Vol. 24 - No. 46
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THE MANCHESTER
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Dear Pharmacist Page 19.
Inside The Law Page 21.
Business Directory Page 24-25.
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Horoscope Page 31.
–Photo courtesy of Manchester Principal Dennis Adams The Manchester Township High School girls basketball team poses with its awards. By Chris Christopher “People online said they were WEST LONG BRANCH – The going to beat us,” said DestiMa nche st e r Tow n sh ip H ig h ny Adams, the Hawks’ 6-foot-3 School girls basketball team heard sophomore forward, after earning the doubters. the game’s Most Valuable Player To hear the Hawks tell it, few of the Award with 19 points, 10 rebounds, alleged experts felt they could get the two blocked shots and one assist measure of tradition-rich St. John Vi- Feb. 23. “People from around here anney in the championship game of in Monmouth County said they the Shore Conference Tournament. were going to beat us, but they Well, the doubters wound up obviously did not.” eating their words. “People doubting us gave us more The third-seeded Hawks took down the top-seeded –Photo courtesy Keith Lister Lancers 58-42 Saturday Manchester fans cheer their night in the OceanFirst Hawks to the Shore Conference Ban k Center at MonTournament championship. mouth University. It was the program’s first SCT title in history. The school opened in 1976. The Hawks made the most of the program’s initial appearance in an SCT championship game. The Lancers have won the event a record 13 times in the last 29 years.
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motivation to win,” Manchester senior forward Dakota Adams said after scoring 12 points, picking off nine rebounds, handing out three assists and scrapping for three steals. “You go through life always wanting to prove people wrong. To do something that people think you can’t do feels good. I think we wanted it more than they did. We knew we would be here and
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| March 27, 2, 2019 | October 2018
Manchester Provides County With Land For Park
By Jennifer Peacock MANCHESTER – Plans to build a county park in Manchester Township are moving forward. The Manchester Township Council approved the donation and sale of acreage to Ocean County for the creation of a county park. That plan was first introduced by Mayor Kenneth T. Palmer and the late Freeholder John C. Bartlett Jr. last April. The township will be donating 237.09 acres of land toward the project. Those four blocks were made as two separate purchases by Manchester with township open space funds and Green Acres grants, business administrator Donna Markulic said. The one property was purchased (Park - See Page 6)
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–Photo courtesy AARP Pictured from left to right are President Lavelle Jones, Stanley Rosenthal and AARP State Director Stephanie Hunsinger. By Jennifer Peacock MANCHESTER – Stan Rosenthal downsized his property tax bill by moving from Monmouth County to Manchester four years ago, he (Cause - See Page 5)
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