2016-07-30 - The Jackson Times

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TIMES

MICROMEDIA PUBLICATIONS, INC.

T H E JAC K S O N

Vol. 17 - No. 9

●August 1 deadline ●Sites unoccupied for 3 months are considered vacant. ●Unoccupied for 6 months: abandoned. ●Fines up to $1,000 per day for noncompliance.

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New Abandoned Property Rules Take Hold

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Business Directory........................21 Classifieds ....................................22 Community News......................8-12 Dear Joel.......................................26 Dr. Izzy’s Sound News .................16 Government ...................................7 Inside The Law .............................25 Letters to the Editor .........................6 Wolfgang .....................................27 WWW.MICROMEDIAPUBS.COM

July 30, 2016

Three Vie For Two School Board Seats

By Catherine Galioto With the filing deadline past, the November school board race for Jackson shows two incumbents are seeking re-election while a popular longtime coach hopes to earn a seat on the board. Jackson’s board of education has two seats for three-year terms up this year. Three are running: incumbent Sharon Dey of Melissa Lee Drive, incumbent Thomas Colucci of Danielle Court and retired longtime district athletic director and coach Michael Walsh of Leanne Drive, who ran last year. Dey is seeking her fourth term on the board, where she’s served the last

2016

(Candidates - See Page 4)

Tie A Bl�e Ri��on –Photo by Jennifer Peacock Owners of abandoned or vacant property are now required to register their properties with the township and maintain each property or face liens. By Jennifer Peacock nance, which requires owners of vacant problem in Jackson, Council Vice President JACKSON – Owners of vacant properties and abandoned properties register those Kenneth Bressi told The Jackson Times. have until August 1 to register them with properties with the township. It passed The ordinance amends the township’s exthe township. without comment. isting “registration of property” code that Council unanimously passed an ordiThere’s not a vacant or abandoned property (Rules - See Page 4)

Safe To Swim In? County Tests Beaches For Bacteria

By Jennifer Peacock OCEAN COUNTY – The regular testing by county health officials reveal several beaches with higher-than-permitted levels of harmful bacteria, but in several cases the next-day levels would drop to safety enough for the beaches to remain open. Each year from mid-April to early September, the Ocean County Health Department monitors the county’s more than 70 rivers,

lakes, creeks and other waterways to ensure their safety for bathers. Ocean County Department of Health Public Information Officer Leslie Terjesen said the county’s salt water and brackish water—partly salty, partly fresh—is tested every Monday and its creeks, ponds and lakes each Tuesday. They are looking for elevated levels of certain bacteria that are harmful to humans. “We are a resort area, we have tourists

coming down, we certainly want people to be able to enjoy the water. If the bacteria or Enterococcus comes out high, day one, we let each municipality know. They post it at their beach,” Terjesen said. They test for Enterococcus and Fecal Coliform, both bacteria found in the intestines of warm-blooded mammals. Enterococcus must read below 104 colonies per 100 ml (Beaches - See Page 5)

–Photo by Jennifer Peacock JACKSON – Blue ribbons were tied around utility poles along Bennetts Mills Road from West Veteran’s Highway to Butterfly Road in Jackson. Residents around Ocean County are decorating with blue ribbons and blue lights to show solidarity with police departments across the country in light of murders of police in Baton Rouge, La. and Dallas.

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