Vol. 24 - No. 42
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Dear Pharmacist Page 19.
Inside The Law Page 27.
Business Directory Page 25.
Classifieds Page 24.
Wolfgang Puck Page 31.
Horoscope Page 31.
By Jennifer Peacock MANCHESTER – The Manchester Township Police Department welcomed t wo new members and a new full-time hire. During a ceremony Jan. 14 at the municipal complex, in front of family and friends and township employees, Mayor Kenneth T. Palmer swore in Patrolman Michael Gardner and Special Law Enforcement Officer II Kevin Rembach. SLEO II Robert Campolei, who has been with the department since September, was hired as a full-time patrolman. Campolei, 32, from Lacey, is an Ocean County College graduate who began his career in 2015 in Seaside Heights. He graduated from the Ocean County Police Academy and worked for Lacey and Seaside Heights. During the ceremony Jan. 14, Manchester Township Police Chief Lisa Parker said Campolei “performed exemplary during his Field Training and Evaluation
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Manchester: Lawyer’s Indictment Personal, Doesn’t Affect Town
By Jennifer Peacock MANCHESTER – The township has no plans to terminate its contracts with attorneys who work for George Gilmore. Gilmore, 69, of Toms River, was indicted on six counts by a federal grand jury: one count of tax evasion; two counts of failing to collect, account for, and pay over payroll taxes for two quarters of one year; two counts of filing a false tax return; and one count of alleged loan application fraud. He allegedly owes more than $1 million in federal taxes while having spent more than $2.5 million on extravagant personal expenses. Manchester Township resident Hank Glenn asked at a recent Township Council meeting whether Gilmore’s indictments made them reconsider using his or associated attorneys’ services. Mayor Kenneth Palmer, sitting in the audience, jumped in to answer. “The indictment, if you read through it, was more for his personal dealings than for his business dealings. Angela [Koutsouris-Zografos] is counsel there, and certainly we don’t have any intention of having Angela leave us. So his problems are really more personal than have to do with his business practice,” Palmer said. Palmer further clarified his comments the next day with The Manchester Times, saying that Gilmore and his law fi rm’s rendering –Photos by Jennifer Peacock
(Officers - See Page 5)
(Lawyer’s - See Page 5)
Annual Homeless Count Conducted
By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – “Where did you sleep last night?” A simple question for most of us. Not so simple for the small portion of the population that is out of the public eye most of the time: the homeless. This was the question asked to people coming
in to the annual point-in-time count throughout the country. It’s meant to provide a snapshot of the larger problem of shelter insecurity – when people are not sure where they will be living. In Monmouth County, the counts were conducted at the Jersey Shore Rescue Mission in Asbury
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