Vol. 25 - No. 10
In This Week’s Edition
THE MANCHESTER
TIMES
Your FREE Weekly Hometown Newspaper For Manchester, Lakehurst and Whiting
Lakehurst Bicycle Rodeo Rides Again Letters Page 8.
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Slight Tax Cut In Manchester Budget
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Pages 10-15. –Photo by Jennifer Peacock Mayor Kenneth Palmer gave a presentation of the 2019 municipal budget June 10.
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Inside The Law Page 23.
Business Directory Page 25.
Classifieds Page 24.
Wolfgang Puck Page 31.
–Photo courtesy Denise Maynard Participants wove their way through an agility course at the annual Bicycle Rodeo. By Jennifer Peacock LAKEHURST – The Lakehurst Police Association held its annual Bicycle Rodeo at Lake Horicon recently. Dozens of borough children and their families came out
to show off their riding skills and win prizes. The rodeo was open to all children grades pre-k through eighth grade. The event included a bicycle safety check, agility course, and a race
around the lake. Mayor Harry Robbins said the winners were more interested in the prize trinkets than they were with new bicycles, but that the bicycles found good homes.
Forsythe Refuge Celebrates 80 Years Of Wildlife Conservation
By Kimberly Bosco Eighty years ago it was known as the Brigantine National Wildlife Refuge. Today we know it as the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, spanning 50 miles along the southern New Jersey coast. The Forsythe Refuge stretches across 14 municipalities, from Galloway Township in Atlantic County to (Wildlife - See Page 5)
–Photo by Kimberly Bosco The Forsythe Refuge stretches across 14 municipalities, from Galloway Township in Atlantic County to Brick Township in Ocean County.
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By Jennifer Peacock MANCHESTER – The Manchester Township Council adopted Mayor Kenneth Palmer’s 2019 Municipal Budget June 10 without much comment. The adopted $35.7 million budget offers an imperceptible tax decrease, but a decrease nonetheless. The average homeowner will save five bucks this year. “We’re in good shape,” Palmer told the council and the audience. Taxpayers keep their eyes on the local tax levy, the amount they’re actually required to pay each year. This year’s levy increased $123,850 to $20.7 million. Manchester welcomed about $38 million to its ratable base, which added $238,000 to its tax revenues. “The municipal rate has steadily gone down,” Palmer said. It decreased from 0.626 to 0.623. “It’s slight…It won’t get you a Happy Meal at McDonald’s but it shows that it’s in the right direction. It’s a reduction and not an increase.” The overall budget increased 1.53 percent, or $537,415, from last year’s budget. As with all budget cycles, it’s the statutory pension contributions and negotiated salary increases that continue to present challenges. While debt accounts for the smallest portion of the budget pie, a mere 5 percent, salaries (Tax Cut - See Page 4)
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