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Eagle Scout Project At Town Hall
–Photos by Jennifer Peacock Patrick Byrnes, 17, helped to build a memorial to September 11 attack victims. The memorial is on the east side of the Jackson Municipal Building. employee working that day. “A lot of coworkers were killed that day, so yeah, definitely a personal connection,” Richard said. “Patrick saw how it affected me through the years. I always talked about it. I had pictures of it. I always remember 9/11 on 9/11. My wife also told him how much it affected me. As a matter of fact, I met a Port Authority Police Officer the day before [the
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Department of Transportation to optimize routes, assist passengers calling to ask about bus timelines and run the entire bus network more efficiently, officials said. “It’s going to be so much better
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Superior Court Rules On Jackson Funeral Home
By Jennifer Peacock JACKSON – An Ocean County Superior Court Judge cleared the way for a funeral home and banquet hall to be built in Jackson. However, that decision may be challenged. MIB Properties LLC can build its proposed 19,771 square foot, two-story funeral home and banquet hall—the first of its kind in New Jersey, which would also include office space, rental offices, an apartment, and a banquet hall used for repasts only—on 6.06 acres at Cooks Bridge Road and
Manhattan Street. The applicant, Geraldine Oliverie, manages and owns Oliverie Funeral Home in Manchester along with her husband Michael Hennicke. Their application was challenged by Richard and Ter ri Barnaskas, who filed a complaint in lieu of prerogative writs saying the Zoning Board’s May 2015 approval of the applicant’s plan was “arbitrary, capricious, and unreasonable”; “unlawful and against the weight of evidence”; and “not (Funeral - See Page 22)
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attacks] right in front of the North Tower, and come to find out a few days later he was killed. Yeah, I knew a lot of people that were lost that day.” So when it came time for Patrick to decide on an Eagle Scout service project, a 9/11 memorial seemed most fitting. He fund raised the nearly $2,000 to complete the memorial; his parents (Scout - See Page 5)
Officials Pledge Faster Service As County Buses Get Computer Upgrades
By Daniel Nee OCEAN COUNTY – The county has completed an upgrade of the routing software behind its 70 Ocean Ride bus vehicles, which will allow the county’s
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A SEPT. 11 MEMORIAL FOR JACKSON
By Jennifer Peacock JACKSON – Patrick Byrnes was just a toddler when terrorists slammed planes into the Twin Towers and the Pentagon. A fourth plane, believed to be headed for the Capitol or White House, crashed in a field in Pennsylvania, its passengers able to overtake the terrorists on that plane. But the attack was personal. Patrick’s father, Richard, was a Port Authority
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for the people who get rides as well as the drivers,” said Freeholder Virginia Haines. The county began the upgrade project last spring, as it was facing (Bus - See Page 22)
–Photo by Judy Smestad-Nunn Dr. Ali Botein-Furrevig discusses her book on the Orthodox Jewish community’s history in Lakewood. The event was standing-room only. By Judy Smestad-Nunn LAKEWOOD – There has been a lot of negative press lately about the surging Orthodox Jewish population in Ocean County, with stories written about aggressive real estate agents trying to
bully homeowners of neighboring towns to sell; stories about Lakewood school district deficits caused by transportation and special education costs for children who attend private Jewish schools; (Orthodox - See Page 29)
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