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August 20, 2016
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TWO JACKSON PARISHES MAY MERGE
–Photos by Shawn Smith The Diocese of Trenton is discussing whether to merge the smaller St. Monica’s parish (left) with St. Aloysius. By Shawn Smith JACKSON – A plan to merge two parishes in Jackson has patrons of the smaller of the two churches expressing concerns, saying it will negatively impact them financially and create a void in the community. St. Monica’s held a town hall meeting in front of about 150 people on August
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9 to address the Faith in Our Future initiative. The program calls for the possible merger of St. Monica’s parish with St. Aloysius parish, possibly creating a 7,000 family congregation. Along with the church clergy, Msgr. Leonard F. Troiano of the Diocese in Trenton was present to discuss the details
of the initiative. The meeting, led by Troiano, the chair of planning for the Diocese, explained the plan to the town hall, saying that it was still in its preliminary stages and the extent of the details were still being worked out. Despite pushback from the church, the Diocese current recommendation of Cohort 23 (St. Monica’s, St. Aloysius – both in Jackson) is to merge the two parishes no later than July 2018. As a secondary site, St. Monica’s would be evaluated every two years depending on finances and usage. The Diocese of Trenton declined to comment on matters still in the preliminary stages. At the meeting, Deacons Mike Principato and Christian Knoebel addressed the crowd with the concerns they have that they felt they shared with the church. These included a loss of identity for St. Monica’s, taking on the financial burden of the current upgrade at St. Aloysius and the increased distance that may determine if a person goes to mass. “Jackson is a big place,” Knoebel said. “It’s 100 square miles. It’s one of the largest townships in New Jersey and I’m very, very concerned that it will be difficult for some people to go across town to go to mass.” Along with the distance, Knoebel also spoke of St. Monica’s taking on the current financial burden of St. Aloysius. Despite having (Merge - See Page 4)
State Won’t Investigate Jackson Blockbusting Report
By Jennifer Peacock JACKSON – The State has said it won’t i nvestigate alleged blockbusti ng i n Jackson due to technical issues, Council President Robert Nixon updated a packed house at the August 9 Jackson Township Council meeting. “For the time being, the State has deferred an investigation on technical grounds based on their interpretation of the State discrimination law. Our lawyers have been in touch with the federal authorities and their discussions will be continuing,” Nixon said. The State’s Office of the Attorney General outlines the intent of the antidiscrimination law: “makes it unlawful to subject people to differential treatment based on race, creed, color, national origin, nationality, ancestry, age, sex (including pregnancy), familial status, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, genetic information, liability for military service, and mental or physical disability, (Blockbusting - See Page 5)
A Sign Of Respect For Jackson Police
–Photo by Jennifer Peacock With the help of Public Works, the Jackson Township Police PBA 168 erected a sign on West Veterans Highway thanking residents for the outpouring of support the department has received in recent times.
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By Jennifer Peacock The Jackson Township government recently honored its local police force and departments throughout the nation by passing a resolution recognizing efforts of all police. “There has been a very ugly attack on our law enforcement community over the last several months. That attack has led to everything from threats of assassination to outright assassination. This Council, this Mayor, this administration, I think everybody here in this room, believes that
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our law enforcement officers are the first line of defense to make sure that all of us can come into a room like this, speak our minds, worship who we want, vote for who we want, speak what we want,” Council President Robert Nixon said. “When we start to devalue the men and women in uniform, who ensure those freedoms, we weaken ourselves as a society.” Nixon, on behalf of Mayor Michael Reina and Council, read into the record (Police - See Page 4)
–Photo by Jennifer Peacock Galassi Court off White Road has received much attention for being targeted by LLCs. White Road itself is dotted with signs, both from Realtors and owners selling their homes themselves.
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