2020-05-02 - The Jackson Times

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The JACKSON Times Vol. 20 - No. 49

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Veteran Leads Daily Chorus Of “God Bless America”

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─Photo by Judy Smestad-Nunn John J. Mirabella has been organizing daily patriotic singing in his community. By Judy Smestad-Nunn LAK EWOOD - A patriotic Army veteran has a plan to bring his neighbors together and to see each other once a day in their adult community during this period of quarantine by coming out of their homes ever y day at 5:30 p.m. and singing “God Bless America.”

John J. Mirabella, 75, spent 313 days in Vietnam in 1966-1967 after being drafted. He lived in Essex and Sussex counties before moving to Four Seasons in Lakewood 13 years ago. He said that he plans on singing the song until the coronavirus ends.

Mirabella got the message out via email, social media, and a robo-call made to the residents through their management office for his “United We Sing” idea, and pockets of up to a dozen residents in his community can be seen outside singing the song every evening. “A lot of people here

live alone, and this helps them because they can see and talk to each other while maintaining a distance,” Mirabella said. He said he also sings “God Bless America” to his flag in the mornings when he wakes up. “I like to sing, but people don’t like to (Vet - See Page 2)

Text System Will Help Struggling Families Find Food

By Bob Vosseller NEPTUNE - Noting the greater demand placed upon food banks, some of which have had to close due to the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic, Fullf ill, formerly the FoodBank of M o n m o u t h a n d Ocean Counties announced details of a

new “FindFood” text system to help struggling families with their needs. Fulfill President and CEO Kim Guadagno outlined the new system to help connect the growing number of st r ug gl i ng ch i ld ren, families, and seniors to the services they need du r i ng a

press conference held on Zoom on the morning of April 20. She said the new tool was the first of its kind in the tri-state. The “FindFood” text system will help child ren, families, and seniors access food d u r i ng t he c u r r e nt COVID-19 crisis and beyond. It will iden-

tify the three nearest food pantries to the person when he or she texts “findfood” (no space) in English or “comida” in Spanish to 888-918-2729. Texters will be prompted to give their zip code and will receive responses in their chosen language. “Every single restau-

rant and hospitality facility in the state has been closed. The nu mbe r one i ndu st r y in Mon mouth a nd O c e a n C ou nt y is t he Jer sey shore and the Jersey shore is closed and most of t he rest au r a nt s a re closed so the need has in the last 35 days has (Food - See Page 10)

May 2, 2020

Jackson Parke North Denial Overturned

By Bob Vosseller JACKSON – Township Planning Board members met and agreed to a judge’s order to reverse its decision from last fall, that denied the Jackson Park North application. During an April 20 Planning Board meeting, members agreed to vacate its decision after discussing the matter in executive session. Residents Want A Voice Residents feeling that they wanted their voice to be heard during the proceeding demonstrated with a gathering at the township municipal complex parking lot in an act they described as civil resistance. The residents were parked one vehicle and one driver (because of social distancing) as a reminder to planning board members and their professional staff that they were unhappy with the virtual meeting even taking place. Resident Kathy Giancola said that citizens who would be impacted by the application site had e-mailed the board’s attorneys and members about their position regarding a reversal of their decision last fall. “We sent an e-mail campaign to the Planning Board. We can’t attend the meeting and to have (Parke - See Page 6)

Jackson Council Adopts 2020 Budget

By Bob Vosseller JACKSON - Township Officials adopted their $47.5 million general fund budget that will raise taxes on the average home by $21. Township Business Administrator Terence Wall said “Jackson is in a fantastic place financially.” The budget calls for a tax levy increase of 1.95% and $33.6 million to be raised by property taxes. Residential and commercial property owners in the township will pay a total of $645,086 more in municipal taxes in 2020 than they did in 2019. The municipal tax rate has been projected for 2020 to be 49.2 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. The average home is assessed at $328,520 and the owner of that home will pay about $1,617 (Budget - See Page 7)

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