Vol. 20 - No. 4
In This Week’s Edition
THE JACKSON
FOR BREAKING NEWS
TIMES
JERSEYSHOREONLINE.COM | June 22, 2019
Your FREE Weekly Hometown Newspaper For Jackson, New Egypt and Plumsted
Government
Jackson General Commands Army Reserve Division
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Community News! Don’t miss what’s happening in your town.
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Dr. Izzy’s Sound News
Buying A Hearing Aid Is So Confusing
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Dear Pharmacist
Hormone Strategies For Fatigue And Menopause
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Inside The Law Page 17.
Business Directory Page 18.
Fun Page Page 20.
Classifieds Page 21.
Horoscope Page 23.
—Photo provided by the U.S. Army Reserve Members of the U.S. Army Reserve 99th Readiness Division are seen in action and during training exercises. By Bob Vosseller JACKSON – The Army celebrated its 244th birthday on June 14 and township resident Major General Mark W. Palzer noted that anniversary in his new role as Commanding General
of the 99th Readiness Division. Palzer’s command provides base operations support to all Army Reserve Soldiers, units, facilities and equipment for the entire Northeast Region of the Army Re-
serve. The general works out of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. Base operations include personnel administration, finance, facilities management, logistics management, maintenance, public affairs and
legal support. Originally from Huntington Station, New York, Major General Palzer and his wife Donna moved to Jackson with their three children Stephanie, Daniel, and (Army - See Page 4)
Jackson Launches “Operation Blue Angel”
By Jennifer Peacock JACKSON – Township residents ages 60 and older may qualify to be part of the police department’s new Operation Blue Angel program. The program allows police and other emergency personnel to quickly access the homes of residents who are unable to answer their door without the need to damage property to force entry. Participating residents will receive a lock-
box - much like the ones used by real estate agents - that will hold a house key. The lockbox code will be accessible only to Jackson Township Police telecommunications officers, who will provide the code to emergency personnel dispatched to homes. Not even residents will have access to the lockbox code. Residents who move or decide to drop out of the program may return the lockbox to
Students Surprise Teacher With “Hamilton” Tickets By Jennifer Peacock NEW EGYPT – So it appears no one has actually run the numbers, but the Google search “Are you more likely to win the lottery or win ‘Hamilton’ tickets” has 16.8 million hits. Even that stat is illegitimate, and the first few hits discuss how to win the “Hamilton” lottery. New Egypt High School history teacher Thomas Corby has entered the “Hamilton” ticket lottery every day for 4 years. And he’s lost, every day, for 4 years. Ticket prices fluctuate daily, depending on availability and demand, according to Ticketmaster. Just before 3 p.m. June 14, tickets to the Broadway show at Richard Rodgers Theatre were selling for $271+ each in the rear mezzanine and $660+ for orchestra seats in row M, outside Austin Scott’s spittle zone. “I would get an alert on my phone during class saying, ‘Sorry you didn’t win, it’s only a matter of time,’ and it just became an inside joke amongst the kids in myself; multiple sets of kids in multiple years too,” Corby told The Jackson Times via email June 13. Corby is just finishing up his 19th year in New Egypt. He teaches AP US History, AP Government, USII Honors, United States Military History, America’s Pastime. His interest in seeing “Hamilton” is rooted more in his appreciation for Lin-Manuel Miranda, who wrote and starred in the musical, than the founding father. Corby has wanted to see the musical “since I saw the video of Lin-Manuel playing for Obama. It gripped me how different it was, the same way I try to reach kids in the classroom was the way he was doing it on stage. I showed my students the clip and watched for their reactions and it got them too. I knew that this was special.” He continued: “I was focused mostly on the show more than the person until you [The Jackson Times] asked that, but ‘Hamilton’ is a very interesting figure in history and I think Lin-Manuel saw that. He is someone that never held an office that casual observers would know, but his influence over Washington in the army and the creation of the government was greater than most people would imagine. Especially with the Bank...sorry, started
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