The JACKSON Times Vol. 21 - No. 26
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─Photo by Bob Vosseller This home on 71 East Connecticut Concourse was the subject of a resident’s complaint during a recent Jackson Township Council meeting citing it as a place for religious services causing noise and traffic issues in a residential area and that its use as a “prayer house” would run contrary to township code. By Bob Vosseller JACKSON – A township resident shared her fr ustration over what she described as a “prayer house” in her neighborhood that has caused noise and traffic issues. During a recent council meeting, Car r ie Smith, a resident of East Connecticut Concourse came before the
gover ning body “to talk about how my life has been turned upside down because of the presence of a prayer house that is next door to me.” She noted “it was so loud with them singing and banging and jumping and ever ything, I thought they would come through my dining room wall.
T h i s f r om i nd o or s in my house. I can’t spend time outside. We have lit tle k ids walking up onto my property.” “Cars are out of control and this is what it looks like every single day,” she said, handing photog r aphs to t he council. “As far as the eye can see is cars. We can’t plan to have
parties because there is no place to park. “My life has been turned in a 360. I’ve contacted Mr. (Terence) Wall (the township business administrator). I’ve contacted zoning because they are doing all kinds of construction in there that I know is just removing it further from (Prayer - See Page 2)
Warm Weather Sets Record High
By Alyssa Riccardi NEW JERSEY – At the beginning of November, many towns across the state enjoyed some not-so much fal l weat he r. Sweater weather was nowhere to be seen as the state had a consecutive six days in a row of warm weather reaching 70 degrees
or higher. This odd war m weather in the month of November has set records, with this weather being unusual du r i ng this time for the state of New Jersey. Rutgers University - New Brunsw ick Cli matolog ist David A. Robinson d iscussed how t h is
weather is uncommon for the state. “ Te m p e r a t u r e s a rou nd ma ny pa r t s of the state were 70 degrees or higher. Six consecutive days in November with temperatures above 70, and mind you temperat u res this time of the year should be in the mid to upper
50s,” Robinson stated. “Fou r d ays of consecutive record highs are also unusual, it’s extremely unusual for a weather station with 110 years of records.” Robinson, who is a New Jersey State Climatologist and a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Geography in the
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School of A r ts and Sciences, further explained why New Jersey has been having contrasting weather this year. “We’ve had a very active weather pattern across the United States for the last month and sometimes the system gets into (Warm - See Page 8)
By Bob Vosseller JACKSON – Township officials discussed an ordinance that will hopefully prevent injuries and even deaths in the future. “Ordinance 21-20 prohibits parking, stopping and standing along the outside curb of an unlit street from one of our town communities. There have been 173 motor vehicle crashes in Jackson last month alone,” Council Vice President Andrew Kern said during a recent council meeting. Kern added, “over the years we can all remember many horrific pedestrian accidents including one right outside this building. We vote for this ordinance tonight to make that area safer for our residents and the drivers who use our roads.” “Most of the roads of our rural town are not designed to accommodate on street (Curb - See Page 4)
County Workers Having COVID Leads To Questions About Election Safety
By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – More than a dozen county workers tested positive for COVID-19, and officials said that the safety of the employees have been the utmost priority. Patch.com reported that a person working for the Board of Elections tested positive. More than 250 county employees sought testing. From that, 16 of them tested positive. However, there is not necessarily a direct link from these 16 to the initial person who tested positive. Ocean County Administrator Carl Block told The Patch that the 16 people were from (Safety - See Page 8)
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