Tag: Jackson
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Three candidates seeking seats on Jackson Board of Education
JACKSON – Michael Walsh, Tom Colucci and Selene Haskins are running for two three-year terms on the Jackson K-8 School District Board of Education in the Nov. 5 election. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Haskins did not respond to a request for comment. Walsh was elected to the board three…
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Community raises concerns about Jackson Parke residential development
JACKSON – Residents have voiced their opposition to an application before the Jackson Planning Board that proposes the construction of 1,100 residential units between Perrineville Road and West Veterans Highway in the Cassville section of the municipality. The applicant, Jackson Parke, is seeking approval on two applications. One application proposes the construction of 551 single-family…
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Former Jackson zoning board members continue to call for councilman’s resignation
JACKSON – Sheldon Hofstein and Joseph Sullivan, two former members of the Jackson Zoning Board of Adjustment, are continuing to call on Township Councilman Ken Bressi to step down from the governing body. Hofstein and Sullivan fired their latest salvos at Bressi during the council’s Oct. 15 meeting. During a council meeting on Sept. 10,…
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Residents raise issues with Jackson Trails development plan
JACKSON – Residents have voiced concern about the proposed Jackson Trails development that is currently the subject of a public hearing before the Jackson Planning Board. Jackson Trails, LLC, has applied for major subdivision and major site plan approval to construct 367 single-family market rate homes, 92 affordable housing units in multiple buildings and a…
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12th annual Wounded Warrior Parade will take place in Jackson
JACKSON – The 12th Annual Wounded Warrior Parade and Escort will take place on Oct. 12 in Jackson. The parade is hosted by the Central Jersey Rifle and Pistol Club, South Stump Tavern Road. Mayor Mike Reina has hosted the annual event since taking office in 2008. Starting at about 9 a.m., veterans will assemble…
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Driver, passengers charged with harassment, bias intimidation in Jackson
JACKSON – Two teenagers and one adult have been charged with harassment and bias intimidation following their alleged involvement in an incident on Louisiana Parkway in Jackson on Sept. 14. According to the Jackson Police Department, on Sept. 14 at 10:50 a.m., officers responded to Louisiana Parkway to investigate a report of a bias incident.…
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Jackson Trails falls short of approval on initial vote; meeting to resume in December
JACKSON – When they meet on Dec. 2, the members of the Planning Board may vote to approve an applicant’s plan to build 459 residential units and a house of worship on South Hope Chapel Road, Jackson. The property where the Jackson Trails development is proposed is near Jackson’s border with Manchester Township. Jackson Trails,…
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Jackson man charged with murdering Manalapan resident
A resident of Jackson has been charged with murdering a Manalapan man. In an Oct. 7 press release, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said Gerard Grimes Jr., 23, of Jackson, is facing charges of first degree murder in the shooting death of Narciso Rodriguez-Corona, 43, of Manalapan. Grimes is also charged with the second…
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Jackson council appoints three new zoning board members
JACKSON – The Jackson Zoning Board of Adjustment will have three new members when it conducts its next meeting. During a Township Council meeting on Sept. 24, members of the governing body voted unanimously to fill three vacancies on the zoning board. Council President Robert Nixon, Vice President Barry Calogero, Councilman Kenneth Bressi, Councilman Andrew…
