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 [...]
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 [...]
In 2011, the Jackson Memorial Lacrosse team did something no other high school from Ocean County has ever done. They made it to the Shore Conference Tournament lacrosse finals. They faced off against Rumson Fair Haven who had reached and lost the SCT finals three consecutive years prior. Rumson would go on [...]
On May 9th, the students in Ms. Hopko and Mr. Kasyan’s Environmental Science class at Jackson Liberty High School participated in a county wide effort to clean up the watersheds in Ocean County. The 46 student team was led by Ms. Hopko and Mr. Kasyan, plus Tom Stevens ,an employee of the Department of Protection, [...]
On Thursday, May 11th, culinary students from the Jackson School District’s High School Family and Consumer Science program participated in the district’s first annual Iron Chef competition. The competition was a face off between students from Memorial and Liberty high schools. The program, which was organized by Heather Novak, an assistant principal at Jackson [...]
Monday, May 28, 2012 at 10 a.m., the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post #4703 of Jackson will host their Annual Memorial Day Parade and Memorial Services, sponsored by the Jackson Township Policemen’s Benevolent Association Local #168. It is with great pleasure that we extend to you and your organization a cordial invitation to participate with [...]
Jackson Liberty won the first ever Iron Chef food competition today. Check out our photo gallery by joining our facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/groups/111406978900671/. We’ll have a full story here shortly!
Members of New Jersey Task Force One (NJTF-1), the NJ Office of Emergency Management’s Technical Search and Rescue Team, is conducting a three-day exercise in the Ocean County area. New Jersey Task Force One provides advanced all-hazard search and rescue capabilities to victims trapped or entombed in structurally collapsed buildings. “For fifteen years, New [...]
For the month of May, the Ocean County Library’s Jackson Branch will be showcasing 21 pieces of art by a Switlik Elementary School First Grader, Emma Kaltholf. Each month the Jackson branch of the library system allows local residents to showcase their collections, artwork and other items they wish to share with the community. [...]
The Jackson Jaguars Pee Wee football team defeated Howell 30-6 on Sunday in the first ever Jersey Shore AYF spring football championships. Howell’s team was a hybrid of players from Howell, Long Branch and Asbury Park. After coming up as a club empty handed in the fall season, the Jaguars have won their [...]
Goetz Students Join Teachers in Wearing Black to Protest Against BOE Contract Negotiations Teachers perform an abundant of unnecessary chores for their students in this day and age. Likewise, with a tight budget, teachers contribute money out of their own pocket to ensure their classrooms have everything their students need. What most parents and [...]
(view a gallery of photos of John Pangborn on Photobucket!) High Jumper John Pangborn commits to University of Rhode Island John Pangborn is a senior at Jackson Liberty High School, co-captain of the Lions Track & Field team, and a veteran high jumper. Last week he fully committed to a NCAA Division I college, University of Rhode [...]
Photo: Students from the Jackson Memorial Band ”Slam Dunk the Junk” in Jackson Township. If you wish to have your group photo here or featured in the next issue of JTOWN, send it to news@jacksonnjonline.com along with information about your group. On Saturday, April 21st. over 500 participants belonging to 42 non-profit Jackson Township [...]
Last season, the Jackson Liberty Lions stunned the Jackson Memorial Jaguars at First Energy Park when they defeated their crosstown rivals for the first time in school history. This year, the Jags were intent on not letting history repeat itself. In the bottom of the first inning, Memorial starting pitcher, Brian Kenny started things [...]
By Justin Farrell First Energy Park in Lakewood, NJ– Liberty 10 Memorial 15 Complete with a much larger than expected crowd, Liberty and Memorial squared off in their annual rivalry baseball game at Blueclwas Stadium. The Lions started off strong, taking a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. The Lions soon found [...]
Ryan Godown of Ringoes, NJ won his first feature in almost 5 years at New Egypt Speedway Saturday night winning the 30 lap main event on Little League night sponsored by Ocean Medical. Godown was locked in a side by side battle with Billy Pauch on lap 20 when Pauch’s mount suddenly stopped with a [...]
Photos by Rich Demcyzszyn, On the Spot Graphics/JTOWN Magazine
After taking an early 1-0 lead against St. John Vianney, the Lions ended up losing a 4-4 tie game in double overtime 5-4, their second double overtime loss of the season. The Lions are now 2-9 on the season.
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