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May 23, 2020
Teachers Get Sweet Treat As Manchester Gift Of Appreciation Residents May Be
By Bob Vosseller LAKEHURST – Teachers received a sweet treat of donuts as a token of appreciation for Teacher’s Appreciation Day. The school district’s communications manager Maureen DeSanto noted recently that administration at Lakehurst Elementary School “went out of their way to show appreciation to their staff.” DeSanto said, “Mrs Loren Furhing, superintendent, Dr. Cliff Barneman, Mr. Barry Parliman, and Mrs. Stephanie Rucci all took time out of their busy days to drive to each and ever y teacher and paraprofessional to show their appreciation.” “They drove to every teacher and staff member’s house and dropped off a box of donuts, lottery scratch offs and a card,” DeSanto said. She said they either dropped them off on their porch or rang their doorbell. It didn’t matter where the teachers lived, they traveled to deliver the sweet treat. “We have a teacher in Shamong Township which is over an hour away and to as far south as Manahawkin. They came here to Island Heights they went (Teachers - See Page 9)
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−Photo Provided By The Lakehurst School District Teachers of the Lakehurst School District got a surprise for Teachers Appreciation Day in the form of a sweet donut treat and greeting provided by members of the district’s administration.
By Bob Vosseller MANCHESTER – Are Township residents dying out of fear of catching the coronavirus? Some officials believe that might be the case as some alarming statistics came to light recently. The township, which has a large number of seniors in a county that has the largest population of senior citizens in the state has noted a spike in deaths that some officials feel are linked to fear of COVID-19. Between early March and early May, Manchester Police have logged in an 81% increase in DOA (Dead On Arrival) calls compared to that same period in 2019. Such DOAs have been discovered by loved ones or during a wellbeing check. Many who died have had pre-existing health conditions. Dr. James Orlando, interventional cardiologist who was quoted in a local NBC affiliate TV report, said there may be some seniors who are showing symptoms of chest pains and are too afraid to go to their doctor’s office. They are afraid to come to the hospital because they are afraid of the virus. The township’s new EMS service which began in March, has had an alarming number of calls related to people having cardiac or stroke symptoms and EMTs are being told by those patients that they refuse to go to the hospital. This is even after the EMTs or physicians encourage them to go to the hospital. “It is more dangerous to stay home when (Residents - See Page 4)
Officials Watch Virus Numbers At Long Term Care Facilities
By Bob Vosseller MANCHESTER - Township Councilman Robert Hudak is requesting that the governor’s office investigate a high number of COVID-19 cases at several long-term care facilities. “As you are aware, long term care facilities have been acutely affected by the COVID-19 virus,” Hudak wrote in a letter to
Gov. Phil Murphy. In Manchester, “several of our long-term care facilities appear to have been hard hit. To the public, the numbers appear particularly high in relation to other long-term care facilities.” Hudak’s letter added that “many residents have friends and loved ones in these facilities. These patients are our residents and we need to ensure that they are
receiving the best possible care.” “The Center for Disease Control and Protection has established guidelines to curb the introduction of the virus into these facilities,” he added in his letter. Hudak said in his May 13 letter that in order to protect “our residents in these facilities, I request that the state perform an inspection to ensure that all our residents
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are receiving appropriate care. “I am not intimating that these facilities are doing anything improper, however, to the public it appears that some facilities may not be following the required procedures/protocol and an investigation will address the public’s concerns,” Hudak said in the conclusion of his letter. The councilman said in a phone
interview on May 14, that “we have a lot of residents that live in those nursing homes in town and we have a lot of family members whose parents live in these nursing homes in town and there is a lot of concern out there. “You can’t see someone or talk to them on a regular basis. If mom is in there you can’t see (Officials - See Page 4)
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