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There’s another internet mystery to solve. Forget whether or not the dress is blue or gold. Don’t worry if they’re saying Laurel or Yanny. Is it a ghost or is it a symbol of the KKK? Or is it a KKK ghost? That’s what people in Jackson Township this week tried to determine at a home on Route 571 in a trailer park. Accompanying the ghost was a Confederate flag and a bald eagle. The display was first reported by NBC 4 New York, but is now going viral as people decide whether the homeowner is simply celebrating Halloween or...

State police in Lebanon County arrested a man they said stole Trump campaign signs in the Myerstown area, vandalized property and put “Black Lives Matter” stickers on homes. Jon G. Shandfelder, 24, of Richland, Lebanon County, was identified as a result of security camera footage of the rampage early Monday morning in Jackson Township and Richland and Myerstown, troopers at the Jonestown station said. According to a news release: Troopers from the Jonestown patrol and crime units responded to the area for multiple reports of stolen political signs, damaged “President Trump” signs and vandalism, including red spray paint on property....

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – A Trump 2020 flag was attached to a telephone pole this week on a residential street in Jackson and some residents were upset about it. Jackson has been fighting right of way and utility pole usage battles with First Energy and local Jewish Orthodox residents for years, as they sought to attach eruv wires to the poles. This time, it’s an oversized Trump flag that has residents up in arms. Township code says no objects can be placed in the streetside right of way, but the township has found that the utility company owns the poles...

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – The Jackson Township governing body, including Mayor Michael Reina and other members of the Jackson Township Council and Jackson Township Planning Board were served today with a federal lawsuit, signed by U.S. Attorney General William Barr. In recent months, two members of the council have resigned over the impending suit. Barry Calogero, a Trump administration appointee with the U.S.D.A and Robert Nixon, a New Jersey State Police PBA lobbyist. Both Calogero and Nixon resigned their duties as elected officials in recent months ahead of the DOJ lawsuit. A release was issued by the Department of Justice:...

JACKSON-A report in the Lakewood Scoop on Thursday said National Security Advisor John Bolton was heading to New Jersey to meet with religious leaders, community leaders and GOP officials to address a pattern of anti-Semitism against Orthodox Jews by the Jackson Township Republican Club. Bolton, a former Trump aide was invited by Dr. Richard Roberts, President Trump’s former Advisor on Jewish Relations who has pledged his support to combat what has become a culture of anti-Semitism within the Jackson Republican Club. In recent years, Jackson Township has experienced a population surge of Orthodox Jews, after neighboring Lakewood Township is running...

JACKSON – A prior requirement calling for additional fingerprinting for firearm applicants after a two year period is no longer being enforced by the township’s police department. Council President Rob Nixon clarified the issue during a May 28 Council meeting where a firearms organization took aim at Township Police Chief Matthew Kunz for requiring multiple fingerprinting for firearm applicants. Hightstown resident Alex “Aljandro” Roubian, the president and managing editor of the New Jersey Second Amendment Society (NJ2AS) questioned Nixon before and during the evening’s session concerning what the chief’s policy was. According to the organization’s website, the NJ2AS is a...