Tag: Jackson
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Jackson council authorizes school resource officers for 2018-19
JACKSON – The Township Council has authorized a shared services agreement between the municipality and the Jackson School District to provide two school resource officers (SRO) for the school district in 2018-19. Council President Ken Bressi, Vice President Robert Nixon, Councilman Scott Martin and Councilwoman Ann Updegrave voted to authorize the agreement during the governing…
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Volunteers sought to help maintain trails
JACKSON – Each year on the first Saturday in June, National Trails Day events are held throughout the United States so people may discover the hidden beauty of local trails and celebrate outdoor life, according to a press release. The Forest Resource Education Center (FREC) and the Jackson Pathfinders invite the community to a National…
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Jackson council increases penalties for illegal disposal of garbage
JACKSON – The Township Council has amended a municipal ordinance that deals with the improper disposal of garbage and waste materials. The amendment increased the penalty for ordinance violations pertaining to illegal disposal of solid waste to the statutory maximum permitted. The amended ordinance states that any person who violates the code “shall be subject to…
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Jackson Planning Board approves construction of five new homes
JACKSON – The Planning Board has approved an application that proposed the construction of new homes off Clearstream Road, Jackson. The applicant, 300 Clearstream, sought municipal approval to subdivide five existing lots into nine lots for single-family homes on 20 acres on Clearstream Road. Clearstream Road runs between Brewers Bridge Road and Hope Chapel Road. 300…
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Objector’s attorney questions engineer on proposed recycling facility
JACKSON – The Jackson Zoning Board of Adjustment will hear additional testimony on an application that proposes the creation of a recycling facility on Wright-Debow Road. A public hearing regarding the A and A Truck Parts application is expected to resume June 20. The company is seeking a use variance from the zoning board to…
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Jackson zoners approve single-family homes, affordable apartments
JACKSON – The Jackson Zoning Board of Adjustment has approved an application that will result in the construction of market rate single-family homes and affordable housing units on property at Whitesville Road and East Veterans Highway. An application filed by Swanborne, LLC, was approved on April 18. Swanborne was represented by attorney John Giunco, traffic…
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Pemberton resident charged with killing man whose remains were found in Jackson
JACKSON – A resident of Pemberton, Burlington County, has been charged with murdering a man whose skeletal remains were discovered in the Colliers Mills Wildlife Management Area in Jackson in March. On April 23, Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott A. Coffina and Col. Patrick J. Callahan, superintendent of the New…
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County nixes crosswalk from apartment complex to Johnson school
JACKSON – Ocean County representatives have denied a mid-block crosswalk that was approved by the Jackson Planning Board as part of an application to build an apartment complex on Larsen Road. The crosswalk would connect the apartment complex and the Howard C. Johnson Elementary School in the area of Baltimore Street. In November, the Planning…
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Jackson fire official retires after 38 years of service to the community
JACKSON – Frank McDonnell, a fire official in Jackson Bureau of Fire Safety District No. 3, retired May 1 after 38 years in the fire service in Jackson. McDonnell graduated from Jackson Memorial High School in June 1980 and in August he joined Jackson Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 as a volunteer firefighter. According to…
