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Two Jackson Teens Die in Manchester Crash

Tom Mongelli — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 23:36:00 +0000

Two teenagers from Jackson died instantly in a Sunday evening collision in Manchester between their car and a pickup truck on a county highway just outside an entrance to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. Police say that neither Brandon Simms, 18, nor a 17-year-old were wearing restraints when their Mitsubishi Eclipse careened across the double yellow line [...]

Jackson Schools Take Step Toward Bus Advertising

Jason Allentoff — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:14:58 +0000

Jackson Township may be among the first districts to allow advertising on school buses.Â The Board Of Education gave preliminary approval to the move last night which could raise about $50,000 in revenue according to the Asbury Park Press. The policy, if given final approval, would require 50 percent of funds raised to go towards [...]

Jackson Memorial Jaguar Marching Band Marches In Inaugural Parade [VIDEO]

Dan Alexander — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:34:21 +0000

Members of the Jackson Memorial Jaguar Marching Band will be bleary eyed but back in class today a day after performing in President Obama’s inaugural parade in Washington D.C.[button href="http://nj1015.com/tags/2013-presidential-inauguration/" title="COMPLETE COVERAGE: Presidential Inauguration" align="center"] Band Director Bud McCormick said it was an “exciting” day for the band and everything went “really well” for the [...]

Jackson School Bus Crash Probed

Tom Mongelli — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:08:26 +0000

Jackson students headed home on a township school bus are shaken but unhurt after a crash involving a sport-utility vehicle this afternoon. A source inside the district tells us that it happened just before 3 PM on Diamond Road. Neither the students nor the bus driver were hurt, but that the SUV driver sustained serious [...]

Supporting the Family of Teens Killed in Tragic Jackson Crash – What Can We Do?

Matt Ryan — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:16:18 +0000

On Tuesday night, 17-year-old Jaime Nicholson and her 15-year-old sister, Francesca Nicholson, died in a car crash on South Hope Chapel Road in Jackson. The two girls were proud members of the Jackson Memorial Jaguar Band. They were on their way to band practice on a rainy Tuesday when their car veered over the center [...]

Jackson School District Coping With Loss of Nicholson Sisters [AUDIO]

Ilya Hemlin — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:06:14 +0000

With the death of two of it’s students, Jackson School District now is tasked with helping its students cope with the tragic loss. After the Tuesday evening deaths of sisters Jaime Nicholson, 17, a senior at the Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science (MATES) in the Manahawkin section of Stafford and Francesca Nicholson, 15, [...]

Police Seek Help Locating Wanted Jackson Man

Matt Ryan — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:43:34 +0000

The Jackson Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Travis Kurtz, age 34. From a press release from The Jackson Police Department: Mr. Kurtz’s last known address was in Jackson but he is known to frequent Jackson, Plumsted and North Hanover. He is a suspect in dozens of Burglaries and also has outstanding [...]

Six Flags Great Adventure Makes Major Change to Safari

Laurie Cataldo — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:13:49 +0000

Well...good thing we put it on the bucket list, because you only have about a month to do it.

It's the end of an era as a major change is made at Six Flags in Jackson, eradicating one of the coolest things to do at the Jersey Shore.