The JACKSON Times Vol. 19 - No. 14
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-Photo By Jennifer Peacock for the Assembly Republican Office Alex Sauickie at left, stands with his family, including his wife, Maggie and son, Alex, and the late 12th District Assemblyman Ron Dancer’s wife, Brenda, as Assembly Republican Leader John DiMaio swears him in from the floor of the Assembly chamber and Speaker Craig Coughlin watches from the dais. By Bob Vosseller JACKSON – Family, friends and some of his former Jackson Council colleagues watched as Alex Sauickie took the oath of office in the
Trenton Statehouse as the newest member of the State Assembly. The 12th District Assemblyman was chosen to fill the seat of Assemblyman Ron Danc-
er who died on July 23 and served as an assemblyman for over two decades. Dancer also served as mayor of Plumsted Township for 20 years.
With his wife Maggie at his side, their 22-month-old daughter, Emma and his son, Alex, Sauickie took the oath office. Dancer’s
September 24, 2022
Districts Receive Preschool Expansion Aid By Bob Vosseller OCEAN COUNTY – Manchester, Plumsted and Eagleswood are three of the 27 school districts that will receive preschool expansion aid to expand access to high-quality preschool programs. Governor Phil Murphy and the Department of Education recently announced that more than $26 million was allotted in the 2022-2023 school year. The funding was allocated in the FY2023 Budget and ensures that nearly 2,150 additional three- and four-year-old children will have access to a preschool classroom
by increasing New Jersey’s preschool seats to nearly 70,000. Locally, only three Ocean County districts received aid. They are: Eagleswood - $527,448 Manchester - $3,076,056 Plumsted - $700,648 “We know that providing children with access to preschool programs creates short and long term educational and economic benefits for families,” Murphy said. “When we invest in preschool education, we also invest in our youth and in the future success of the State of New Jersey for (Preschool - See Page 8)
The Past Revisited At Ocean County History Day
(Council - See Page 4)
Base Expands Solar, Energy Saving Projects
By Bob Vosseller LAKEHURST – The Joint Base (JBMDL) and the firm Ameresco recently announced a new partnership to complete a $140 million infrastructure and energy resilience project. As part of the federal government’s Climate Smart Building Initiative, Ameresco will install a
solar facility, a battery energy storage system, microgrid controls and 90,000 smart LED light fixture retrofits. This project is one of Ameresco’s largest federal solar projects and the overall renewable solutions will ensure that the military base will have uninterrupted access to power to maintain critical
operations and generate more than $4.7 million in annual energy savings. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Energy executed a comprehensive $92 million second phase designed to add more onsite solar power, energy efficiency measures, and infrastructure upgrades to an initial $48 million task order issued
in 2021 for on-site solar generation. The project will both support JBMDL’s goals to enhance their mission through energy assurance and advance the Climate Smart Building Initiative. This is a federal government program, announced earlier this month, focused on leveraging energy per-
formance contracting to achieve emission reduction and accelerate the clean energy transition. Ameresco has served as an energy services provider to JBMDL for more than 10 years, completing an initial ESPC project at the base in 2012 and supporting operations and maintenance (O&M) (Solar - See Page 8)
─Photo by Stephanie Faughnan The Ocean County Historical Society maintains the home of Elizabeth Sculthorp Force as a cultural time capsule. By Stephanie Faughnan TOMS RIVER - It should be no surprise that a great deal can
be learned from locals who enjoy studying the history of Ocean County and its lore. (History - See Page 5)
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