Joint Board of Fire Commissioners created to streamline fire service
This is a repost from my JTown Article from Wednesday: On the evening of April 2nd a new chapter was opened in Jackson’s fire service. At a sparsely attended open public meeting the 16 of the 20 members of the Boards of Fire Commissioners of Jackson’s four fire districts met jointly for the first time … Read more
Zombies invade Asury Park, NJ
Asbury Park, NJ–A zombie outbreak has hit this storied Jersey Shore town! Thousands of undead have swarmed the boardwalk outside of the famed Convention Center and as if acting as one they began a slow, laborious walk south through throngs of shocked on-lookers on the boardwalk and limped, strutted, preened and dragged themselves up Cookman … Read more
Serious Accident Injures 2 On Clearstream Road
At approximately 2:35 pm Jackson Police, Quality Medical EMT’s and Jackson Fire District #3 responded to a reported motor vehicle accident on Clearstream Road. The first arriving police officer, Derek Gorski found a single vehicle accident with a car off the road into the trees along Clearstream. The two occupants of the vehicle were seriously injured and entrapped in the car. The … Read more
A Day In The Life: Jackson Police Department
The Jackson Police Department is the target of potential layoffs if the newly approved budget referendum looking to raise the budget above the state-mandated 2% increase cap isn’t passed by Jackson voters on April 27th. If that referendum fails, the township has a proposal to lay off up to 23 police officers (30% of the … Read more
5-Alarm Fire Strikes Historic Ocean Grove
A five-alarm fire struck the historic Jersey Shore town of Ocean Grove this morning nearly one year to the day since the multiple-alarm fire that destroyed the Manchester Inn Bed & Breakfast on March 13th, 2010. Today’s weather conditions were eerily similar to last year’s fire as well and this origin of this fire … Read more
R.E.M. Is Back
R.E.M returns this week with their first album since Accelerate was released in 2008. I have been a huge fan of R.E.M since their early 80′s heydays; I own nearly every album of theirs. But I have to confess, in recent years I have been less enthralled with the group. Not for any particular reason, … Read more
Election Result Maps
I have been very interested since 2000 in looking at the county-by-county results of the national elections. It is very interesting to see just how red the country actually is. Even on the coasts (the Blue States) when you look at it county-by-county you see that outside of the major metropolitain areas, there are very … Read more
Where is the bottom?
Every day that the market moves lower I keep thinking that this has to be the bottom. I keep telling myself I need to add money in now and buy at the bottom…glad I keep waiting and procrastinating!!
Banking Bailout
The Dow dipped below 10,000 today for the first time in four years. I guess that Wall Street wasn’t as buoyed by the Congressional bailout as all of the smart people thought. What Congress fails to remember is that Wall Street is the bastion of the FREE MARKET. They are not going to look kindly … Read more
Hello world!
Welcome to my personal blog! I am writing my first post on my iPhone. I love the app store!!!
