• Thaiss goes to College World Series as Virginia freshman

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent University of Virginia’s Matt Thaiss, a graduate of Jackson Memorial High School, is experiencing a run in the College World Series during his freshman campaign with the Cavaliers. In 26 games this season, the catcher is batting .265. JIM DAVES/UVA MEDIA RELATIONS Coming into an NCAA Division I baseball program and…

  • Former Jackson pitcher named to All-PSAC first team

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Jackson Memorial High School graduate Brandon Holup was named to the All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference first team in his sophomore season at East Stroudsburg University. The pitcher is the first sophomore from the school to earn the distinction since 1990. EAST STROUDSBURG ATHLETICS There was no sophomore jinx this spring for…

  • Monmouth County Library honored for Big Read program

    The New Jersey State Library has honored the Monmouth County Library with an award for multicultural programming for its 2013 program The Big Read. The Monmouth County Library was one of three New Jersey libraries that received the award “for conducting outstanding multicultural programs to engage cultural and ethnic communities in meaningful and effective partnerships,”…

  • State Fair Meadowlands returns this summer

    State Fair Meadowlands will return to East Rutherford, bringing more than 150 rides and attractions to the 35-acre Meadowlands Fairgrounds near MetLife Stadium. Slated for June 20 through July 6, the fair will feature more than 50 food vendors, including favorites such as pizza, gyros, burritos, corn dogs, curly fries, corn-on-thecob, turkey legs, funnel cakes,…

  • Jackson Relay For Life is moving experience

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — More than 300 people recently took an overnight stroll on the track at Jackson Liberty High School and raised more than $24,000 for cancer research during the 2014 Relay For Life. A total of 33 teams participated in the event that is part of the American Cancer Society’s…

  • Council promises action on complaints vs. firm

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — Several weeks after residents complained that operations at the JR Custom Landscaping and Garden Center were again having a negative impact on their quality of life, the Township Council has decided to bring the business back before the Zoning Board of Adjustment. Officials said the township will appear…

  • Motorist charged with careless driving

    HOWELL — Two residents from Brick Township and one resident from Lakewood were injured in a two-vehicle crash June 5. Police said the incident occurred during the afternoon on Brook Road near Howell’s border with Lakewood. Police said Pawel Burdzy, 26, of Lakewood, was traveling south on Brook Road in a 2001 Nissan Pathfinder when…

  • Plumsted officials put 2014 municipal budget in place

    PLUMSTED — The Township Committee’s $3.45 million municipal budget for 2014 received final approval during the governing body’s June 4 meeting. The budget, which represents a decrease of approximately $30,000 from 2013’s figure of $3.48 million, was passed unanimously by the committee. There were no significant changes made to the budget since its introduction on…

  • Honoring America’s troops

    Members of the Howell Elks Club No. 2515 participated in this year’s Farmingdale Memorial Day Parade. The slogan on the Elks’ T-shirt said “Memorial Day — We Shall Never Forget.”

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