• Six Flags announces ‘Zumanjaro’

    JACKSON — Adrenaline junkies itching for a world record-breaking, vertigo-inducing experience will be in for a wild ride at Six Flags Great Adventure theme park next year when the new Zumanjaro: Drop of Doom opens for the park’s 41st season. Zumanjaro will be constructed onto the face of the current world record holder for the…

  • Rutgers sports action adds to Broadcast News

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer Greater Media Broadcast News, which showcases some of the top stories from around central New Jersey each week, now features a segment spotlighting Rutgers University. Rutgers alumnus Mike Pavlichko and News and Sports Director Bruce Johnson, both well-known personalities on Greater Media radio station WCTC-AM 1450, host the segment and…

  • Georgian Court University to host public events

    LAKEWOOD — The fall edition of “Mosaic” — Georgian Court University’s guide to entertainment, educational, spiritual and cultural events open to the public — is now available. Tickets for events ranging from Victorian Parlor Games to a high-society holiday social are on sale. Sponsored by the McAuley Community Center, the booklet also includes the Lions’…

  • Jackson woman excited for chance to promote rodeo

    WHO’S WHO IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Amanda Thompson JACKSON — A resident of Jackson will head to Las Vegas in December to compete in a national rodeo event as Miss Rodeo New Jersey. In July, Amanda Thompson, 24, was selected to represent the state in the contest. Thompson said she lives…

  • New playground equipment expected at recreation area

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer PLUMSTED — Ground was broken Sept. 18 at Brindletown and Brynmore roads, where new playground equipment will be installed. The playground is the first project undertaken by the Plumsted Township Playground Committee, which was created by the Township Committee to provide safe, modern playgrounds for Plumsted’s youths. “We are pleased…

  • Crockam gets second life sentence

    A former resident of Lakewood who is serving a life sentence for the 2011 killing of a Lakewood police officer was sentenced to a second term of life without parole on Sept. 27 for an unrelated murder. Jahmell W. Crockam, 21, entered his guilty plea on June 5 in regard to the Oct. 15, 2010,…

  • Resident keeps up tradition of giving supplies to school

    JACKSON — For the eighth consecutive year, Jackson resident Joseph Brill has contributed more than 100 sets of school supplies to Rosenauer School pupils. Each set is complete with pencils, pens, a pencil sharpener, pencil erasers, notebooks, folders, rulers, scissors, glue sticks, crayons, colored pencils, markers, pencil boxes, a shopping bag from Walgreens and a…

  • Jackson residents help save lives of two men

    By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Seven Freehold Township employees are being credited with helping to save the lives of two men on Aug. 29 at the Freehold Township Recycling Center, Jackson Mills Road. The employees were honored by the Township Committee on Sept. 24. The employees honored were Scott Higgins, who…

  • Shop local initiative to be discussed

    PLUMSTED — Members of the Township Committee and the state Assembly will hold a special meeting on Oct. 10 to introduce a new property tax rewards program. Committeeman Herb Marinari will join Assemblyman Ronald Dancer, who also serves as Plumsted’s business administrator, on the evening of Oct. 10 to discuss a proposed bill that would…

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