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Vol. 16 - No. 51
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COACH, FORMER FOOTBALL STANDOUT, LEAVES FOR BUSINESS WORLD
By Chris Christopher JACKSON – There is no more need for his coach’s whistle. There are no more lesson plans. Jackson Memorial Coach and History Teacher Corey Lavin, a former Jaguars’ quarterback, has entered the business world. The Jackson Township Board of Education accepted Lavin’s resignation as a history teacher, head boys bowling coach and assistant football and baseball coach at its recent meeting. Lavin, who was Jackson Memorial High School’s starting quarterback in 2006 when it won the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III title and went 12-0 under then-coach Mike Smith, has become a sales representative with Piscataway-based Cintas. “We sell uniforms, facility supplies, a multitude of different things,” he said. Lavin and his fiancee, Molly Dahl are engaged to be married in April. She is employed by the Wall Street Journal in sales on its conference team. “A lot of the reason I took the job has to do with my family,” he said. “My fiancée works and
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May 21, 2016
Landlords To Answer To Stronger Regulations
By Jennifer Peacock JACKSON – The township to tighten its regulations on landlord registrations around town, after fielding complaints from residents about possible code violations on rental properties whose landlords or owners are hard-to-find LLCs with post office boxes as addresses. The Jackson Township Council will hold public comment and adoption of an ordinance strengthening landlord registration at its 7:30 p.m. May 24 meeting. Among the changes: the township can seek reparations from landlords via a series of (Landlord - See Page 18)
–Photos courtesy of King’s College Athletics and Corey Lavin Former Jackson Memorial High School quarterback Corey Lavin has entered the business world after playing for the Jaguars and King’s College. Though he said the transition is a good one, he says “Once a Jaguar, always a Jaguar.” lives in Manhattan so we are out. I love it. I love it.” tive,” he said. “In the sales world, moving up north at the end of Lavin said he enjoys working you compete against yourself the school year. This job popped in a high-stress atmosphere. every week and I needed that up. I pursued it and it is working “The atmosphere is competi(Coach - See Page 4)
Memorial Day Events To Include Parades, Ceremonies
OCEAN COUNTY – The holiday was once known as “Decoration Day,” a day dedicated to honoring the war dead of WWI, to decorate the graves. Now known as Memorial Day, the national holiday is a day of patriotism, spent with ceremonies and parades remembering those servicemen and women who died in conflicts throughout the ages. This year, many well-attended
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Memorial Day weekend events return with veterans groups, local officials and more taking the time to remember all who died in service to their country. Here are some of the events. For a complete calendar visit micromediapubs.com. May 27 Manahawkin – Southern Regional High School will hold its Field of Flags ceremony, with a flag representing each service
person who died in Iraq and Afghanistan. As of presstime, the flags numbered 6,848. The flags will be placed on May 26. Southern’s Air Force Junior ROTC cadets will be placing the flags throughout the day. On May 27, at 10:30 a.m., a Memorial Day Service on the site is open to all. In case of inclement weather, the ceremony will be held in the auditorium. There will be a more than 100 stu-
dents participating in the choir, orchestra and student readings. The flags will remain in place through the holiday weekend. For more information on this project, contact Senior Master Sgt. Mark Irvin at mirvin@ srsd.net. May 29 Blessing Of The Fleet – The Berkeley Shores Homeowners’ and Civic Association will be (Parades- See Page 5)
Jackson Addresses Lakewood Civilian Safety Watch Patrols By Jennifer Peacock Jackson Township sent a strong message to any would-be outside patrol forces: stay out. Council unanimously passed a resolution that “restricts cooperation” of the township’s police department with any neighborhood watch group outside the township’s jurisdiction. The resolution came in response to complaints about Lakewood’s Civilian Safety Watch (LCSW) crossing into Jackson. A May 5 post on the Jackson Police Facebook page, signed by Chief Matthew Kunz, seemed to indicate that if the LCSW was called into Jackson by a resident, they would respond. “The LCSW group will provide assistance for any person or group upon request. Such (Watch - See Page 14)
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