Tag: Jackson

  • Jackson zoners approve contractors’ warehouses off South Hope Chapel Road

    Jackson zoners approve contractors’ warehouses off South Hope Chapel Road

    JACKSON — The members of the Jackson Zoning Board of Adjustment have granted preliminary and final site plan approval to an applicant that proposed the construction of four buildings for contractor warehouse uses. The application of Earle Investments, LLC, was heard by the board on Nov. 16. The applicant was represented by attorney Robert C.…

  • Jackson School District seeks resident to fill vacancy on board

    Jackson School District seeks resident to fill vacancy on board

    JACKSON — The seven-member Jackson School District Board of Education has a vacancy and is inviting residents to apply for an appointment to the panel. Scott Sargent is leaving the school board following his recent election to the Jackson Township Council. Sargent will join the governing body in January. School board members in New Jersey…

  • Testimony expected to resume on proposed warehouse in Jackson

    Testimony expected to resume on proposed warehouse in Jackson

    JACKSON — Testimony is scheduled to resume at the Dec. 12 meeting of the Jackson Planning Board on an applicant’s proposal to construct a 154,700-square-foot warehouse on West Commodore Boulevard. Jackson One, LLC, is proposing to construct the building, which includes 2,000 square feet of office space for use by the tenant. The applicant is…

  • A Jackson holiday tradition, Fill-a-Truck Toy Drive to take place on Dec. 10

    A Jackson holiday tradition, Fill-a-Truck Toy Drive to take place on Dec. 10

    JACKSON — A long-running tradition, the annual Jackson Police and Fire Fill-A-Truck Toy Drive is one of the most anticipated events of the holiday season, bringing together first responders and members of the community to ensure that every family has the ability to provide gifts for their children. During the past three decades, the annual…

  • Holiday season in Jackson opens with return of Toyland, Christmas tree lighting

    Holiday season in Jackson opens with return of Toyland, Christmas tree lighting

    JACKSON — The holiday season in Jackson will officially kick off during the weekend of Dec. 3-4 with two perennially popular events. Toyland, a beloved holiday tradition that includes model trains, festive tableaus, photos with Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus and treats to eat, will return to the Melvin Cottrell Senior Center, 45 Don Connor…

  • Tri-Town News On Campus, Nov. 23

    Tri-Town News On Campus, Nov. 23

    David Lowrimore of Jackson, a junior majoring in environmental sciences at Oregon State University, Corvallis, Ore., has been named to the Scholastic Honor Roll for Summer 2022. Abby Thomas-Ridgway of Howell, a student at Albright College, Reading, Pa., has successfully completed the Albright College Experience program, having attended 12 Experience events designed to help students…

  • Jackson zoners expected to reconsider defeated Swanborne application

    Jackson zoners expected to reconsider defeated Swanborne application

    JACKSON — An application that proposed the construction of market rate housing, affordable housing and a house of worship that was denied by members of the Jackson Zoning Board of Adjustment in October is scheduled to be reconsidered by the panel at 7 p.m. Dec. 7. Swanborne, LLC, is seeking reconsideration of the board’s previous…

  • Lack of information about new homes concerns Jackson board members

    Lack of information about new homes concerns Jackson board members

    JACKSON — Members of the Jackson Planning Board expressed concern about what they called a lack of information when an applicant came before them to seek subdivision approval during a recent meeting. On Nov. 7, the applicant, GM Grawtown, LLC, was seeking preliminary and final subdivision approval to create 49 residential lots (homes), one affordable…

  • Florida man charged with possession of counterfeit bills in Jackson

    Florida man charged with possession of counterfeit bills in Jackson

    JACKSON — A 26-year-old male resident of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has been charged by Jackson police with being in possession of counterfeit bills at the Jackson Premium Outlets, Route 537. According to Jackson Police Department Sgt. Fred Meabe, who is the department’s public information officer, on Nov. 8, Detective Stephen Purtell was in the area…