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Vol. 21 - No. 49
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Easter Eggs Aplenty
–Photo by Jennifer Peacock LAKEHURST – A rite of spring again found local children scurrying about to find prize eggs. The Easter Egg Hunt came to Lakehurst on March 19. Families brought their young children to take part in the fun, as the Easter Bunny helped draw smiles from attendees.
School Districts Plan Budget Hearings
By Jennifer Peacock It’s budget season, and while both Manchester and Lakehurst school districts have introduced their 2016-17 budgets, both a waiting for mandated county approval before commenting on specifics. The Lakehurst school district will hold its public hearing on the budget at 7 p.m. April 26 at its elementary school. Lakehurst schools Business Administrator Barry Parliman told The Manchester Times that the tentative total budget will be $9,236,341. The total taxes to be raised are $1,233,466. The Manchester Board of Education approved its tentative budget at its March 16
regular meeting. That Board must adopt a “doctrine of necessity” to approve its budget since many of the Board members have relatives directly impacted by the budget. On that meeting’s agenda, the budget items were listed as: General Fund Revenue, $51,232,018; Special Revenue Fund Revenues, $1,068,052; Debt Service Fund Revenues, $3,412,581; General Fund Tax Levy, $42,772,366; and Debt Service Fund Tax Levy, $2,820,179. Manchester schools Business Administrator Craig Lorentzen said the Board tentatively will hold a public hearing on the budget at its May 4 meeting. The Board meets at Ridgeway Elementary at 7:30 p.m.
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March 26, 2016
Manchester Adopts No-Knock Registry
By Jennifer Peacock MANCHESTER – Residents will soon have relief from most unwanted knocks on their doors. Come April, residents will be able to sign up for the newly created no-knock registry, which will keep away solicitors away. The registry is open to all residents in town, including those living in gated senior communities. Residents will be able to fill out a form and submit that to the clerk’s office. The office will issue a decal which must be visibly placed on the resident’s property; the decals are made to be placed on the inside of a glass window or panel, but the ordinance does not require that it be placed there. There is a $1 processing fee for that decal to be mailed; the decal is free for those who pick it up at from the lerk’s office. That fee is subject to change. The form will be available in the clerk’s office and on the township website. The online form may be printed and mailed or scanned (No Knock - See Page 6)
BlueClaws Ramp Up For April Home-Opener
By Chris Christopher where he competed in baseball and basChris Tafrow is 35 years of age, but he ketball and played the snare drum in the feels like a child. Raiders’ band. “Just the other “Every year,” the Lakewood day, when we began setting up BlueClaws’ general manager the park, we had a good feeling. said of the season, “it feels like All of our planning is starting Christmas time.” to happen.” The BlueClaws, the PhilaThere will be improvements at delphia Phillies’ low Class FirstEnergy Park in the team’s A farm club, will play their 16th season, all in the South –Photo courtesy Atlantic League. regular-season home opener April 14 against the Greens- Lakewood BlueClaws “We have made a nice investboro (N.C.) Grasshoppers at 6:35 p.m. at ment in the Kids Zone,” said Tafrow, who FirstEnergy Park. has been with the club since its birth. “We “I am super excited,” said Tafrow, a 1999 will cater more toward the teenagers with (BlueClaws - See Page 4) graduate of Toms River High School East
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