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    PHOTOS BY MATT DENTON The honors chorus from Goetz Middle School, above, performs during Hanukkah menorah lighting ceremony held in Jackson on Dec. 17. Above right, Eliyath Goodman, 14, helps his father, Rabbi Baruch Goodman, light a candle for the menorah.

  • Jackson students’ song in running for honor

    JACKSON — A tune penned by three pupils at the Howard C. Johnson Elementary School in Jackson may become New Jersey’s first official state song if a recently introduced bill is eventually signed into law. In November, state Assemblyman Ronald Dancer (R-Monmouth, Ocean, Middlesex, Burlington) visited the school to present the song’s creators — Sabrina…

  • Asbury Park bakery rocks

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Freehold’s Kimmee Masi, owner of Confections of a Rock Star, opened the Asbury Park bakery in 2012, offering music-themed cupcakes, cookies and pastries. ASBURY PARK — Radio stations have already begun playing holiday music, but perhaps the best holiday tune is coming straight out of an Asbury Park bakery. Since…

  • More than $12K raised for injured hockey player

    MONROE — A fundraiser for Mikey Nichols, a high school ice hockey player who suffered a spinal cord injury in January, grossed more than $12,000 for the foundation supporting his recovery. Gasko’s Family Farm and Greenhouses hosted its annual Christmas Open House on Nov. 29, when donations were accepted and tickets to Broadway shows and…

  • Red light camera program goes dark in Garden State

    New Jersey’s automated photo-enforcement pilot program, otherwise known as red-light cameras, came to an end at 11:59 p.m. Dec. 16. State Assemblyman O’Scanlon (R-Monmouth), who led an effort to ensure the program would not be renewed past its planned expiration date, said, “It is a great day for the motorists of New Jersey. The state…

  • DATEBOOK

     An American Red Cross blood drive will take place 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 27 at the Jackson Library, 2 Jackson Drive, Jackson. Appointments are preferred, but walk-ins are welcome. The blood drive is open to the public. Donors must be age 17 or older, or age 16 with parental consent. Donors must weigh more…

  • Jackson Liberty band earns accolades

    The Jackson Liberty High School Liberty Lion Band recently earned accolades and $1,300 in prize money at the Mars Drinks Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade in West Chester, Pa. JACKSON — The Jackson Liberty High School Marching Band will appear on national television when its performance at the 35th annual Mars Drinks Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade is broadcast…

  • Many questions surround the PARCC test

    I am writing in response to Managing Editor Mark Rosman’s recent column, “Attention Must Be Paid to Parents’ Views on Testing.” What Howell K-8 School District Superintendent of Schools Joseph Isola neglects to mention is that there are significant concerns with the PARCC test and with Pearson, the corporation responsible for creating the PARCC test…

  • New state law trivializes bullying situations

    Decades ago when I was a young boy, I insulted my classmates’ physical build, clothing, odor and parents. And my classmates did the same exact thing to me. If you told jokes about my mother, I came back with better jokes about your mother. This was and still is the usual banter among young boys.…

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