The JACKSON Times Vol. 18 - No. 26
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─Photo By Bob Vosseller (Above) Jackson Township’s Christmas tree is brightly lit and helped bring in the yuletide season in the community. (Right) Santa Claus prepares to hear the wish list of Jackson Township children during the annual Christmas Tree Lighting held on the grounds of Town Hall recently. He was joined by Township Elf Danielle Schena of the Jackson Recreation Department. By Bob Vosseller Town Hall. Liberty High School JACKSON – Sophia The occasion was Chorus. Roberts is 6 years old the township’s annual The Jackson Council and her bright smile tree lighting ceremony was present to take part and excitement was that drew a large crowd and enjoy the holiday more than a little ap- during a recent Satur- event as well along with parent as she posed for day night and included members of the Townphotos in front of the some festive tunes by ship Recreation DeChristmas display at members of the Jackson partment who provided
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candy, cookies and hot chocolate. Last year, the event introduced a rather large light switch made by members of the Jackson Department of Public Works. This year that (Tree - See Page 6)
Colleagues Thank Commissioner Little During His Last Meeting By Stephanie Faughnan OCEA N COU NTY - News that Ocean County Commissioner Gerry Little’s last meeting would be December 1st caught even his colleagues by surprise. “We only learned Gerry wouldn’t be coming back the day of the meeting,” shared Gary Quinn, Director of the Ocean
County Board of Commissioners. “We planned to do something special for him at our final meeting of the year.” Little announced his decision to forego seeking reelection earlier this year. His replacement, Bobbi Jo Crea, takes office in January. Both are Republicans from southern Ocean County. As the Ocean County
Health Department liaison, Little provided regular COVID-19 updates since the disease became both a local and national issue. Immediately after he delivered his early December report, Little made his announcement. “This will be the last meeting I will be attending as your commissioner,” Little said. “It has been my pleasure to work
with all you folks in the audience. I appreciate your support and friendship.” “We will begin traveling next week,” continued Little. “We only have one more meeting this month and will be traveling to visit with our son and his wife.” Word has it that Little’s decision to leave one meeting short of the last
Council Wants Parental Input In Education
By Bob Vosseller JACKSON – The Township Council passed a resolution opposing any state education mandate that would not include parental input. The resolution was presented at a time when Critical Race Theory, which is not currently mandated by the state, has become a controversial subject throughout the nation. The subject has come up at Jackson School Board meetings. Councilman Alex Sauickie read a portion of the resolution and urged residents to read it in its entirety so they could better understand the reasoning behind why the council supports Resolution 407-R21.
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reflected his dislike for fanfare. The outgoing commissioner’s reputation appears premised on his strong faith, sense of family, and humility. His years of public service speak of a man dedicated to the greater good – who did not expect or enjoy recognition. Little’s appointment to the then-Freeholder Board
Parents Speak Out On Rules, Facilities
By Bob Vosseller JACKSON – Parents spoke out on matters of school district facility improvements, lessening paperwork for teachers and called for the establishment of citizen advisory councils during a recent Board of Education meeting. Resident Maria Froio asked the Board if any of them had done a recent tour of any of the 10 school buildings in the school district. She noted particular concerns regarding the outside of school buildings. “I would welcome the Board of Ed to visit in person and participate in a tour of the grounds of our schools,” she suggested. Froio said her concerns extended to Jackson Memorial High School where the night’s BOE meeting was held. “Before any money is spent, for example parking lots have pot holes, the tennis court and the track field - some of those things are pretty much unusable in the condition they are in right now.” “Switlik (School) still has trailers and I haven’t really seen any money being spent for improving hand washing, specifically in the bathrooms or the hand drying systems. We
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