Tag: Jackson
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Educators praise resilience of Jackson School District Class of 2022
JACKSON — School district officials celebrated the accomplishments of the Class of 2022 in the face of unprecedented challenges during graduation exercises for Jackson Memorial High School and Jackson Liberty High School on June 17. “There is such great joy in sending our students off into what we know will be very bright futures,” Jackson…
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U.S. settles lawsuit against Jackson for discriminatory ordinances targeting Orthodox Jewish religious schools
The U.S. Justice Department has announced an agreement with Jackson Township and the Jackson Township Planning Board to settle allegations that those bodies violated the federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) and the Fair Housing Act (FHA) when they passed and applied a series of discriminatory zoning ordinances that intentionally targeted the…
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Jackson planners approve bike path; town officials will review proposal
JACKSON — The members of the Jackson Planning Board have granted final major site plan approval to an application filed by Jackson Development Company, LLC, for a recreation, walking and bike path at property owned by J21OS, LLC, that is between West Fish Road and the north side of Freehold Road. The application was the…
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Tri-Town News news briefs, June 15
Jackson residents who want to run for public office in the 2022 election have until 4 p.m. Sept. 6 to file a nominating petition, according to a legal notice published by Township Clerk Diane Festino. Jackson’s non-partisan municipal election will take place on Nov. 8. The mayor’s term currently held by Michael Reina and the…
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Jackson resident reports suspicious activity; three Newark men arrested
JACKSON — On June 10 at 3:28 a.m., Jackson Police Officer Travis Ceppaluni responded to a residence on Round Hill Road, which is in a development off Leesville Road, after a resident reported being alerted by his Ring security camera of an unknown individual in his driveway near his vehicles. The resident informed police his…
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Jefferson was impefect, but made great contributions
On July 4 we celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence and to an extent, the man who wrote it, Thomas Jefferson. “We hold these truths to be self-evident … that all men are created equal,” Jefferson wrote. Those exalted words, however, did not apply to women, to Frederick Douglass, or to Sitting Bull.…
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Road litter will be focus of Jackson Clean Communities Day on June 11
JACKSON – Teams of residents representing local school, civic, social, sports and religious organizations will fan out across Jackson on June 11 to clear debris and litter from more than two dozen roads as part of the statewide Clean Communities Day environmental initiative. “They will be out there Saturday,” said Joeylynn Anderson, who coordinates Clean…
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Jackson Planning Board approves warehouse on Herman Road
JACKSON – The members of the Jackson Planning Board have voted 8-1 to grant preliminary and final major site plan approval to an applicant who plans to construct a 35,361-square-foot, one-story warehouse on Herman Road. The application of 498 Herman Jackson, LLC, was heard during the board’s June 6 meeting in the municipal building. The…
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Jackson Cub Scouts to carry on tradition of retiring worn American flags
JACKSON — With reverence and respect, a troop of Jackson Cub Scouts will retire worn and tattered American flags at a campfire ceremony on June 11. According to Cheryl Gerrity, Cub Master for Pack 152, which is based at the H.C. Johnson Elementary School, the flag retirement is an annual tradition that takes place during…
