The MANCHESTER Times Vol. 25 - No. 43
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Soup R Bowl XII Provides A Hot Time For All
In This Week’s Edition
February 8, 2020
School District Gets High Marks On Audit
Community News! Pages 11-12
−Photo courtesy Manchester Schools Manchester Board of Education President Ken Pate, left receives a fi nancial award plaque from Business Administrator Craig Lorentzen during a Board of Education meeting.
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−Photos By Bob Vosseller (Above) Steam is coming off the pot of the meatloaf chili that was prepared by Lakehurst First Aid Squad member Marcy Guyer during this year’s Soup R Bowl Challenge hosted by the Lakehurst Historical Society. (Right) Kim Milana and her son Dylan serve up some Lasagna Soup as they represent the Lakehurst Historical Society during this year’s Soup R Bowl event held on Jan. 26 at the borough’s community center. By Bob Vosseller L A K E H U R ST – For a dozen years the borough’s Historical Society has held its annual Soup-R-Bowl of Chili Challenge and this year’s event was just as hot.
The Lakehurst Commu n it y Center was once again the location for this sizzling event held before the actual Superbowl, where numerous area clubs and organizations made (Soup - See Page 4)
Local Services Prep For MONOC’s End
By Chris Lundy OCEAN COUNTY – The advanced life support ambulance program run by MONOC is dissolving, and local officials are making sure that there are other options available in their wake. “My office received a number of calls from con-
By Bob Vosseller M A NCH EST ER − B o a r d of E d u c a t ion members were pleased to hear some good financial news and that the district received an award. During a Jan. 22 board meeting, Dave Gannon, of the accounting firm PKF O’Connor Davies, made a presentation explaining the district’s audit report for 2018-19. “I like to start my presentations every year just to let you know
cerned residents who heard about the MONOC MICU (Mobile Intensive Care Unit) program closing in April,” said Ocean County Sheriff Michael G. Mastronardy. “Upon hearing the program will close, we immediately reached out to the providers that are assuming
the operations.” Not all ambulance crews are the same. There is actually a distinction to be made. Basic life support is often manned by volunteers. Advanced life support requires more training and is used in more life or (MONOC - See Page 17)
how much cooperation we get from the administration and all the employees of the district,” Gannon said. “We have a number of workers on site for a number of weeks, and that coincides with everyone still having to do their job, so it’s very important that we get cooperation. We always do. Everyone has a very cooperative and very excellent attitude about going through the audit. (Audit - See Page 11)
Connecting Homeless With The Help They Need
By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – There are several places throughout the area that open their doors to the homeless and people who are at risk of being homeless. But one cold day at the end of January was different, because that was the day that helpers were tasked with counting the homeless coming in. There were two reasons for the day. One was to connect at-risk people with services. The other was to get a head count to the
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. HUD uses these figures to determine how to provide resources for the homeless in a given area. However, it’s common knowledge among those who work with the homeless that not all of them want to be counted. So, the number that comes in will be lower than what it really is. Total counts weren’t available as of press (Homeless - See Page 7)
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