Vol. 25 - No. 32
In This Week’s Edition
THE MANCHESTER
TIMES
Your FREE Weekly Hometown Newspaper For Manchester, Lakehurst and Whiting
Help Santa Visit Every Kid In Town Letters Page 8.
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Route 539: Frightening Speeds & Fatal Crashes
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Dr. Izzy’s Sound News Page 18.
Dear Pharmacist Page 19.
Inside The Law Page 23.
Business Directory Page 24-25.
Classifieds Page 26.
Horoscope Page 31.
Wolfgang Puck Page 31.
–Photo courtesy Manchester schools Worker elves are busy preparing gifts for children in a previous year. By Kimberly Bosco MANCHESTER – With your help, Santa Claus will be making stops at each and every kid’s house this year. Manchester’s annual Kevin’s Kids Toy Drive is in full swing once again. It has been 37 years since this particular Christmas tradition began. It all started when a Manchester teacher asked her class: “What is Santa Claus going to bring you on Christmas Eve?” To her dismay, one student answered:
“Santa Claus never comes to my house.” In an effort to make sure that this boy, and other students, never had to experience a gift-less Christmas, the school staff pulled together to create the Kevin’s Kids Drive. The Kevin’s Kids Drive continues today with a list of some 300 children and their families that need help this year. And Kevin’s Kids doesn’t just provide toys, but also supplies needy families
with much needed items such as clothing and food. “Yes this is a Christmas Drive, but hopefully the necessities provided will help parents in these difficult times throughout the year,” said Alex George, Director of Student and Administrative Services. George also serves as chairperson for the drive. “Through the generosity of the Manchester School District, the Manchester Police, many local (Santa - See Page 20)
Getting Veterans Services They Need By Bob Vosseller TOMS RIVER – A recent event held at the Toms River Library served as both a forum for veterans to learn more about the resources available to them and an early tribute to those who served in the armed forces. The Veterans Town Hall was sponsored by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office and featured guest speakers Freeholder Director Virginia Haines, Purple Heart recipient and retired U.S. Marines Corporal Rory Hamill, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer and Ocean County Veterans Service Bureau Director John Dorrity. Hamill shared his story serving in the Marines
from 2006 to 2012. “I grew up in the local area. I had a very, very troubled youth. I grew up in an abusive home and had a lot of hardships at an early age. At the age of 17 I joined up and went to Paris Island and became a father and went to Iraq and was also a husband. I was way over my head and didn’t realize what I was getting myself into. “I was in Afghanistan and during my third deployment we received intelligence that there was an explosive device in a compound. Myself and my squad went over, set a perimeter around the compound,” Hamill said. He said originally another soldier was slated to use a metal detector to go inside
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–Photo by Kimberly Bosco Count y Route 539 is k now n as a dangerous road. By Kimberly Bosco OCEAN COUNTY – It has been called one of the deadliest roads in the state. County Route 539 is a 55-mile stretch of roadway extending from Little Egg Harbor on the southern end all the way into Cranbury in Middlesex County, with speeds ranging from 30 to 55 mph. Spanning multiple counties and dozens of municipalities, CR 539 is a well-traveled thoroughfare for locals, commuters, and even tourists to the Jersey Shore. Each year CR 539 sees hundreds of accidents, a majority of which occur along the Ocean County section of the road. Through constant police patrol and even the occasional heightened enforcement detail, the road remains one of the most dangerous in the area. This begs the questions: what makes CR 539 so perilous and what can be done to fix this? Route 539 Today Just about a month ago, on Oct. 30, 2019, a 22-year-old male was killed in a crash on CR 539 in Little Egg Harbor when his car collided with a telephone pole. Less than a month before that, on Oct. 6, 2019, a motorcyclist was killed on CR 539 in Manchester when his bike crashed into another vehicle. On July 12, 2019, one person was left dead (Route 539 - See Page 4)
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