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Vol. 16 - No. 32
Inside This Week’s Edition Business Directory....................15 Community News.....................8-9 Dear Joel...................................14 Dear Pharmacist .......................13 Fun Page ..................................17 Government ...............................6 Inside The Law .........................17 Letters to the Editor .....................5 Wolfgang .................................19 WWW.MICROMEDIAPUBS.COM
January 9, 2016
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A LOOK BACK: SCHOOL CHANGES, Residents Want DEVELOPMENT, SOLAR PANELS TOP HEADLINES Canvassers To Name Specific Streets
By Jennifer Peacock JACKSON – Should Jackson Township require vendors to list the streets they wish to canvas? Resident Rae Ann Walker says yes. She said vendors should list the streets they wish to canvass, and the town should have that list of vendors and streets made available to the public. Councilman Robert Nixon said the ordinance already requires vendors list where they plan to canvas, but Clerk Ann Marie Eden clarified that the list is not made available to the public. Most vendors state they want to canvas the entire town, she said. Walker wants them to be more specific. “If they want to canvas the entire township, they are going to canvas the entire township,” Eden said. “Then they can write that down, I guess,” Walker said. “Otherwise my concern is (Residents - See Page 19)
–Photos from Jackson Times archives The headlines from Jackson were dominated by proposals to build Chandler Plaza, a solar array at Great Adventure, and more. But 2015 also was one of Jackson pride, with winning seasons for local sports and school milestones. By Jennifer Peacock January concert choir, Jackson Glee Club, Drama and Catherine Galioto Jackson Memorial High School celebrated Club as well as the marching band and jazz You may not even remember what you did its 50th anniversary with an alumni concert ensemble. Alumni performed selections inNew Year’s Eve, much less what happened that focused on the school’s musical produc- cluding the school’s most recent production, in town in 2015. Here are some highlights tions through the decades. The school’s mu- “Seussical the Musical” production. from the last year. sic and theater groups include the chorus, (Review - See Page 4)
Freeholder Lacey Resigns
By Catherine Galioto OCEAN COUNTY – Freeholder Jim Lacey submitted a letter of resignation on December 31, creating a vacancy for the county board of freeholders that the county party chairman said would be filled within 35 days after a county convention is called. Lacey, of Brick, had served as a freeholder since 1993. His term was to end
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January 2017. Freeholder Director John Bartlett announced Lacey’s resignation December 31 from the five-member, all-Republican board of chosen freeholders. The freeholders meeting after this announcement, the annual reorganization meeting, was January 6, after presstime. For updates from The Times, visit micromediapubs.com.
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According to a report in the Asbury Park Press, the Lacey vacancy would be filled by a convention of the county Republican party, called by party chairman George Gilmore, who told the Press that Virginia Haines was the likely frontrunner to fill the vacancy. Lacey, who was also serving on the Brick
Schools Weigh Shift To Block Scheduling
By Jennifer Peacock Should Manchester High School go the way of Jackson, and move to block scheduling? At its final meeting for 2015, the Manchester Board of Education heard a presentation from Superintendent David Trethaway about the benefits of block scheduling. Trethaway, who saw his former district Jackson Township move to block scheduling 20 years ago, praised the benefits he saw happen in Jackson, the benefits that the district still experiences today. “Jackson and Brick are able to offer more classes than we do, and that’s not fair to our kids,” Trethaway said. Currently, Jackson and Brick townships schools offer eight
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