JTOWN Magazine - October/Fall 2013

JTOWN Magazine | October, 2013

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Over 500 residents from Jackson and Lakewood were present at Wednesday night’s zoning board meeting where opening testimo-ny was given regarding a variance application for the construction of a new 400 student private high school. The school is being pro-posed in a residential zone on Cross Street, near the intersection of East Veterans Highway.

Ray Shea, attorney for the appli-cant, Rabbi Ephraim Birnbaum who operates Oros Bais Yaakov High School, along with Ian Bor-den of Professional Design Ser-vices presented their case to the planning board stating on nu-merous occasions that the school would be beneficial to the commu-nity.

While Shea said early in the meeting he had hoped for a pre-liminary and final approval, he received neither from the board, instead, the board adjourned the meeting after a three hour hearing that also included an hour of pub-lic comments.

Shea and Borden presented the construction of the school to the board as a benefit to the communi-ty that would educate 400 students at the Orthodox Jewish all girls school.

If approved, the building would be a two story brick structure that is 75 feet wide and 200 feet in length with recreational facilities in the rear including a swimming pool and basketball court.

Today, the property is a faded snapshot of Jackson’s past. Dilapi-dated chicken coops are surround-ed by automobile and lawn mow-er parts and a small engine repair garage operated by GS Equipment. A spokesperson for the company said on Thursday that prior to the announcement of the school, the conditions at the site had forced him to begin relocating his busi-ness to a location in the Cassville section of town.

The property is also home to James Curtis. Curtis said he had no idea he would soon be losing his home at the public meeting. On Thursday, he said the site has been neglected by the owner and has become a place for transient

squatters who come and go, some, he claimed, ending up in jail. Cur-tis said the site has been scene to numerous domestic disturbanc-es in the years since he has lived there.

Also at issue at the meeting with residents was their concern over recent news regarding the Lake-wood School District’s financial problems related to the cost of busing private school students un-der a state mandate that requires the student’s home district to foot the cost of the bill. Although only one student attending the school currently resides in Jackson, at a cost of just over $800 to the dis-trict for busing, residents were concerned about the addition of future housing projects that could be built by the Orthodox commu-nity in Jackson.

While Jackson’s School District would not be responsible for any transportation costs for students who reside out of district, they would be responsible, under state law to oversee any future grant funding for the school.

The often contentious delibera-tion between the applicant’s rep-resentatives and the board became apparent in an exchange between board member John Suttles and the applicant.

Borden, testifying on behalf of the applicant, said the school would be a benefit to the community, prompting Suttles to ask, “Which community…define the communi-ty we’re benefiting.”

“I define the community to be the surrounding area,” Borden said. ”We don’t distinguish the commu-nities, the community is the public in general.”

Despite back and force debate about the public versus private school issue and dancing around the subject, Shea finally stated. ”Yes, this is a private school for Orthodox Jewish girls…we aren’t hiding that.” His response was met with jeers from the audience.

At several points during the meeting, board Chairman Steve Costanzo reminded the audi-ence to remain silent after out-bursts and cheers. Five Jackson police officers ringed the meet-

ing room.Other issues with the applica-

tion raised by the audience and the board’s team of profession-als included traffic safety, tax impact, soil studies and future expansion of Cross Street, all prompting the board to post-pone their vote on the applica-tion until the November 20th meeting. All of which the board said, should be in order and addressed at the next meeting prior to any vote on the appli-cation.

One of the underlying con-cerns expressed by the public was their opinion of the state of the Lakewood school district and how the large amount of private schools have negatively impact the public school dis-trict. Others raised concern over the over development of the southern end of Cross Street where several private schools have been built or are in the early stages of construction.

While the board has the de-cision to vote yes or no on the application, the applicant also has the right to pursue legal recourse in the court of law should the board turn down the application, an action Shea has become all too familiar with against this board in years past.

After the meeting Shea and the applicants were provided police escort out of the building.

The meeting is open to the public and will be held at Jack-son Liberty High School.

Jackson Residents Voice Concerns Over Plans ForOrthodox High School

Former Jackson Mayor Running for Freeholder Former Jackson Township

Mayor and Police Commis-sioner Joseph Grisanti is running for office again. Gri-santi is vying for the office of Ocean County Freeholder.

Jackson has been void of representation on the coun-ty board for many years, but Grisanti hopes that Jackson voters come out to support him on election day.

“There’s a lot of things go-ing on at the county level that impact Jackson,” Grisanti said in a recent interview. “I think having a 5-0 majority for over 20 years is not healthy for the county. When a majority rules for that long, they be-come complacent.”

Grisanti also said the cur-rent board is lacking when it comes to tackling issues im-portant to Jackson.

“They continue to ignore the problems of northern Ocean County including Jackson and Lakewood,” he said. “We have a lot of county roads in Jack-son and with the amount of fatalities over the years they should get more attention than they get.”

Mr. Grisanti, a lawyer, is also a former FBI agent and is a prosecutor in several Ocean County municipalities.

November Picks at the LibraryTeen Advisory Board Tues-

days,November 19th, & De-cember 17th, 7 PM. Earn volunteer service hours by helping to plan library pro-grams for teens and children, make book displays, decorate the Jackson library, and oth-er duties as assigned. Grades 7 - 12. Must fill-out a volun-teer application.

Lenape Culture Monday, Nov. 11, 7:00pm. Beverly Friend, of Cherokee Heritage will present a variety of au-thentic artifacts, crafts and clothing to explain Lenape Daily life, beliefs and history and creative expression.

Teen Volunteer Afternoon Friday, November 22, 3pm. Serve your community and earn volunteer hours by helping kids with crafts at the library. Grades 6 - 12.

Afternoon Movie Thurs-day, November 14, 2pm. For Veterans Day we present a film celebrating the glory of the fighting forces. Inspired by Hasbro’s classic naval game, Battleship.

Paper Airplanes Thursday, November 7, 2pm. Grades K - 3. School is out. Come in for National Aviation History Month for a story and craft. Also, we’ll be having a paper airplane throwing competi-tion.


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Jackson Day 2013

Thousands of local residents came out on Sunday to celebrate Jackson Day at Johnson Park on a sunny, hot and humid afternoon.

The annual event is hosted by the Jackson Township Clean Communities, a state sponsored program which receives approxi-mately $100,000 per year in pub-lic funding to host the event and to promote recycling within the community.

Throughout the year, local orga-nizations were assigned portions of township roads to clean up in exchange for 10 x 10 table space

at the event, which was focused around recycling and keeping the community clean.

They day started off perfect as vendors displayed their wares and services as non-profits cooked up delicacies from around the world–from Mexican, Italian, Asian and American classics to hot and hungry guests.

The day started off with a per-formance by the Jackson Memo-rial Jaguar Marching Band and a children’s choir from the town-ship’s summer camp program. Mayor Michael Reina and Clean

Communities Coordinator Pat Wood kicked off the event on the main stage shortly after 11 am.

Rides were provided this year with a $5 admission fee. In past years, rides were free for children who brought recyclables to the event.

Shortly after the opening cere-mony, the New Jersey State Po-lice landed a helicopter on the field for just over an hour for children and visitors to learn about the NJSP’s life saving heli-copter operations.

As the sun got hotter and the

day more humid, firefighters from the Jackson Mills Fire De-partment set up a sprinkler for the children to run through to cool off after active sessions of rock climbing, jousting and other carnival rides and blow up activ-ities.

Despite being cut short by rain, Mayor Michael Reina said he was pleased with the turnout for Jackson Day this year. As the Johnson Park parking lot filled to maximum capacity, the township began shuttling visitors from Jackson Liberty High School.

On Friday October 18, 2013, Jackson Police Officers along with the Ocean County Prosecu-tor’s Office conducted two check-points in the township, starting on Cedar Swamp Road and then later moving to E. Veterans Hwy.. Officers from Jackson, Lacey and Manchester who are trained as Drug Recognition Experts to de-termine the effects of Prescrip-tion and Narcotic drug use were also involved. During the detail, multiple arrests were made. 6:08 PM: Officers stopped a 2004 Infinity on Cedar Swamp Road. Justinas Petkevicius, age 21 of Jackson was arrested and charged with being Under the Influence of a CDS and DWI. Tomas Sink-evicius, age 18 of Jackson was arrested and charged with Poss. of Heroin, Poss. of Hypodermic Syringes and Poss. of Drug Par-aphernlia. 6:10 PM: Officers stopped a 2012 Ford Mustang on Cedar Swamp Road. Matthew Rauscher, age 24 of Bayville was arrested and charged with DWI,

Being Under the Influence of a CDS and Poss. of a CDS. 6:41 PM: Officers impounded a 1994 Honda on Cedar Swamp Road for

being operated with a Suspended Registration.7:26 PM: Officers stopped a 2006 Honda on Ce-dar Swamp Road. Robert Green, age 24 of Brick was arrested and charged with Being Under the Influence of a CDS and DWI. He was processed and released on summons pending a court appearance. 8:11 PM: Officers stopped a 1998 Jeep on Cedar Swamp Road. Ronald Germano, age 34 of Toms River was arrest-ed and charged with Poss. of Mar-ijuana. 8:20 PM: Officers stopped a 2005 Toyota on Cedar Swamp Road. Therese Hartmann, age 46 of Forked River was arrested and charged with Poss. of Heroin and Poss. with the Intent to Distrib-ute. She was also charged with Driving an Uninsured Vehicle and Operating a Motor Vehicle while in the Poss. of a CDS. Bail was set at $20,000.00 and she was lodged in the Ocean County Jail. Edward Thau, age 51 of Delanco was charged with Poss. of Heroin and Poss. with Intent to Distrib-

ute. Bail was set at $35,000.00 and he was lodged in the Ocean County Jail. Officers recovered 150 bags of Heroin and the car was also impounded and is pend-ing forfeiture proceedings. 8:59 PM: Officers stopped a 2013 Kia on Cedar Swamp Road. During the stop, Bienvenid Lopez Jr., age 43 of Jackson was charged with Poss. of Marijuana. He was released on summons pending a court appearance. 9:14 PM: Officers stopped a 2009 BMW on Cedar Swamp Road. Zachery Levine, age 26 of Morganville was charged with Poss. of Marijuana, Poss. of Drug Paraphernalia and Poss. of a CDS while Operating a Motor Vehicle. 10:14PM: Offi-cers stopped a 2000 Buick on E. Veterans Hwy.. Jerry Henderson Jr., age 24 of Seaside Heights was arrested for an outstanding war-rant out of Jackson and for one out of South Toms River. Greg-ory Pelissier, age 24 of Howell was arrested for an outstanding warrant out of Newark. 11:25 PM: Officers stopped a Pontiac Gran Am with out of state li-cense plates. Norman Suggs, age 38 of Toms River was arrested on outstanding warrants out of Burlington and Hamilton. He was turned over to Hamilton Po-lice when he was unable to post bail. 11:48 PM: Officers stopped a 2003 Hyundai on E. Veterans

Hwy.. Megan Brenckman, age 30 of Point Pleasant was arrested and charged with DWI. She was processed and released pending a court appearance. 9:53 PM: Offi-cers stopped a 2004 Chevy on E. Veterans Hwy.. Simcha Labovitz, age 18 of Lakewood was arrested and charged with Underage DWI, Reckless Driving and having an Open Alcoholic Container in a Motor Vehicle. He was processed and released pending a court ap-pearance. 12:31 AM: Officers stopped a 2013 Chevy on Cross Street. Erin Glorioso, age 27 of Jackson was arrested on an out-standing warrant.1:25 AM: Offi-cers stopped a 2004 BMW on E. Veterans Hwy.. Tarik Wilson, age 38 of Brick was arrested and charged with Driving with a Sus-pended License and DWI. He was released on summons pend-ing a court appearance. 6:26 AM: A 2004 Jeep was stopped on Ce-dar Swamp Road. Laura Stans-field, age 50 of Point Pleasant was arrested and charged with DWI. She was processed and released on summons pending a court ap-pearance.

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As the fire on the boardwalk progressed northward and more fire departments from around the region were called in to fight the fire, water supply became an is-sue. As the blaze spread, it became apparent that the water system of Seaside Heights had reached its capacity.

At 2:25 pm, Ocean County dis-patched a joint task force of Jack-son Township fire companies which included equipment and personnel from each of Jackson’s 4 fire districts, including both volun-teers and career firefighters from the Whitesville Fire Company, Cassville Fire Company, Jackson Mills Fire Company and Jackson Station 55.

The task force crossed the Thom-as A. Mathis Bridge over the Bar-negat Bay after a nearly twenty mile drive. The fire was clearly vis-ible, blanketing the barrier island

with billowing black smoke.“We knew we don’t get called to

Seaside on an ordinary basis,” said Whitesville Fire Company Chief Scott Rauch. “We knew were going to work.” Rauch said the last time all four Jackson fire companies were dispatched together for an out of town fire was in 2007 for a 2,500 acre fire at the Warren Grove Gunnery Range in Stafford Town-ship.

Once the task force arrived they were given their assignment by the Ocean County fire coordinators. Their task was to stop the north-wardly advancement of the fire near Lincoln Avenue and Ocean Terrace, to prevent the fire from crossing the 25 foot boardwalk breach created earlier.

Station 57’s ladder truck was de-ployed on Ocean Terrace. “The wa-ter system was greatly taxed, so we laid a pipeline to the bay,” Rauch

said.While the pipeline was being

established, the Cassville engine began drawing water from the Barnegat Bay along with the Tuck-erton Fire Department. Jackson Mills and Station 55 had run over 6,000 feet of hose to bring water from the bay to the boardwalk.

It was nothing new for Jack-son firefighters who are routine-ly tasked with fighting fires city without water as portions of Jack-son Township to date, have no water services and homes utilize wells. It’s a process called drafting where water is pumped from a body of water for use by the appa-ratus’ fighting a fire.

“We draft all the time. It’s very common in Jackson where we have no hydrants,” Rauch said. “A few

days after the fire, we had a resi-dential structure fire where we had to draft from a pond.”

As the Jackson fire companies were establishing the new water source, other companies tried cre-ative measures, including drafting water from swimming pools of nearby motels.

A second drafting point north of the Jackson firefighters was es-tablished by fire companies from Monmouth County, but it was nev-er utilized since the water provid-ed by Jackson and Tuckerton units were suitable to assist firefighters on the boardwalk to eventually contain the fire.

“We had people from all four fire districts and they came together as a team and worked well together.” Rauch said.

How Jackson FirefightersHelped to Save the

Seaside Heights Boardwalk



Jackson’s Boy Scout Pack 204 was on hand at this year’s Fall Forestry Festival at the Forest Resource Education Center. The event was a nature-packed adventure that included hayrides, pumpkin painting, nature exhibits, nature walks and activities for all ages.

Friends and family members of Pack 204 served the thousands of visitors hot lunch all day long at the Fall Forestry Festival.

Jackson kids hammer away at wooden forest fire helicopters, one of many interactive activities at this year’s Fall Forestry Festival in Jackson.

The Jackson Jaguar Marching Band has had a busy and exciting start to the fall marching band season! After marching in the Miss America parade in Atlantic City on September 14, went on to win the top score at three con-secutive band competitions. "I've been saying this since band camp. There is something special going on with The Jaguar Band this year, and I can't wait to see what we can do when we reach our full potential,” said Ed-die Delesky, Drum Major for the Jaguar band. “The Jaguar Band this year is totally awesome. The work ethic is excellent! The atti-tude is great! They are working towards a championship banner year.” added Band Director Bud McCormick.

The band also performed at the Yamaha Cup at Giant’s (Metlife) Stadium where they went against larger bands. Performance day included an on-site barbeque for the staff, crew and students.

“Our parents do a great job of helping with the instruments and props and our hospitality committee prepares an awesome meal. It is great for everyone to relax and enjoy the camarade-rie after working so hard,” said Band Director Bud McCormick.

On October 12, hosted their an-nual Showcase of Champions at Jackson Memorial High School.

19 visiting bands joined the Jags as they performed “Les Miserables,” for their home crowd.

Les Misérables2013 Jaguar Marching Band



W hen Brooklyn Restau-rateur Peter Grippo de-cided to open a pizze-

ria in Jackson, he knew the area came with a stigma. Jersey Shore area pizzerias have been hearing the story for decades. “You can’t make good pizza because of the water.” “Nonsense,” said Grippo who owns Peter Pizza in Bensonhurst, a 4-star rated restaurant on Yelp!Now living in Jackson, Grippo said the key to making good pizza is good ingredients. “It has nothing to do with the water,” he explained. Grippo opened his Jackson restaurant, Brooklyn Square Pizza on New Prospect Road after seeing a business opportunity on Craigslist. After commuting to work from his home in Jackson six days a week, he said the restaurant was an opportunity for him to work closer to home and bring his Brooklyn style of pizza to his neighbors. Jackson has a large New York City transplant population. “The response has been great. People come in here for good food, and they’re happy,” he said. On weekends, there are now lines to sit in his restaurant dining room. “There’s a lot of former Brooklyn, North Jersey and Staten Island residents living here,” he said.

“But locals also are taking well to our food. They come back.” “The food here is just as good as my other store. The thing about the water here is a myth,” he said. “I use the best flour, everything is made here, it’s all fresh ingredients. When people here say it’s the water—it’s not the water—they just don’t know what they’re doing.” “I got customers from Brooklyn who moved to Westlake from Brooklyn who say everything tastes the same, it’s not the water, it’s the ingredients,” he said. Quality taste determine the ingredients Grippo uses. “I don’t care about cost. If I don’t like it, I don’t use it. If I won’t eat it, I won’t serve it to my customers.”Over the years, many New York restaurateurs would ship gallons of water from New York City to their New Jersey restaurants, claiming Jersey water can’t make good pizza. “It’s nonsense and a waste of time,” Grippo said. Grippo said the most popular pizza at his restaurant is his upside down square, made with cheese on the bottom and sauce on top and Nutella pizza, a desert pizza to enjoy after your pizza dinner. So, next time somebody tells you Jersey water is bad for pizza, tell them about Peter Grippo and Brooklyn Square Pizza.

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KIDS CORNER

GOT BANDS?

I n September and October, Jackson Elementary School students across the district

participated in a “Walk to Re-member”, hosted by Mr. Barry Rosenzweig, or as students know him, “Mr. R”.

Mr Rosenzweig hosts the walk annually in partnership with the school district as a day of remem-brance for America’s military vet-erans.

Students are introduced to the importance of military service and to the sacrifices that have been made by millions of Americans to preserve the freedoms we all enjoy.

“It doesn’t matter when you served, whether it was wartime, peace time, army, navy or coast guard,” Mr. Rosenweig told stu-dents at Holman Elementary School. “What matters is that they served to defend our country.”

At each school, Mr. R led a walk to remember as he was joined at

times by students’ family mem-bers who have served in the armed forces.

He instructed the students on how to pay their respects to a veteran by placing their right hand over their heart and to say, “Thank you for your service.”

Although October has no for-mal veterans remembrance hol-idays, Rosenweig said the month is chosen because in May and November, months common-ly associated with Veterans Day and Memorial Day, stu-dents are busy in testing cycles. Did you know?

The United States was involved in the Vietnam War from 1961 to 1975. Nearly 40 years later, 1,350 American servicemen are still listed as either a Prisoner of War or Missing in Action (POW/MIA).

Jackson School Board Member Sharon Dey, Elms Elementary School Principal Dr. Lisa, Mr. R and Mr N joined Mrs. Sumtka’s Encore En-semble for patriot songs at Elms Elementary School’s “Walk to Re-member”.

Switlik Elementary School students show their patriotism with Mr. R. on September 26th at the Walk to Remember.

Switlik Students salute America’s veterans.

WALK TO

REMEMBER

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WALK TO

REMEMBER

by Beverly Cavico, age 9

Almost every kid in New Jersey either has Rainbow Loom, Crazy Loom, Fun Loom, or Magic Loom, the new rubber band bracelet kits. There are different kinds of rubber band bracelets such as single, fishtail, hexafish, starburst, tri-ple-single, double-X and lots more. You can also make charms using the rubber bands, such as pumpkins, stars, and more. You don't just have to make bracelets. You can also make necklaces and rings too. There are even tie-dye rubber bands and glow in the dark bands too. You can also buy charms for your bracelets. These bracelet kits keep both boys and girls off the couch and out of TV land. Bracelets can be made anywhere, such as the car, a park, summer camp, or at school. I definitely recommend this craft.

KIDS CORNER

GOT BANDS?

Kids Corner is a place for kids grades Pre-k to 12 to show off their tal-ents. Send your stories, news, poetry, photos, artwork and creations via email to [email protected].



Erin Stilton, a fifth grade stu-dent at Holman Elementary School, was recently recognized as a winner of the annual NJ Re-cycling Poetry Contest. Erin, along with 12 other winners from the state, were formally acknowl-edged during a ceremony at the Jumping Brook Country Club.

The contest is hosted yearly by the New Jersey Department of Energy for children in grades 4 through 6. There were thousands of entries submitted in 2013. The winning entries will be featured in a calendar that will be distrib-uted to schools and government offices throughout the state.

Erin is the first student from Jackson Township to be chosen as a finalist since the contest be-gan in 1990’s, according to the New Jersey DEP.

As a second grader, Erin was an invitee at the annual Young Author’s Conference, sponsored by the New Jersey Reading As-sociation and has maintained a nearly perfect straight A report card throughout her elementary school education.

Erin is the daughter of JTOWN editor, Phil Stilton. You might say she has an advantage over her peers being the daughter of a newspaper editor, but Mr. Stilton said, “Poetry was never some-thing I excelled in. Police blot-ters and technical manuals–yes–so I can only credit the Jackson School District and the teachers at Holman Elementary School for expanding her horizons and in-troducing her to a writing form I would venture to say she did not learn at home.”

In May, Erin published an ar-

ticle for the Ocean Signal news-paper as her school project for “Take your Sons and Daughters to Work Day”.

The article was about the ongo-ing projects by the Jackson De-partment of Public Works as the town readied the parks for the 2013 season.

JTOWN Magazine strongly

supports and encourages stu-dent journalism and literacy. To publish your child’s works in the Ocean Signal, please email [email protected]. The Ocean Signal also welcomes news about student academic achievements.

RecycleBy Erin Stilton

As paper goes to waste,Another tree does too.

If we don’t stop this,All trees might be through.

It takes 700 years for plastic to decompose,

Over one million for glass,If we litter these materials,Landfills will fill up too fast.

It’s easy to recycle,Just throw them in a bin.

The town comes and takes it,This makes us all win.

Recycle glass and plastic,Aluminum and more.

Reduce, reuse, recycle,And protect the Jersey Shore.

Holman 5th Grade Poet Among 12 State Finalists

Top: Mr. Burgos congratulates the summer reading contest winners at Elms Elementary School. Below: September’s “Bucket Fillers” from

Swtilik Elementary. Students “fill buckets” by performing gooddeeds and doing nice things for others.



Congratulations to Peter and Sal Como at Mona Lisa Pizzera at Five Cor-

ners for their 3rd anniversary in Jackson. Peter and Sal have been serving their family recipes to Jackson Residents--who seem to really enjoy the food and service. Congratulations on your 3rd an-niversary and we wish you many more...The Mug Rack will soon

be taking up space in their new home on Bennett’s Mills Road at the old location of the Country Stop Diner. Completely gut-ted and remodeled, the space is looking better than it ever has. The entire building has been redesigned inside and out. We wish Mr. Riccio the best of luck in his new location...John Bur-netsky and Farley’s Ice Cream are back in town and after a busy summer, he’s preparing for the fall and winter with homemade holiday themed cakes...Meridi-an Wellness and Fitness, locat-ed at the new Meridian Health Village in Jackson is taking ear-ly enrollment for fitness class-es. Visit their sales office at the Manhattan Street Plaza next to Dunkin’ Donuts. The fitness center will include a swimming pool and family oriented fitness and fun...Construction continues at the new Super WaWa at the intersection of Cooksbridge and Countyline Road...Don’t forget, now is the best time to register your child for spring sports. Visit the Holbrook Little League, Jack-son Little League, Jackson Soccer

Club, Jackson Football and Jack-son Pride lacrosse websites to find out when early registration dates begin...We would like to take a moment to send our condolences to Vito Cardinale, owner of the Jackson Crossing Plaza. In Oc-tober, Mr. Cardinale suffered the loss of his wife Linda. On behalf of the residents of Jackson Town-ship, we thank you for all you and your family have done for

the residents of Jackson and for the generous philanthropy work you have done over the years at the CentraState Hospital’s “Linda E. Cardinale” MS Center. Do you have a community or busi-ness brief to send for the next is-sue of JTOWN Magazine? Email it to [email protected] by November 15th.

Jackson Happenings...Mona Lisa Celebrates 3 Years...Mug Rack Moving



MORE FROM JACKSON DAYMORE FROM JACKSON DAY

Memorial Tied for FirstClass A South



Although the Jackson Memorial Jaguars overall record is 3-2 on the season, they maintain a 3-1 Class A South division record, tying them with Brick and Lacey for the top spot. This year, the Jags have out-scored their opponents 130-78.

Although the Jag snapped a three game win streak with a loss to Manalapan, followed by a disappointing 33-14 loss in October to Toms River South, they maintained a 14-12 lead at the half against South on touchdown runs from Ken Bradley and Joe DeMaio.

On the other side of town, a new look Jackson Liberty football team is off to a dismal 1-4 start to the season, scoring an average of 10 points per game through the first five.

The Jackson Lions 7U travel baseball team raised $1,000 for breast cancer research when they participated in the recent USABL Halloween Tournament. The boys donned pink cam-ouflage uniforms with pink eye black, pink wristbands and pink laces. Team mom Sharon Costello walked in a breast cacner walked and raised the $1,000 donated from the team.

WHILE WE WERE AWAY...Did you know that the Hol-brook Little League softball girls 12U all-star team won the District 18 all-star championship this summer? It was the first time ever that a Jackson softball team won the local lit-tle league softball championship...and they did it in their first season playing as a league.

Cheering to Fight Breast Cancer

Jackson Jaguar YFC Cheerleaders sported pink socks and bows during their performances during October to support awareness for breast cancer.



Jersey Shore YFC Pediatric Cancer Donation

Through the inspiration and leadership of Michele Cramer, Maureen Olsen, Mayor Michael Reina and his wife Laura, Jackson Youth Football and Cheer, part-nering with New Jersey Amer-ican Youth Football has raised over $8,500 for local charities that support pediatric cancer re-search and patient support.

Through a month long fund-raising effort, the children and families of the NJAYF participat-ed in the “Paint the Shore Gold” program, wearing gold decals on their football helmets and gold ribbons for the cheerleaders. By selling the ribbons and decals to participants in each league and around their respective towns, the shore football clubs raised the money which was given to four local charities Saturday night, October 12th.

In total, 39 football and cheer

associations throughout Ocean, Monmouth and Middlesex Coun-ties participated in the fundraiser.

The recipients were The Reina Family and Charitique Founda-tion, The Olsen Family and the Chase Ryan Olsen Foundation, the Cramer Family and the Josh Cramer Foundation, and Oceans of Love, of Toms River. ”Each of the charities were given checks for $2,2,10,” said Dean Pinto, “The additional $2,000 was pre-sented to two cheerleaders in the organization currently battling cancer.”

NJAYF President Craig Kara-huta and Jackson YFC President Dean Pinto presented the check to the families and representa-tives of each organization.

In honor of Josh Cramer, the league’s annual championship MVP trophy has been renamed “The Josh Cramer MVP Award”.

Cut-A-Thon Raises Moneyfor High School Sports

Going For the Gold...

With cuts to funding of school sports, the staff at Justin’s Barbershop in Jackson joined forces with the Jackson Liberty Wrestling and Football team to help raise money for their sports programs this season. The Cut-A-Thon went on all day and helped raise money for the student athletes and their families to offset the costs of participation. Justin’s barbers do-nated their Sunday to help the Lions ahead of their upcoming season.

Did we miss your team, class or organization in this month’s JTOWN Magazine? Be sure to email your stories, news and photos to us beforeNovember 15th to be in next month’s magazine. Send your contributions to [email protected].



F resh from the board-walk of Atlantic City NJ marching in the Miss

America Parade, the Jackson Liberty Lion Band will be per-forming in yet another parade in NYC this upcoming Sun-day. Through a recommenda-tion, the band was contacted to perform in the opening ceremony of the Pulaski Pa-rade in NYC on October 6th. They will then lead the four hour parade up 5th Ave. The band will perform the Polish National Anthem as well as the United States Na-tional Anthem at the grand stand as the Mayor of NY and other distinguished guests

kick off the parade. The Liberty Lion Band has marched in the NYC St Pat-rick’s Day parade, was the Official Representative for the State of NJ in the National Independence Day Parade in Washington DC, and most re-cently, marched behind Miss NJ in the Miss America Pa-rade. In the few short years Jackson Liberty High School has been open, the band has been making a name for themselves in both parades and competitions. For more information, you can visit their website at www.liberty-lionband.com.

JACKSON LIBERTY LION BAND

MARCHES ON



Located at the newly construct-ed Meridian Health Village, Me-ridian Fitness and Wellness is an innovative total wellness facility that will provide its members with the proper environment, ed-ucation, motivation, and profes-sional instruction to assist them in achieving all of their health and fitness goals.

“Jackson represented a unique opportunity for us (Tilton Fitness Management) to partner with Meridian Health and fill a void within the local community for a medically based health, wellness and fitness program,” said Exec-utive Director, Gar Simers. “To-gether we are working to bring the most spectacular, profession-al, and comprehensive health and rehabilitation center to the peo-ple of central New Jersey.”

“Jackson is a community com-mitted to family, specifically the health and wellness of children as is evident in the breadth and depth of their youth activities. For this reason, we knew that Jackson was the right place for us to grow our organization,” said Simers.

The new Meridian Fitness and Wellness facility will offer over

30,000 square feet of fitness space and amenities including state of the art equipment, a Ju-nior Olympic aquatics facility, Pilates and Spin Studios, Child-care and a Recovery Zone juice bar. Members will also have ac-cess to nutritional counseling, award winning Group Exercise classes, and personalized fitness programs developed by a team of Certified Personal Trainers.

“There are so many qualities that set Meridian Fitness and Wellness apart from the rest of those in the fitness industry; One of them being our experienced, dedicated and professional staff that fosters an environment of member-centered care and sup-port for those seeking the very best in health and fitness,” said Simers. Meridian Fitness and Wellness’ professional team of nurses, physical therapists, certi-fied personal trainers and group fitness instructors will provide the motivation, guidance and education that members need to achieve long lasting fitness, weight loss and rehabilitative re-sults.

Meridian Fitness and Wellness understands the important role

that regular physical activity plays is disease prevention, reha-bilitation and the improvement of overall health. “Our team of medical and fitness professionals takes care and consideration of each individual’s health history. We pride ourselves on offering effective programming that ac-commodates all ages and fitness levels,” said Simers.

In addition, community mem-bers will have convenient access to a suite of progressive health services including primary and urgent care, advanced medical and surgical specialists as well as imaging and laboratory services at the Meridian Health Village. According to Simers, Meridian Fitness and Wellness hopes to provide the town of Jackson with not only a mind-body facility but with support services that en-hance the community’s commit-ment to pursue healthy, active lifestyles.

“We are very proud to be part-nering with Meridian Health in developing this extraordinary new fitness facility,” remarks Til-ton Fitness Management Presi-

dent Sam Young. “We are looking forward to building a relationship with the residents of Jackson and the surrounding communities in the months and years to come.”

Meridian Fitness and Wellness is expected to open in the winter of 2013-2014. For a sneak peak of the state of the art equipment or for an advanced membership, Simers recommends visiting the Meridian Fitness and Wellness sales office located at 715 Ben-netts Mills Road in the Manhat-tan Street Plaza. For additional information, please call (732) 928-1126 or visit www.Meridian-FitnessandWellness.com.

Tilton Fitness Management (TFM) is an innovative manage-ment company that develops, owns and operates commercial and hospital-affiliated health and fitness clubs. In business for more than 30 years, Tilton Fitness Management is a nationally rec-ognized leader in health club op-erations. Its president and CEO, Sam Young, is widely regarded as one of the most progressive and visionary leaders in the industry.

Meridian Fitness and Wellness is Coming to Jackson

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JTOWN Magazine - October/Fall 2013

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