Vol. 23 - No. 47
In This Week’s Edition
THE MANCHESTER
TIMES
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Letters Page 8.
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Dear Pharmacist 4 Intriguing Solutions For Multiple Sclerosis And Pain
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Inside The Law Time To Review Your Will
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Business Directory Page 29.
Classifieds Page 27.
Fun Page Page 26.
Wolfgang Puck Page 35.
Horoscope Page 35.
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By Jennifer Peacock hen you do the math, you realize Bill Jankowski couldn’t have seen The Patty Duke Show when it aired in the early ‘60s. He belongs to that micro-generation stuffed between Gen Xers and Millennials that hasn’t been christened with an official moniker. (Someone suggested Xennials.) And like many children of that generation, he fell in love with shows from long ago watching reruns on Nick at Nite, w h e r e t o d a y, Fu l l House, Friends and Two and Half Men are considered old school. So as a child in the late ‘80s, Jankowski feasted on old episodes of The Patty Duke Show. He
–Photo courtesy Bill Jankowski Patty Duke and Bill Jankowski worked on their book watched other projects of hers, including The Miracle Worker. Twenty years ago, the 17-year-old Jankowski found Duke’s contact information in a book
at Barnes & Noble, and wrote her a letter in which he included his email address. “So I sent off the letter, and didn’t tell anyone about it,” Jankowski
said in a phone call from his Pennsylvania home. “Four or five days later I received an email from her husband [Michael Pearce] (Book - See Page 5)
WOBM: Celebrates 50 Years
By Jennifer Peacock TOMS RIVER – 92.7 WOBM almost never happened. It involves FCC rules about frequencies and Ocean County being sandwiched between major markets like New York, Philadelphia, and even Trenton and Atlantic City. But expensive land in the Philly forced a move for its 92.5 FM station—today known as WXTU— that allowed for WOBM to land on the dial where it does. “And while other radio stations came to Ocean County later (some due to FCC rule relaxations during the 1980s), all of them had to be placed far south of Toms River (toward Manahawkin) to protect New York City FM stations 0.2 MHz away – resulting in less signal over fewer people,” WOBM chief engineer Tom Trembly shared. “To this day, WOBM is the only Ocean County FM station located in the heart of Ocean County, (WOBM - See Page 10)
–Photo courtesy WOBM Bob Levy takes calls during his Topic A show.
Police Chiefs: School Security, Opioids Top Issues By Jennifer Peacock OCEAN COUNTY – Drugs and guns and related crimes. The problems facing Ocean County police haven’t changed too much from last year, when they convened for the first-ever police chiefs panel at Ocean County College. In its second year now, nine chiefs from around the county talked to criminal justice majors and the public about what’s happening in their respective towns. “Last year, the primary concern shared across the board by each police department was the heroin epidemic. This issue was also discussed at length this year, as the officers shared how the departments have been responding to this crisis in new and innovative ways which are thankfully reducing the number of opioid related overdoses,” Jennifer Barnes, J.D., a college professor at OCC said. “The other serious issue that the officers discussed this year was ensuring the safety of students. Given the recent tragic event in Parkland, Florida, law (Chiefs - See Page 4)
Manchester Schools Sets Drone Policy
By Chris Lundy MANCHESTER – As unmanned aircraft systems become more popular with hobbyists and with businesses, school districts are creating policies to govern their use. T he New Je r sey State Interscholastic Athletic Association has approved the use of drones at athletic events, Superintendent David Trethaway said. Therefore, dis-
tricts have to determine how they want them used. Drones present a privacy issue, he said, but also an insurance one. If a drone falls out of the sky and hits someone, the district could be liable. The new policy prohibits the f lying of u n man ned ai rcraf t on school grounds, however, there are exceptions. A contractor
(Drone - See Page 10)
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