• Getting my wireless wires crossed

    Lori Clinch ARE WE THERE YET Young kids today have a great advantage when it comes to technology. They grow up on computers, iPads and cellphones. They take for granted that they know how to download programs, upload photos and can Skype Grandma on a whim. Back in the day, when there was a debate…

  • Child killed in collision

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — A 7-yearold boy was killed in a motor vehicle accident on Kozloski Road on the evening of Sept. 27. The cause of the accident remained under investigation as of Sept. 29. Charles Webster, spokesman for the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, said the accident took place just after 8 p.m. in the same…

  • Parade set to honor vets

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — The military service of men and women who live in Jackson and answered the call to serve the nation will be publicly saluted by the community on Oct. 11 with a parade on West Veterans Highway. For the seventh consecutive year, the Central Jersey Rifle and Pistol Club,…

  • Caller faces multiple charges

    JACKSON — An alleged false report and a threat of murder that was called in to the Jackson Police Department on Sept. 11 landed a 29-year-old man in trouble with the law. Police said that just after 4 p.m., officers responded to a housing development on Willow Point Drive, off East Commodore Boulevard, after receiving…

  • Jackson Pathfinders seeks volunteers for trail work day

    JACKSON — The Jackson Pathfinders, a volunteer trail preservation group sponsored by Jackson Township, is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. In 1999, a group of concerned citizens started the Pathfinders in an effort to preserve and maintain the beautiful trails of Jackson for multiple recreational uses, according to a press release. The Pathfinders are…

  • Jackson council promotes two police officers

    JACKSON — Township Council members and law enforcement officials praised the work of two members of the Police Department who were promoted to sergeant on Sept. 9. George Vidalis and Campbell Brown were commended in proclamations that were read by Police Chief Matthew Kunz and Councilman Scott Martin, respectively. “This is obviously a very special…

  • Administrator’s pact extended

    JACKSON — Municipal officials gave Helene Schlegel, who has been working as Jackson’s interim business administrator, a vote of confidence during the Township Council’s Sept. 23 meeting by extending her contract until the end of 2014. Schlegel came to Jackson in June after Jose Torres left the position following his election in May as mayor…

  • Howell man facing prison sentence

    A Howell man pleaded guilty on Sept. 19 to charges related to a fatal motor vehicle collision in June 2013 that took the life of one of his passengers and injured a second passenger, Monmouth County Acting Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced. Jacob Cannizzaro, 21, of Howell, pleaded guilty to second-degree vehicular homicide, fourth-degree assault…

  • It is time for N.J. utilities board to do its job

    I t is well past time that customers of Jersey Central Power & Light learn the truth about the rates they pay for electricity. Three years ago the New Jersey Rate Counsel ordered the state Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to have JCP&L open its books, based on the argument that the utility had been…

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