The Tiger Scouts of Pack 104 turned the tables on JTown today and became the reporters grilling correspondent Matt Genovese. The Tiger scouts asked a lot of questions about journalism and communications. Some of the things that the scouts were interested in were what does it take to become reporter. Also what schooling is needed [...]
Jackson Memorial is the team to beat this year in the Shore Conference Tournament. The Jags are seeded #1 in the tournament and will have a bye in today’s round 1 action. Tomorrow, the Jags will play Brick Memorial at First Energy Park in Lakewood in the championship final of the Ocean County Tournament. [...]
Whether you swim, fish, kayak, clam, sail or ice boat on the Barnegat Bay, there is never a better time to celebrate this unique and wonderful natural resource of New Jersey than at the Barnegat Bay Festival. Join us as we celebrate the Bay! Look back at its Past splendor, enjoy its Present contributions, and [...]
Do you check this website frequently to check out what’s going on in and around Jackson? As Jackson’s only source of daily news and information, JTOWN Magazine receives over 6,000 visitors each day, but you are only seeing half of the story. Each day, hundreds of residents in Jackson, discuss local topics, share stories and [...]
Come join the Jackson Branch of the Ocean County Library for an interesting lecture on the lives of New Jersey’s African-American Union Civil War Soldiers. This lecture will be presented by local author and Assistant Curator of the National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey; Mr. Joseph G. Bilby. Mr. Bilby has both his BA [...]
Jackson Memorial clinched a tie for the Class A South title on Monday when they defeated Brick Memorial 3-0 in Brick. Anthony Rocco got the start for Jackson and threw 6 plus shutout innings. Brian Johnston, Ed Guippone and Brian Kenny each drove in a run in the Jags’ win. Toms River [...]
Bipartisan legislation sponsored by Assemblyman Ron Dancer, R-Ocean, Burlington, Mercer and Middlesex and Assemblywoman Connie Wagner, D-Bergen and Passaic, banning the sale or slaughter of horse meat for human consumption was approved today by the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee. The measure, A-2023, comes after a federal ban was lifted last fall that reverses a [...]
Legislation sponsored by Senate President Steve Sweeney that would save taxpayer dollars by weeding out fraud in the pension disability fund system cleared the Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee today. “Every cent of taxpayers’ money should be held accountable. That’s just common sense. And with hard working people in this state [...]
Legislation sponsored by Senate President Steve Sweeney that would help insulate property taxpayers from efforts by local officials to make end runs around the state’s 2 percent cap cleared the Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee today. “For some services, the term ‘user fee’ is just a clever way to avoid actually [...]
As a result of voting conducted online by volunteer District Administrators around the world, the Little League International Board of Directors on Saturday approved a measure to create a new division of Little League Baseball. The vote took place at the annual Spring Meeting, held at the Little League Western Region Headquarters in San Bernardino, [...]
Senator Michael Doherty (R-23) has introduced legislation that would ban municipalities from using camera systems which detect violations of traffic control signals and automate the process of issuing tickets to drivers. “Although red light cameras were sold to the public as a way to make dangerous intersections safer, it’s become clear that municipalities are primarily [...]
On Friday May 11, 2012 at approximately 1:30 pm, officers responded to a residence in the 500 block of East Veterans Highway for an activated burglar alarm. Upon arrival at the residence, broken glass and a partially opened door were discovered. A passerby advised officers that she had seen a white male, approximately 5’6″ tall [...]
How did you spend Mother’s Day in Jackson? While most Jackson moms probably would never think of spending their day at Great Adventure, since many locals go there so often during the season, pop diva Mariah Carey and hubby Nic Cannon got their Mother’s Day thrills on at the park. The pair, who are [...]
423 participants from 37 teams raised $31,016 this weekend at the 2nd annual Relay for Life held at Jackson Liberty High School. Photo by Patty Hewitt, team Daisy Chain for the Cure. Want your Relay for Life team photo in the next JTOWN Magazine? Email it, along with a short paragraph about why [...]
Today, Jackson Memorial will play Brick Memorial in baseball. A win for the Jaguars will secure a tie Class A South championship title. If the Jaguars win and Toms River South loses their game to Southern Regional, they will be the outright Class A South champions. If both teams lose, they will in a [...]
A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 772 conducts slingload operations with Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., May 10. Both units were preparing for a Marine airpower demonstration at the 2012 JB MDL Open House and & Air Show, scheduled for May 12 [...]
by Ryan Throneberry Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst opened its doors to the public for the first day of a two-day open house and air show here May 12. Approximately 120,000 people crowded onto the base’s airfield to witness aerial stunts and ground displays including demonstrations by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds F-16 Fighting Falcons and the [...]
Alex Daniele pitched 5 innings up shutout baseball against the Toms River North Mariners, just one day after the Mariners eliminated Jackson Liberty and exactly one year after the death of teammate James Volpe one year ago. Memorial scored 4 runs in the bottom of the first inning on three walks and a hit batter [...]
The Lions’ hopes of an Ocean County Tournament title came to a disappointing end with a tough 3-2 loss to the Mariners. John Holland pitched valiantly in defeat, going 6.2 innings, striking out 4, scattering 8 hits and walking only 1. Toms River North with strike first in the top of the 3rd inning when [...]
On Friday, all eyes were on Barnegat High School pitcher Mark McCoy as the Bengals came to Jackson Memorial High School to play the Jaguars in the Ocean County Tournament quarterfinals. That’s because McCoy brought a lot of new visitors to Jackson, Major League Baseball scouts from several different teams. They all came to see [...]
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