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Mayor Michael Reina and the Jackson Township Council have announced that a major road project to enhance the traffic flow and safety of South New Prospect Road will move forward in 2024. Currently a busy two-lane road, the county has agreed to move forward with a plan to expand it to three lanes. Under the […]
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Trenton should foot the bill for the problems Trenton causes, Assemblyman Alex Sauickie says. Specifically, the state should shoulder the costs foisted on local school districts by the commissioner of education to pay for state monitor salaries and associated costs. On Monday, Sauickie, joined by three members of the Jackson Township Board of Education, filed […]
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Jackson Township Mayor Michael Reina and the Jackson Township Council are studying the feasibility of expanding the parking lot for the police department at the Jackson Justice Complex. Upon the invitation of the P.B.A., Council President Kuhn and Councilman Burnstein recently attended the monthly P.B.A. meeting. At the meeting, union members mentioned that due to […]
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An ordinance working through the Jackson Township Council is generally seen as an attack on the chief of police. The press release issued by the Police Benevolent Association (PBA), the largest police union and the Superior Officers Association (SOA) does little to show confidence in the law enforcement leader. Municipal police departments are traditionally run […]
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With traffic safety and congestion in mind, the council recently introduced an ordinance that would restrict parking on side streets within 100 feet of county highways. That ordinance called for a 50’ ban and a 100’ restriction to residents only. Residents, under the ordinance, could apply for a free parking permit limited to one per […]
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After nearly hundred years of history, and quite a bit of squabbling, Jackson is ready to begin redevelopment of the area known as Rova Farms. Work will obviously not start during the winter, and it is somewhat unclear why this announcement comes now. Almost a century ago — in the 1930s — a group of […]
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It has been seven long years since Jackson Township legislated restrictions on Orthodox Jews living in the township. This week, those rules were finally repealed. The hostile sentiment of residents, however, may not have changed. That mission remains ahead, and remains to be accomplished. The ordinances clearly designed -according to the US Department of Justice […]
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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey held two Chanukah celebration and menorah lightings. One took place Wednesday December 6, at the Oculus transit hub at the World Trade Center. Attendees included Rick Cotton, Port Authority executive director; Clarelle DeGraffe, PATH director/general manager; and Rabbi Mordechai Kanelsky, Bris Avrohom executive director. The other […]
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The Jackson Township Council has again scheduled a special (extra) public meeting, at which the long-awaited ordinance reregulating shuls, schools, dorms, and mikvaos in the town, will be considered and hopefully passed. The meeting will take place on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, at 6:00 p.m., at the Jackson Liberty Public High School auditorium. This is […]
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Do you have a neighbor that wasn't as fortunate as you- to grow up as a frum yid? Have you ever wondered, "what can I do to help him taste the sweetness of yiddishkeit?"If so, join the Just One Challah initiative from JX, the Jewish Experience!Just One Challah is an initiative being launched this week […]
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After her shouting match with the Jackson Township Council failed to block the settlement with the DOJ and resulting ordinances permitting shuls, Jennifer Cusanelli has a new idea. If we can’t make shuls illegal in Jackson, her new suggestion seems to say, perhaps we can just make it illegal to park on their property. At […]
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In what may be a case of outright extortion, a Lakewood laborer and his allies staked out his employer’s residence with a group of protesters, creating a frightening spectacle in a quiet neighborhood. The angry crowd did not disperse until the employer paid him money he claimed to be owed. According to the employer; a […]
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The newest chapter in the Jackson busing saga has been opened- in the form of a precious letter. As reported earlier on LNN, while Jackson residents busing to Lakewood are grateful and relived to have busing, they have encountered another mammoth difficulty. To keep bus routes manageably short routes and speed pickup, it has been […]
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The private investigator hired by residents to spy on a Jackson shul on Shabbos has been caught on camera. The PI appeared in another Jackson neighborhood during the week, and a community member took a picture of his silver Subaru Forester. Several residents have approached the car, and spoken with the investigator. In most instances, […]
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The presence of a silver Subaru outside a Jackson shul this Shabbos made it clear that the terms of the settlements, both federal and state, are very much needed. Mispallelim going to shul in a Jackson neighborhood noted an elderly gentleman sitting outside the shul in a silver Subaru, taking pictures and notes. The man […]
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Harav Simcha Strohli Shlit"a pouring the Mikva at the new Royal Grove shul.
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Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer met with Jackson Township officials last week to discuss the recent uptick in hateful rhetoric on social media. Ocean County Sheriff Michael Mastronardy; Dave Leonardis – Division of Criminal Justice Community Outreach and Training Coordinator; and Jackson Township Mayor Mike Reina attended. Askanim Tzvi Herman and Mordy Burnstein were […]
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In response to the recent surge in online discourse targeting the Jewish community in Jackson, Ocean County Prosecutor Brad Billheimer is taking the message to the streets. Billheimer ordered the placement of this trailer at the intersection of New Prospect and Bennetts Mills Roads. This move is intended to serve as a reminder to all […]
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Two cars were stolen from Royal Grove in Jackson tonight. Police chased the stolen vehicles. One crashed into a house and burst into flames. The crashed car was fully engulfed in flames. The other vehicle escaped. Jackson Police are searching Whispering Hills in Jackson looking for the stolen car, identified as an Acura. They have […]
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A lawsuit served today on the defendants takes aim at the Jackson Planning Board and Bais Yaakov of Jackson, trying to stop the school from developing three campuses in the township. The lawsuit, filed by neighbors of the planned schools Bova, Lomita, and Omega Farm, asks the court to declare the planning board’s approval of […]
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