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August 13, 2022
Rejected, Jackson Residents Housing 4 Schools Might Take TaKE A Night Out Replace Plan
By Bob Vosseller JACKSON – Police, firefighters and other first responders welcomed the public to this year’s “National Night Out: America’s Night Out Against Crime” which was held at its usual location at the ShopRite at North County Line and Cook roads. The event was coordinated for the first time by Township Police Capt. Mary Nelson with support from the Jackson Police Benevolent Association (PBA) # 168. Nelson said the event always draws a large crowd and the latest event was no exception. She noted that it was all about community building and strengthening neighborhood cohesiveness as well as forming partnerships between local law enforcement, first responders and members of the community. She credited now retired Police Captain (Night - See Page 5)
By Bob Vosseller JACKSON – Toward the conclusion of a recent four-hour meeting of the Township Zoning Board of Adjustment, a vote was taken denying a project of nearly 50 homes in a section of the community. The application voted down by five members of that board concerned a density variance associated with property at 443 Leesville Road which exists between Burke and Diamond roads. The application had been submitted by Lakewood based firm Bellevue Estates, LLC and it represented the first phase of their proposal to construct 48 homes on lots that were mostly less than a half acre of property and where 10 homes on 3-acre lots are currently permitted to be built. Zoning Board members Lynne Bradley, Jeanine Fritch, Steve Costanzo, Samara O’Neill and James Hurley voted to deny the application while John Spalthoff voted against denying it. Several board members expressed that they were not comfortable voting on an application without having specific information about the proposed homes. That information was not required as of ─Photos By Bob Vosseller the August 3 meeting due to the way in Milana Gonzalez, 4, joins her 2-year-old brother Braxton (Housing - See Page 5) pose for a photo in front of Station 55’s fire truck at Jackson’s National Night Out event. Inset: Jackson Police Sgt. Fred Meabe cools off in the Jackson PD dunk tank.
NATIONAL AMERICAN LEGION COMMANDER VISITS OCEAN COUNTY
─Photo By Bob Vosseller National American Legion Commander Paul Dillard recently visited Seaside Heights American Legion Post 351.
By Bob Vosseller SEASIDE HEIGHTS – American Legion Post 351 received a special visitor recently in the form of American Legion National Commander Paul Dillard of Texas. Dillard, who is the leader of the nation’s largest veterans service organization, toured the Shore Boro Post which is
one of the oldest Legion posts in Ocean County. He met with Post 351 Commander Rich Angioletti, former commander Bill Kevish and other members of the Post Borough Mayor Anthony Vaz was among the Legion members present for the morning visit which in-
cluded State Commander Daniel Dunn and National Executive Committeeman Berley Hanna Jr. Dillard noted at the gathering, “our biggest problem is membership, we have approximately160,000 in 2021 who did not renew. We have to do
New Warehouse Approved
By Bob Vosseller JACKSON – The Jackson Planning Board approved a plan to build a new warehouse on Herman Road. Planning Board Chairman Robert Hudak, Vice Chairman Len Haring and board members Joseph Riccardi, Timothy Dolan, Noah Canderozzi, Jeffrey Riker, Martin Flemming and Campbell voted in the affirmative while Jackson Business Administrator Terence Wall, who sits on the board,
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