• New false alarm fees proposed

    HOWELL — The Township Council has introduced an ordinance that will, if adopted, set forth changes in penalties for false alarms. According to the ordinance, false alarms will result in the following fees being assessed:  The first and second false alarms in a 12-month period will result in a warning being assessed to the…

  • Theater camp featured heroes and villains

    JACKSON — Recently, St. Aloysius Church in Jackson was home to 34 heroes and villains as part of the annual summer musical theater camp. Under the direction of award-winning music teacher and play director Cindy Dwyer, the camp celebrated its fourth year with the largest number of attendees since it began in 2010, according to…

  • Jackson Day arrives Sept. 6

    JACKSON — The organizers of Jackson Day 2014 are making the annual community celebration all about the “Good Old Summertime.” From 11 a.m. until dusk on Sept. 6, the annual celebration of the municipality will once again take over John F. Johnson Jr. Memorial Park, Cooks Bridge Road and Manhattan Street. Admission is free, and…

  • Jean Vanacore

    Mrs. Vanacore, 80, of Jackson, formerly of Staten Island, N.Y., died Aug. 17, 2014, in Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was a retired office manager and an awardwinning ballroom dancer. Born Jean Markowski in Brooklyn, N.Y., she also lived in Queens, N.Y., prior to moving to the New Springville section of Staten Island in…

  • Sandra Drozd Warfield

    Sandra Warfield, 53, of Spotswood, passed away peacefully, surrounded by members of her loving family, on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014, after a brief illness. Sandra grew up in South River, where she was a lifelong member of the First Reformed Church, Thomas Street, and graduated from South River High School in 1978. She and her…

  • Jackson police warn of telephone scam

    JACKSON — Police have reported that another scam tactic, this time aimed at capitalizing on some people’s unfamiliarity with technology, has affected a resident in Jackson. According to police, a resident fell prey to a telephone scammer who claimed that he was an employee of Microsoft and said there was something wrong with the resident’s…

  • Dawg Whistle will close Sunday concert series

    Drummer Vini “Mad Dog” Lopez and soul singer and songwriter Paul Whistler will perform as part of the Sunday Night Jazz and Blues Concert Series sponsored by the Freehold Borough Arts Council (FBAC) from 7-9 p.m. Sept. 7 at the gazebo on Main Street. Lopez, of Jackson, is a founding member of the E Street…

  • Trio arrested in drug trafficking

    PLUMSTED — Three men were apprehended by local and Ocean County law enforcement officers during an early morning drug raid after police were tipped off to their alleged involvement in narcotics trafficking. According to police, Plumsted detectives Brant Uricks and Angelo Barbieri and other members of the Plumsted Police Department were investigating the illegal sale…

  • Jackson woman presses on in search for diabetes cure

    JACKSON — A local woman is being recognized by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) this month for her efforts to help find a cure for the disease that has affected millions of individuals. During the last four years, Jackson resident Rebecca Jewell has been a participant in Step Out: Walk to STOP Diabetes, raising thousands…

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