Vol. 15 - No. 44
In This Week’s Edition
THE JACKSON
TIMES
jerseyshoreonline.com | March 31, 2018
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Community News!
County To Preserve Jackson, Plumsted Land
Don’t miss what’s happening in your town.
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Government Page 6.
Dr. Izzy’s Sound News Treatment Of Dizzy Patients
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Dear Pharmacist The Connection Between Chronic Fatigue Syndrome And Thyroid
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Dear Joel Wife Won’t Stop Buying Clothes
–Photo courtesy Ocean County
The land in Plumsted will likely be preserved for open space.
Inside The Law Page 17.
Business Directory
–Photo by Bob Vosseller The Board of Education presented a tentative budget at a recent meeting.
Classifieds Page 18.
Fun Page Page 22.
Wolfgang Puck
Fresh Take: Celebrate The Arrival Of Spring With A New Look At Asparagus
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By Bob Vosseller JACKSON – Taxpayers may see an increase in this year’s school board budget which was introduced during a March 20 board of education meeting. The spending plan required some scale back on improvement projects that had been looked at last month. Few turned out for the meeting, which
Jackson MUA Clarifies Staff Residency Issue
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Horoscope
(Land - See Page 5)
BOE Introduces Tentative School Budget
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“ONE RING” Wireless Phone Scam
By Jennifer Peacock OCEAN COUNTY – Ocean County may be adding more land through its natural lands trust fund. The Ocean County Freeholders approved the purchase of two properties—one in Jackson, the other in Plumsted—at its March 21 regular meeting. The townships need to support those respective acquisitions prior to the county closing on the properties. The county plans to purchase 71.31 acres in Jackson. The property has frontage along Wilson Avenue in the township. It’s adjacent to the 1,172-acre Roanoke and Makor tract the county acquired in 2012 and the New Jersey Department of
–Photo by Bob Vosseller Documents were shared to determine the residency of the Municipal Utilities Authority treasurer.
By Bob Vosseller JACKSON – In an age of faux news and social media posts that are fast and furious and are often untrue, one resident came to the March 13 meeting of the Jackson Council to seek out the truth. During the public portion of that meeting, resident John Maneri brought up a concern that he said was circulating around social media circles and wasn’t sure how accurate
had been postponed from earlier in the month, amid the wintery mix that marked the first day of spring. No one present from the public spoke about the spending plan at the meeting. The tentative budget will support the district’s curriculum and safety projects, but limits investments in other areas in (Budget - See Page 2)
Kids Can Vape Drugs, And Schools Have To Change Policies By Kimberly Bosco and Chris Lundy MANAHAWKIN – Despite advertising, e-cigarettes often contain more than just flavored water. With the increasing popularity of vapes among the younger generation, schools have begun to adopt no-vaping policies that align with no-smoking policies on campus. Additionally, they
have had to address the fact that many students are using e-cigarettes to smoke marijuana derivatives. A study published in 2015 by the World Health Organization showed that many e-cigarettes contained nicotine even if they claimed they didn’t. Studies found other things in them, such as metals, microscopic (Vape - See Page 2)
(MUA - See Page 5)
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