Vol. 25 - No. 6
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| May 25, | October 27,2019 2018
Remembering The Officers We Have Lost
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Community News! Don’t miss what’s happening in your town.
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–Photos by Jennifer Peacock (Left) Officers arrive on their motorcycles at the beginning of the 28th Annual Law Enforcement Memorial Day Observance. (Right) John Tobias, brother of fallen Manchester Police Department Officer Robert Tobias, lays two roses at the honor roll memorial in memory of his brother. By Jennifer Peacock LAKEWOOD – Some people know their calling from an early age. Robert Tobias was one of those people. “He grew up as a kid knowing he would be a police officer,” his older brother, John Tobias,
said. “He loved his job.” Robert Tobias was 21 when he started with the Manchester Township Police Department, the youngest officer at that time, John said. He had been with the department just over a year on May 17, 1975.
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He was the first Manchester Police Officer killed in the line of duty. The driver who struck him was charged with death by auto, possession of a controlled dangerous substance and operating an unsafe vehicle.
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It was around 5:45 p.m. at mile marker 35.8 on Route 70 westbound. Officer Tobias was conducting a motor vehicle stop, standing at the driver’s side door, when another vehicle struck and killed him. He was 23.
–Photo by Jennifer Peacock Manchester Municipal Clerk Sabina Skibo chats with Council President Joan Brush and attorney Angela Koutsouris (both off camera) after a recent council meeting.
By Jennifer Peacock MANCHESTER – She was having dinner with a friend when the tingling started, up and down her left arm. She thought she was having a heart attack. Sabina Skibo, the longtime clerk for Manchester Township, was taken to the hospital where she was told her heart was fine. Tests showed some neurological issues without a firm diagnosis at that point. The next morning, making a fist with her left hand was impossible. She was hospitalized and ran through a battery of tests. Quickly, she lost
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Forty-four years later, to the day, John Tobias said he can still picture his brother sitting in the chair in their mother’s living room, getting ready to go to work as if it were yesterday. “Today is a special day. Every day is a special
day,” John Tobias said. He laid two red roses at the Ocean County Honor Roll memorial for his brother at the 28th annual Ocean County Law Enforcement Memorial Day Observance May 17, (Officers - See Page 6)
Higher Ratables Mean Lower Town Taxes
By Jennifer Peacock MANCHESTER – What’s your favorite Starbucks drink? The cost of one is what you’ll probably save in municipal taxes this year. The Manchester Township administration offered a brief introduction to their proposed 2019 budget. A full presentation and its adoption are slated for 6 p.m. June 10 at town hall, 1 Colonial Drive.
The $35.7 million budget is increasing from last year’s adopted $35.039 million budget. The local levy - the amount taxpayers are responsible for - is increasing $120,000 to $20.7 million. “However, since last year, we’ve had $18 million in new ratables, which more than covers that additional local levy,” Mayor Kenneth Palmer said May 13. “So (Ratables - See Page 15)
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