Jackson Student Musicians Jam with Teachers
by Allison Erwin, JSD JACKSON – Jackson School District music teachers who wanted to provide a way for students to play music in an informal, fun way outside of the regular school day…
Jackson Cop Who Shot Knife-Wielding Suspect Identified
JACKSON-Two days before Christmas, Jackson police officers were dispatched to a home on Laurel Avenue, in a sleepy lakeside neighborhood of the township. Around 8pm, on December 23rd, police received a 911…
Jackson Residents Upset Over Township Leaf Removal Program
JACKSON-Residents in Jackson are upset because piles of leaves placed in the fall of 2017 remain lining township roads well into the first week of 2018. The township’s leaf collection program calls…
Cops Shoot Knife Wielding Man in Jackson Reportedly Holding Hostages
Submitted by Al DellaFave, OCPO JACKSON-Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato today announced preliminary details of last night’s police involved shooting within the jurisdiction of Jackson Township. Preliminary details of the event…
Prosecutor: Jackson Man Among Nine Arrested in Freehold Drug Ring Bust
by Charles Webster, MCPO FREEHOLD – Nine members of a Freehold Borough cocaine distribution ring were arrested yesterday, after a nine-month investigation. The group was moving approximately one-third of a kilogram of…
Eruvs Legal, Curbside Basketball Hoops Still Illegal in Jackson
JACKSON-The Jackson Township council voted to approve a resolution that would reverse their previous anti-eruv right of way ordinance to allow the Orthodox Jewish community here to build two separate networks of…
Exclusive: Attorney General Warns Jackson, Other Towns to Not Close Borders to Orthodox Jews
TRENTON-Although Jackson Township Attorney Jean Cipriani last night affirmed the existence of an investigation being conducted by the Office of the Attorney General, the state has yet to publicly acknowledge the investigation.…
Jackson to vote on dropping ban on Jewish eruv
The Jackson Township Council will vote on a resolution Wednesday night that gives permission to anyone seeking to place a Jewish religious demarcation, known as an eruv, on utility poles in the…
Jackson Township Agrees to Settle Lawsuits, Allow Orthodox Group to Build Public Eruv
JACKSON-Days after the town of Pomona lost a $3,000,000 case in court against the Orthodox community there, the Jackson Township Council has announced it will now settle the disagreement it had with…
Jackson Township Asks Battling Community Factions to Stop Using Town Seal
JACKSON-As the battle between the two opposing factions in Jackson, Orthodox Jews and Jackson “watchdogs” heats up, the township made it clear today that although both warring factions are using the township’s…
School District: Complaints About Juice in Jackson Unfounded
Jackson residents should not fear juice, according to a statement made on the district’s website today. A message on Facebook caused a stir in Jackson Township on Thursday over bad juice being…
Jackson’s Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Saturday, December 2nd
On Saturday, December 2nd from 4:30-6:00pm Jackson Township will host it’s annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony. This event will take place at the Municipal Building at 95 West Veterans Highway and is…
Jackson’s Annual Toyland this weekend
Come and experience Jackson’s annual Toyland event taking place at the Jackson Senior Center this Saturday and Sunday (December 2nd & 3rd) from 10am-3pm. Walk through Winter Wonderland, visit the train room,…
Lighting the Menorah to Benefit the Jackson Food Pantry on December 12th
Chanukah is the Jewish Festival of lights. This year a local Jewish Organization is teaming up with a local gift shop and bringing light to those who need it most. On Tuesday,…
Councilman Nixon: Jackson’s Division Between Orthodox and Non-Orthodox Must End Now
JACKSON-The township council of Jackson which has drafted a large number of ordinances aimed to curb the growth of Orthodox Jews here is now singing a different tune after it was issued…