Donation aids school library

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — A donation from a local family provided funding for new library books at their son’s elementary school. Administrators in the Jackson School District said Rich and Liz Gaspari made the $2,660 donation to the Elms Elementary School last month. Fifth-graders were permitted to suggest a book they would…

  • Jackson band hosts trip to Atlantic City

    The Jackson Jaguar Marching Band is planning a bus trip to the Showboat Casino in Atlantic City on March 25. The bus will leave from the Jackson Memorial High School parking lot at 9 a.m. and return at 5 p.m. The cost of the trip is $40, and those who attend will receive a $30…

  • Free tax help now available at library

    AARP tax aides will be at the Jackson Library to provide free tax preparation services to the public. The service began on Feb. 2 from 9 a.m. to noon. The program will run on Thursdays through April 12. There are no age, residency or income restrictions, but appointments are required. Call the library at 732-928-4400,…

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    Although public schools were closed in honor of Presidents Day, Feb. 20 was a day of learning for Tiger Cubs in Boy Scout Pack 104, Den 2 of Jackson. As a means of achieving their elective beads, the Tiger Cubs visited Cici’s Pizza in Howell to see how food is baked and to take a…

  • datebook •••

    • The Jackson Veterans of Foreign Wars will host Spring Ham Shoots at 1 p.m. Sundays from March 11 to May 13 (excluding April 8 for Easter). This is one of two of friendly 12-gauge shotgun shoots that the Jackson VFW holds annually in which people compete to get the most pellets into the center…

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