April 23, 2009 RSS feed / Front Page

Judge orders Jackson to OK apartments

Windsor Crescent will help township meet affordable housing quota
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer

The Jackson Planning Board has been ordered by a state Superior Court judge to approve an affordable housing development that its members voted to deny in 2008. Judge Vincent J. More...

Personal items sought for military personnel

BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer

JACKSON — A community effort is under way to support the nation's servicemen and servicewomen who remain in harm's way overseas. More...

April 25 workshop will focus on autism

JACKSON — While there is presently no cure for autism, it has been documented that the disorder is on the rise. More...

Spring boutique helps auxiliaries raise funds

Members of the CentraState Associated Auxiliaries are gearing up for their 2009 Spring Boutique, which promises to offer plenty of items for sale to please their guests. More...

House of worship offers assistance to shoppers

BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer

JACKSON — Congregants of the Hope of Glory Worship Center performed another in a series of outreach projects on April 11. More...

NRC renews plant's license for 20 years

Nuclear plant's opponents call on Gov. to take stand
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer

The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has officially given the 40-year-old Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in Lacey Township permission to operate until it turns 60. More...

Grawtown plan still seeks final approval

BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer

JACKSON — Planning Board members and the representative of one applicant are still wrangling over details concerning a proposed General Development Plan (GDP). The next hearing on the matter has been scheduled for May 4. More...

Kimball foundation names 2009 honorees

LAKEWOOD — Kimball Medical Center Foundation's annual gala, themed "Murder on the Orient Express," will be held May 9 from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Woodlake County Club in Lakewood. More...

State offers assistance to help smokers quit

According to the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, dieting, exercise and smoking cessation are typically the top three items on everyone's list of personal goals, yet without the proper support, they too often go unrealized. More...

A tunnel of fun in Howell

CHRIS KELLY staff Ricky Wohler, 2, of Little Silver, crawls through a tunnel of trash that was one of the exhibits on display during Earth Day activities at the Manasquan Reservoir, Howell, on April 18. More...

Letters

Education center's entry road and trails need immediate attention

The Forest Resource Education Center at 370 East Veterans Highway in Jackson bills itself as a service to state residents, "teaching and practicing forest stewardship." Yet visitors to this facility should be wary. More...

Racetrack slot machines would provide much-needed revenue

What are the issues that matter to New Jersey residents? Time and again, voters have supported open space initiatives on the ballot. In these difficult economic conditions, new revenue sources are desperately needed. More...

Oyster Creek an accident waiting to happen

Anuclear plant reactor tries to safely contain more radioactivity than is in the fallout of 1,000 Hiroshima atom bombs. The Oyster Creek spent fuel rod pool contains much more deadly radioactivity. More...

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Columns

Family vacation: the good the bad and the flat ugly

Coda • GREG BEAN

When I was a kid, family vacations were a special level of hell reserved for the worst miscreants imaginable. And it wasn't the Hades we learned about in Bible class, the kind of place you go after a long lifetime of misdeeds. More...

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Schools

Teens alleged to have sold counterfeit bills in school

COLTS NECK — Two Colts Neck High School students have been charged with forgery after allegedly making counterfeit money and allegedly selling the counterfeit bills to other students at the school. The students were charged on April 13. More...

Pupils link up on project

JACKSON — A wiki page collaboration between the St. Aloysius School in Jackson and the Bayhead School in Bayhead has joined pupils at both locations with a focus on reading, language arts and history. More...

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CHRIS KELLY staff Emma Schaale, 4, and Jamie Schaale, of Howell, work together to build a birdhouse during Earth Day activities at the Manasquan Reservoir, Howell, on April 18. More...

Wal-Mart threats vex cops

BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer

Astring of phoned-in bomb threats to the Wal-Mart department store on Route 9 south at Lanes Mill Road, Howell, has perplexed police and triggered financial consequences for the local retailer. More...

Fitness is goal of state police program

BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer

Seventh- and eighth-grade pupils at the McAuliffe Middle School in Jackson recently put their physical fitness on display for instructors from the New Jersey State Police Academy. More...

National Day of Prayer to be held in Plumsted

PLUMSTED — At 7:30 p.m. May 7, the National Day of Prayer will be observed in the courtroom of the Plumsted municipal building, 121 Evergreen Road, for the 16th consecutive year. More...

Retiring officers honored

Police officer promoted to rank of sergeant
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer

JACKSON — Officials have honored two members of the Jackson Police Department who recently retired. At the same time, the promotion of an officer to sergeant was announced. The officers who retired were Sandra Franco and Anthony Amalfitano. More...

THE RULES OF THE GAME - Teaching young people to get the most from sports - Advertorial

By Gloria Averbuch

Sports participation offers a seemingly infinite number of "life lessons." The more you learn, the more you realize there is to gain. More...

Mayor asks residents to serve community

BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer

JACKSON — Mayor Michael Reina is asking any resident who may be interested in serving on a local advisory board or committee to call his office or send an email stating his interest to ashields@jacksontwpnj.net. More...

Plans still in the works for veterans memorial

BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer

JACKSON — The construction of a veterans memorial remains the goal for a group of people in Jackson. The veterans memorial was discussed at the April 14 meeting of the Township Council. More...

Secretaries' union waits for new deal

BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer

JACKSON — The Jackson School District employees who make up the Jackson Central Office Secretarial Association (JCOSA) want the public to know they have not had a new contract for 17 months. There are 32 members of the union. More...

Teen drivers will display special decal on vehicles

Gov. Corzine signs Kyleigh's Law

Gov. Jon S. Corzine has signed Kyleigh's Law, making New Jersey the first state in the nation to have a teen driver decal law. More...

Intersection will be fixed

JACKSON — New turning lanes and an updated traffic signal will be included in the reconstruction of the intersection of Bennetts Mills and New Prospect roads. More...

Horse Park of NJ faces hard times

BY JANE MEGGITT and JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writers

Due to the economic climate, the Horse Park of New Jersey in Upper Freehold Township has canceled the Garden State Combined Driving Event and may cut other popular shows later this year. More...

Bulletin Board

New Egypt Elks to host 'Touch a Truck'

The New Egypt Elks and the New Egypt United Methodist Church are sponsoring "Touch a Truck" from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 25 at the New Egypt Elks, Lakewood Road (Route 528). More...

Knights golf tourney will benefit charities

The Howell-Jackson Knights of Columbus Council 6201 will hold its 25th annual charity golf tournament on May 18 at the Pine Barrens Golf Club in Jackson. This year's event will be held in memory of Brother James R. Sheeran Sr. More...

JTMUA will break ground for new plant

JACKSON — The Jackson Township Municipal Utilities Authority will hold a groundbreaking ceremony at 10 a.m. April 29 at the new Manhattan Street water treatment plant. The new plant will be on London Drive off Manhattan Street. More...

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Opinion

Oyster Creek's new lease on life

The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission handed Ocean County residents something to keep them up nights for the next 20 years by relicensing the oldest nuclear plant in the United States. More...

Mama tried, but he still loves country

Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH

Our young Huey has a great love for music. He researches it, sings it and has been known to play it at house-shaking volume, which has me sounding like my own loving mother: "Turn that dang thing down! More...

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Sports

Kuzma is wearing out opposing hurlers

Colts Neck slugger from Howell Twp. has 6 HRs, 20 RBIs
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer

It's the bottom of the fourth inning and the Colts Neck High School softball team finds itself trailing Howell, 5-2. The bases are loaded, and up to the plate steps Kate Kuzma. The Rebels have no place to put the Cougars' slugger. More...

Roller Girls gearing up for Asbury Park action

The Jersey Shore's toughest roller girls will welcome the ladies of Long Island to Asbury Park on April 25. More...

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ERIC SUCAR staff Jackson Memorial High School hitter Nick Schulman tries to lock onto a pitch during the Jaguars' 3-1 victory over Brick Township High School on April 16 in Brick Township. More...

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