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Refresher driving course offered
JACKSON — The Orchards at Bartley is hosting an AARP drivers refresher course for people over the age of 50 in the community. The two-day class will be held July 29-30 from 8:30 a.m. to noon at The Orchards at Bartley in Jackson. This two-day program is a classroomstyle refresher course designed to meet the…
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Friends, family plan fundraiser
JACKSON — The friends and family of Bob Forcier will host a benefit for him on July 25 from noon to 6 p.m. at Just Plain Jane’s, East Veterans Highway near Grand Avenue, Jackson. “Bob was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and is now unable to work,” said Wallace W. Jamison, secretary/treasurer of the Jackson…
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Run for Water 5K will benefit Water for People
Rain or shine, the 5K race at Monmouth Battlefield State Park on Route 33, Manalapan, will take place July 25. Although race director Michael Johnson would prefer to have ideal conditions for a race, a little rain would be appropriate. After all, the American Water Works Association New Jersey Section is conducting the Run for…
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Sport Shorts
Stephanie Mason, a member of the Jackson Memorial High School basketball team, was recently named an all-star at the Keystone State Invitational Basketball Camp held at Slippery Rock University in Slippery Rock, Pa. A special event to benefit Reese Behnken will be held Aug. 1 at 12:30 p.m. at the 16th Street Park in Bayonne.…
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Jackson Track Club is making strides
Four young runners will head to national meet BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Ayear ago, Ashley Collimore was one of 20 runners who joined the newly formed Jackson Track Club so that she could improve as a distance runner. Samantha O’Brien (above) practices her technique on the pole vault, while Dennis O’Connor, 11, runs through…
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More towns should get involved with trap, neuter, return
Thank you for your timely article on the trap, neuter and return (TNR) program that has been adopted by Point Pleasant Beach and Jackson. Your article helps to expose the myth that a “shelter” is a safe place for any cat, not just ferals. Certainly, it is not correct to blame the shelters for this…
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One suggestion for health care situation is cooperativism
You go to a doctor’s office with an illness, but you have no health insurance. The cost of health insurance is beyond your financial means. You decided not to go to the emergency room at a hospital where the government would pick up the tab. Instead you came to this doctor where in return for…
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Board member disappointed with decision
Although Blanche Krubner has been replaced on the Jackson Planning Board with a very capable environmental commission member in Gene Fowler, I would like to share my disappointment in seeing her removed from both township boards (Planning Board and environmental commission) to which she dedicated so much of her life. It seemed to me that…
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But it looked so great on the website!
Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH The family vacation. Just the mere mention of the word conjures up thoughts of a family sedan packed to the brim with fishing gear, floaties and Prozac. The planning of the trip is certainly no picnic for the parents. It’s a job for the diligent, the creative and…
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