• Pair puts new twist on Hanukkah story

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer The Kvetch is coming to Oyville and is spreading his disdain over the happy holiday of Hanukkah. But the Oyvillites know a way to dispel the gloom.   Susan Isakoff Berlin and her husband, Bill Berlin, are the authors of a new children’s book, “The Kvetch Who Stole Hanukkah.” DAVE…

  • ‘State of Schools’ meeting Oct. 26

    JACKSON — The Jackson School District Board of Education invites all residents to attend the annual Educational Forum and “State of the Schools’’ presentation at its meeting on Oct. 26. “Of course we want residents to come to all of our meetings and events, but I think this ‘State of the Schools’ presentation is particularly…

  • JTMUA to proceed with sewer project

    JACKSON — The Jackson Township Municipal Utilities Authority (JTMUA) was planning to close several roads this week to address some problematic sewers in the Brookwood 3 community. The Township Council approved the road closures on Oct. 12. Construction was expected to begin on Oct. 18. “We have a section of Brookwood 3, Villanova Drive, Princeton…

  • The adventure of a lifetime

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Greg Olsen experiences weightlessness on his 2005 flight into space. Olsen paid $20 million to fly aboard a Soviet rocket as a private citizen. PHOTO COURTESY OF GREG OLSEN Greg Olsen tells Jackson youths about his trip to International Space Station Propelled into space some 230 miles straight up, the…

  • Legler out as composting site

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN BY DAVE Staff Writer Jackson Township Council members have killed a plan that would have seen a municipal composting facility created in the Legler section of Jackson. The council made its decision on Oct. 12, several weeks after the issue was discussed by members of the public during a council meeting. At…

  • New Egypt Football Action

    New Egypt High School running back Jamel Smith (11) tries to fend off the tackle of Allentown High School’s Kevin Mackiewicz during the first quarter of the Warriors’ Oct. 15 game in Allentown. New Egypt won, 19-0. For more photos, see www.gmnews.com. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Board member: Facebook could help during budget prep

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Howell Board of Education member Timothy O’Brien is pushing for the Howell K-8 School District to get its own Facebook page up and running before next year’s budget vote. “We need to address the fact that we failed at 13 out of 15 budgets,” O’Brien said at a recent…

  • business briefs •••

    Trish Mazejy, vice president of marketing for Bartley Healthcare Management, Jackson, is the 2010 recipient of the Hope Award from Caregiver Volunteers of Central Jersey. Mazejy is being recognized for her contributions to CVCJ as a board member, committee chair, fundraiser, and commitment to strengthening CVCJ services in Ocean County since 2003. The award was…

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