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Vol. 17 - No. 17
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JACKSON MARCHING BANDS STRUT IN MISS AMERICA PARADE
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Business Directory........................21 Classifieds ....................................22 Community News......................9-12 Dear Joel.......................................24 Dr. Izzy’s Sound News .................16 Government ...................................8 Inside The Law .............................25 Letters to the Editor .........................7 Wolfgang .....................................27 WWW.MICROMEDIAPUBS.COM
September 24, 2016
Of�icials Fondly Recall Former Committeeman’s Impact
By Jennifer Peacock JACKSON – Members of the Jackson Township Council took time to remember former Committeeman Neil O’Connell, who died at home September 9. “Neil O’Connell, past mayor, past committeeman, great church person, one of the most intelligent people I’ve ever met and served with—it was truly an honor to serve with him—has passed away,” Council vice president Kenneth Bressi said. “If you ever knew him—some of the people up here never got to meet him—he really worried about Jackson, cared about Jackson and put all he had into it. It’s a great loss for this town.” Accor ding to O’Connell’s obituary, (Neil - See Page 5)
–Photos courtesy Jackson Jaguar Marching Band and Jackson School District ATLANTIC CITY – The Jackson Memorial High School Jaguar Marching Band and Jackson Liberty High School Marching Band paraded as part of the Miss America “Show Us Your Shoes” Parade, a three-mile parade down Atlantic City Boardwalk recently. The busy marching band season is heavily underway with performances, competitions, parades and football games.
Jackson Football Standout Now Leads Grif�ins As Head Coach
By Chris Christopher Tom Tarver is again a head high school football coach. Now the Donovan Catholic mentor, the former Jackson Memorial and Rutgers University standout fi nds himself loving every minute of it. “To have an opportunity to coach again is a blessing,” the ex-Manalapan head coach said. “I was out of coaching for 12 years. Being able to again be a head football coach is a blast. Not too many times do you receive another opportunity to have another shot at it. I could have had the Manalapan job for another 15 or 20 years, but I left as I had the opportunity to be-
come an administrator at Jackson (where he was an assistant principal). I sacrificed football for an administrative job, which was better for my family at the time.” Now an assistant principal at the Christa McAuliffe Middle School in Jackson, Tarver coached Manalapan from 200003, producing a 21-21 record. He led the Braves to their first sectional championship game in history in 2003. In the fi rst round in Central Jersey Group IV in 2003, the Braves stunned Brick, owner of the top-ranked offense and defense in the Shore Conference. Tarver was a three-year varsity starter at quarterback at Jackson from 1984-86.
With Tarver at the controls, the Jaguars went 32-7, including 8-1 in 1985. He was a second-team All-State selection as a junior and senior. Tarver was a scholarship player at Rutgers where he was a two-year starter at quarterback. Named the Scarlet Knights’ starter in 1990, he threw 20 touchdown passes in two seasons and fi nished his career with 3,607 passing yards. He chose Rutgers over West Virginia, Syracuse, Clemson and Arizona State. “Those were my five scholarship offers,” he said. “Rutgers played pretty much the same teams with the exception of Arizona (Coach - See Page 5)
Close To Home: Pipe Bomb In Seaside
By Catherine Galioto With more incidents since, the initial report of a pipe bomb detonating in Seaside Park on September 17 was close to home, causing confusion, traffic backups, closures of major events and beaches, but no injuries. Federal investigators began the week releasing photos of the suspect wanted for questioning at Chelsea, Elizabeth and Seaside, while the threat of detonated suspicious packages loomed. Police identified and captured Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, in Linden on September 19. In the Seaside incident, a pipe bomb exploded in a trash can near the race route of Semper Five, a popular 5K race dedicated to the Marines with attendees from ROTC, veterans groups and other military. The race was immediately canceled, as was the Point Pleasant Seafood Festival that day, as the FBI, state police, K-9 and bomb squads (Seaside - See Page 6)
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