The JACKSON Times Vol. 22 - No. 3
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Local Athletes Win Gold Medals At Special Olympics
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Inside The Law Pages 21
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Photo courtesy Paula Roberton Jackson Township athletes Steven Robertson, 23, and Kevin Sullivan-Stovall, 18, recently competed in this year’s Special Olympics. By Bob Vosseller JACKSON - Township residents Steven Robertson, 23, and Kevin Sullivan-Stovall, 18, recently won medals during the Special Olympics 2025 summer games. They were former school mates and now are bocce partners who took home gold medals at the Olympic event held at the College of New Jersey.
Both competed in bocce at TCNJ as Special Olympics team partners. Their team “This Is How We Roll” and thanks to their win they qualified to be part of Team New Jersey for the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games. That event is scheduled to be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota June 20-26, 2026. Tryouts for Team
Senior Center Upgrades Discussed
By Bob Vosseller JACKSON – Improvements at the township Senior Center on Don Connor Boulevard were discussed during a recent Township Council meeting. Council President Jennifer Kuhn said the work being conducted there would be funded by a Community Development Block Grant. The work primarily involves accessibility enhancements for people with disabilities. Township Engineer Charles Cunliffe explained the $204,000 construction project was being performed by Magic Touch
(Sepcial Olympics - See Page 4)
Landlord Registration, Traffic Ordinances Introduced By Bob Vosseller JACKSON – The Township Council introduced ordinances about traffic and landlord registration during a recent meeting. Council President Jennifer Kuhn read portions of both ordinances. The first was Ordinance 2025-24 Entitled “Vehicles and Traffic” and Ordinance 2025-25 focused on Landlord Registration and Responsibility. Ordinance 2025-24 prohibits parking, stopping and standing on Pitney Lane West from the southerly curbline of South Cooks Bridge Road to a point 980 feet south thereof. Pitney has been mentioned by members of the public recently as having seen a large increase in traffic. The Landlord Registration ordinance involves inspection of residential rental units and defines the term “landlord” as a person or persons who own or purport to own, or exercise control of, any building or project in which there is rented, or offered for rent, housing space for living or dwelling purposes under either a written or oral lease, provided that this definition shall not include owner-occupied two-unit premises. (Landlord - See Page 5)
Wanted: People To Vet Homeless Programs
Construction and the project “included a work allowance for miscellaneous items. Additional epoxy coating on some of the closets in the lobby.” “There were some structurals that were not anticipated with the doorway to be loadbearing that need to be replaced,” he added. Cunliffe reported to the council, “Once you do demolition, you find things - especially in public buildings - that you necessarily would expect. In the kitchen, in the change order, was the replacement of the drop ceiling (Senior Center - See Page 4)
July 19, 2025
By Chris Lundy OCEAN COUNTY - The Ocean County Homelessness Trust Fund Task Force is seeking people to help review and evaluate proposals from organizations that are applying for support. Interested people must be 18 or older and living in Ocean County. The county especially wants to hear from people who have been homeless or close to it, or if they have loved ones who were homeless. Advocates had pressured county officials
for years to create a Homelessness Trust Fund like most other counties in New Jersey. Last year, it went into effect. The county started collecting a $5 fee on certain documents filed in the County Clerk’s office. By law, these funds must be used to support programs that assist people who are homeless or at risk, with a focus on finding permanent affordable housing. A task force was formed by the County Board of Commissioners to oversee how (Programs - See Page 5)
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