Vol. 24 - No. 5
In This Week’s Edition
THE MANCHESTER
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Middle School Engineers Club Competes Year-Round Community News! Pages 12-19.
Letters Page 10.
Government Page 11.
Dr. Izzy’s Sound News
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Dear Pharmacist Page 23.
Inside The Law Page 28.
Business Directory Page 30-31.
Classifieds Page 29.
Fun Page Page 32.
Wolfgang Puck Page 39.
Horoscope Page 39.
–Photos courtesy Manchester schools MANCHESTER – The Manchester Tow nship Middle School Fut ure Engineers Club have been very successful competing in a variety of engineering and robotics competitions throughout the year. Advisor, Maura Simister, and several of her students gave a presentation about their activities at the
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Meetings Will Explain Reassessment
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Older Americans Share The Secret To A Long, Happy Life By Kimberly Bosco TOMS RIVER – Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live to see 101 years? Well, you can ask Dominica Manto, one of Caregiver Volunteers of Cent ral Jersey’s (CVCJ) care receivers who plans to celebrate
Budget Presentation Set For May 29
By Jennifer Peacock MANCHESTER – Mayor Kenneth Palmer will offer a detailed overview of the township’s 2018 municipal budget before council puts it to vote May 29. The council meeting will meet that Tuesday due to Memorial Day. The council introduced the budget at the end of April. Councilman Samuel Fusaro said there must be a month between a budget’s introduction and adoption. The public will be welcome to comment and ask questions at the 6 p.m. May 29 budget hearing, which will take place at the municipal building, 1 Colonial Drive. Palmer spoke briefly about the budget on April 23, saying the township was on good footing at the end of 2017 and into this year. The surplus grew to $7.6 million. The budget will increase from last year’s
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her 101st birthday on June 1, 2018. When asked what her plans were for the big day she said “I already celebrated last year,” when she reached the incredible milestone of turning 100 years old. So, it seems 101 is no (Life - See Page 4)
–Photo by Kimberly Bosco Ocean County seniors ages 95 to 102 came out to Community Medical Center for a celebratory lunch in their honor.
By Chris Lundy MANCHESTER – Several upcoming meetings will be held to explain to residents the ins and outs of the township-wide reassessment. A reassessment is performed when a town’s total assessments are off from the fair market rate. Your property has a certain assessment that stays the same. When the market fluctuates, you eventually wind up paying too little or too much in taxes. The town’s tax assessor, Martin Lynch, said that the new values would be completed by tax year 2020. Inspectors have started to come around town to get fair assessments of every property. A reassessment does not necessarily mean an increase in taxes for every homeowner, he said. Some tax bills will go up, (Meetings - See Page 5)
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