• County totals up cost of storm

    On Jan. 6, Ocean County officials released preliminary costs associated with the snowstorm of Dec. 26. As of Jan. 5, the cost of salting, plowing and all associated cleanup costs of Ocean County’s 620 miles of roads was $866,000, according to Freeholder James F. Lacey. Lacey noted that the greatest share of the cost was…

  • Plans for veterans memorial advance

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — Plans to build a memorial to Jackson residents who have served in the armed forces took a step forward recently. Representatives of the Jackson Township Veterans Memorial Garden Inc. came before the Planning Board to share their plans for the memorial. The board issued a courtesy approval for…

  • GCU donation to be unveiled by Lakewood Heritage Museum

    On Jan. 19 the Lakewood Heritage Museum will reveal the latest additions to its collection — two postmaster uniforms and the Civil War-era trunk in which they were stored— that were recently donated to the museum by Georgian Court University. LAKEWOOD — On Jan. 19 at 2:30 p.m., the Lakewood Heritage Museum will reveal the…

  • Insurance payout replaces equipment

    BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer HOWELL — Equipment that replaced an inventory of items that were destroyed in a Sept. 16 fire at a public works yard on Old Tavern Road arrived in time for municipal employees to use after a blizzard dumped 2 feet of snow on Howell on Dec. 26. The fire four…

  • C-Bunny lives to dance and inspire others

    TV appearance bolsters confidence of hearing-impaired dancer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Christine Sarni has embraced her disability through dance. The 25-yearold Millstone Township resident who calls herself C-Bunny recently appeared on “Live to Dance,” a prime-time dance competition series on CBS. She danced her way through the preliminary auditions and earned a chance to…

  • We’d talk to each other, but we’re just too busy

    CODA GREG BEAN I gave up making New Year’s resolutions a few decades ago, when I finally realized they just made me feel guilty because I seldom had the internal fortitude to keep them. But this year, I think it’s finally time to resolve to take care of a personal problem that is threatening to…

  • Suspect reported to be in custody

    JACKSON — The third suspect in the Dec. 9 theft of jewelry from a home in the Four Seasons Metedeconk Lakes adult community has turned himself in to police. Stephen Spizzirri, 25, of Freehold Township, surrendered himself at 2:45 p.m. Dec. 30 at Jackson Police Headquarters and was arrested. “Mr. Spizzirri turned himself in on…

  • DCA throws up roadblock to consolidation study

    GUEST COLUMN GINA GENOVESE Recently, the state Department of Community Affairs (DCA) rejected an application by the citizens of Merchantville and Cherry Hill, a pair of municipalities in Camden County, to study municipal consolidation. The ruling was surprising, disappointing and — most importantly — wrong. At a time when New Jersey is facing a severe…

  • Jackson Township Council members should think of residents first

    The regularly scheduled Jackson Township Council meeting held on Dec. 28 was canceled according to a notice posted on the town’s website. It did not surprise me to read that notice, as I had received a recorded call from the township earlier that day explaining that the township had extended the state of emergency until…

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