Vol. 23 - No. 36
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THE MANCHESTER
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Police Want Anti-Drug Program To Be Nationwide
Pages 11-17.
| December 23, 2017
10K Acres Of Open Space Sought Heritage Minerals To Make Up Half Of The Open Space
Letters Page 8.
Letters To Santa Page 9.
Dr. Izzy’s Sound News
A New Frontier in Hearing Research
Page 20.
Dear Pharmacist
Five Natural Remedies For High Blood Pressure That Really (Really!) Work
Page 21.
Inside The Law How To Get Through The Resolution Compliance Process To Begin Your Construction Project
Page 30.
Business Directory Page 29.
Classifieds Page 27.
Fun Page Page 26.
Wolfgang Puck Page 35.
Horoscope Page 35.
–Photo by Chris Lundy Not very many people came out to a Planning Board meeting when the Open Space and Recreation Plan was discussed.
–Photo by Chris Lundy (Above) Superintendent David Trethaway presented a proclamation to Police Chief Lisa Parker and the officers tackling drug addiction in the schools during a Board of Education meeting. (Right) Police Chief Lisa Parker describes the #NotEvenOnce program to educators. By Chris Lundy MANCHESTER – The program #NotEvenOnce, where police help high school students understand the dangers of opiates, is
growing throughout the state and might go farther than that, Chief Lisa Parker said. Police have gone beyond just enforcing drug laws and impris-
oning dealers, she explained to the public at a recent Board of Education meeting. Education is needed
to keep the students from following down that path. The program is done (Police - See Page 4)
Documentary Raises Awareness Of Addiction and Codependency
By Kimberly Bosco TOMS RIVER – As a part of the widespread effort to raise awareness of the opioid and heroin crisis, a New Jersey school and a local non-profit organization joined forces to put forth their own unique contribution to the cause. The Raymond J. Lesniak Recovery High School partnered with HOPE Sheds Light to present a screening of the addiction and codependency awareness documentary, “ASK,” on Dec. 14 at (Documentary - See Page 5)
–Photo by Kimberly Bosco Members from both the Raymond J. Lesniak Recovery High School and HOPE Sheds Light pose at the screening of the documentary “ASK.”
By Chris Lundy MANCHESTER – The Planning Board approved the town’s 2017 Open Space and Recreation Plan, which would include more than 6,000 acres of open space being in the Heritage Minerals tract. Daniel Bloch, assistant project manager for Maser Consulting, which works for the township, presented the plan at a recent meeting. The Open Space and Recreation Plan was supposed to be updated every 10 years, he said. It was last updated in 2003, so the township was overdue for an update. The Department of Environmental Protection said that the township would be at risk of losing Green Acres funding if it didn’t update the plan by the end of the year. The plan involved an inventory of open space and noting changes that have come about since 2003, he said, explaining that not a lot has changed since then in the township. Environmental regulations have changed in those 14 years, however. Well head protection areas and open water recharge areas, created to protect drinking water, are new additions, he said. In 2003, it was proposed that an abandoned railway would be used for a bike path. That bike (Open Space - See Page 4)
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