Times
MICROMEDIA PUBLICATIONS, INC.
T H E JAC K S O N
Vol. 16 - No. 35
Your Weekly Hometown Newspaper | Serving All of Jackson Township
Years Later, Volpe Fatality Still Inspires Community Charity, Safe Driving Efforts In Jackson
Inside This Week’s Edition Business Directory....................19 Community News...................8-10 Dear Joel....................................17 Dear Pharmacist ........................15 Fun Page ...................................20 Government ...............................7 Inside The Law .........................22 Letters to the Editor .....................6 Wolfgang .................................23 WWW.MICROMEDIAPUBS.COM
January 30, 2016
TOWNSHIP TO INSTALL MISSING MAN TABLE
JACKSON – Mayor Michael Reina and members of Rolling Thunder New Jersey Chapter 2 will assemble at the Jackson Township Municipal Building for a Missing Man Table/Chair of Honor Ceremony on February 3 at 2 p.m. This ceremony will unveil a new permanent table and chair which will remind us of all of those that are still missing but not forgotten. The contents of this monument have symbolic meaning to the soldiers that fought alongside our prisoners of war and veterans still missing in action. To date, there are approximately 91,000 military members unaccounted for and yet to return. This ceremony will take place in the Main Meeting Room at Town Hall, located at 95 West Veterans Highway and will last approximately 45 minutes to one hour. The ceremony is open to the public. –Photos by Jennifer Peacock Christopher Russo, at right, visited his alma mater Jackson Memorial on behalf of the James Volpe Foundation, named for his best friend, who died in a car accident in 2011. Russo was also in the car and has since helped the Foundation in projects such as a safe driving one at JMHS. The school’s project, a driving video, above, was a state winner. By Jennifer Peacock They were three friends on their way home from the Fortune Buffet in Toms River. “One split second changes your entire life. It changed my entire life.” Christopher Russo was a high school
senior back in 2011 when he and two classmates and fellow baseball players, one being Russo’s best friend James Volpe, left the buffet on that May 13 evening. “I still definitely face post-traumatic stress disorder. I have trouble driving with people
in the same car. When I’m in the car with somebody else I really get nervous. I don’t like driving with other people. I faced losing my best friend, and I struggle with that every day still.”
identity over the course of 40 years starting in the early 1900s while suffering abuse from her father and others. The best-selling novel, “The Color Purple,” was written by Alice Walker in 1982. The 1985 movie version that will be screened at the library on February 4 stars Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey. It has a runtime of 154 minutes and is rated PG-13.
By Daniel Nee OCEAN COUNTY – Ocean County officials believe the local landscape is the perfect backdrop for the silver screen, and they are looking to actively promote the county as a setting for television and films. Freeholder Joseph Vicari announced an “aggressive” push to lure the entertainment industry to Ocean County, beginning with a renewed alliance with the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission, a state body that promotes media production statewide. “When we have it, it really perks up the economy,” said Vicari, who was quick to dismiss the idea of a revived “Jersey Shore”
(Events - See Page 12)
(Movie - See Page 4)
(Safe Driving - See Page 4)
Check Out Black History Month Events In Ocean County
OCEAN COUNTY – Join Ocean County in celebrating Black History Month, February, when activities abound focusing on culture, local and national history, crafts, film, music and more. Events for all ages are available; check out the following calendar of events: February 4, 10 a.m. to noon – Stop in anytime between 10 a.m. and noon to celebrate Diversity Month by making an African
Maasai necklace. Ages 18-36 months. This event is free. Register with Point Pleasant Beach branch library. February 4, 1 p.m. – The Manchester branch Library’s monthly program, “From Page to Screen: A Book and Film Discussion” will discuss an assigned book and view a film adaptation of that title. The subject of February’s meeting is a black southern woman who struggles to find her
Ocean County Looks To Lure TV, Movie Shoots
Free Transportation • In-Home & Outpatient PT Physical Therapy Center
1-(855)-3ALLCARE • www.AllCarePTC.com
Jackson • Barnegat • Brick • Toms River Whiting • Manchester • Forked River
Come experience the All-Care difference for yourself!