The MANCHESTER Times Vol. 26 - No. 12
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July 4, 2020
Student Honored For Essay On Lakehurst
Sergeant Returns Home After COVID-19 Recovery
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−Photos courtesy Manchester Police Sgt. Antonio Ellis was greeted with much fanfare upon recovering from coronavirus. By Bob Vosseller MANCHESTER – Township Police Sgt. Antonio Ellis is used to fighting crime but for 102 days he was fighting for his life having contracted the coronavirus. He returned to his Toms River home on June 17 from Magee Rehabilitation Jefferson Health in Philadelphia and is happy to be reunited with his wife and children. Ellis tested positive for the virus back in March, and spent around 30
days on a ventilator while in a coma according to Township Mayor Ken Palmer who has been updating the public on his Mayor’s Facebook page. He was deemed well enoug h to go back home but his return to Ocean County would include some fanfare. After being released from Magee, Philadelphia police gave him an escort out of town. They escorted him back to Manchester’s police station. Once there he
−Photo by Bob Vosseller Lakehurst Mayor Harry Robbins presents borough high school senior Jazmin Dolor a certificate of participation in the Louis Bay 2nd Municipal Leaders Scholarship Competition.
received a royal welcome back by township employees and by his fellow police officers.
Ellis was also welcomed back by police officers from the Ocean
(Sergeant - See Page 4)
Pipeline Blow Out Condemns Home
By Bob Vosseller UPPER FREEHOLD – An Upper Freehold Township homeowner has been relocated after a hydrological incident involving drilling for a New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG) pipeline project. “I was almost too terrified to investigate after what had felt like an explosion in my house. I discovered huge cracks in my foundation, my basement floor, and even my walls. As I watched in horror, water and sludge came pouring in through the cracks,” resident Barbara Fox-Cooper said.
Cooper was given just a few minutes to gather some of her belongings and to evacuate from her residence on June 19 as the slab of her home cracked due to hydrostatic pressure and the building inspector advised her to leave for her safety. NJNG was drilling in Upper Freehold as part of its $180 million Southern Reliability Link (SRL) pipeline project which received approval by the Pinelands Commission and the NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection and the state Board of Public Utilities.
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The SRL pipeline would connect to a compressor station in Chesterfield and run 28 miles of pipe through Burlington, Monmouth, and Ocean Counties. Specifically, it goes through Plumsted and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and ends in Manchester near the corner of Route 70 and Colonial Drive. Company spokesman Kevin Roberts said the company is taking full responsibility for the incident wants “to make things right.” He explained what occurred (Pipeline - See Page 8)
By Bob Vosseller L A K E H U R ST – Mayor Harry Robbins presented high school senior Jazmin Dolor a certificate of participation in the Louis Bay 2nd Municipal Leaders Scholarship Competition. The teenager read her one-page essay to the gover ning body during a recent Borough Council meeting. Dolor’s essay, “Lakehurst: Small Town, Giant Services” described the borough saying “good thing come in small packages.” She added that while the borough is best known for where the Hindenburg crashed and burned it “offers far more than its history.” “Lakehurst has an unmistakable community feel with the hosts of events that are provided to its residents and others. It is obvious that the municipal
government has taken into consideration the importance of services and safety to its residents and has done an outstanding job in those areas.” She noted memorable events like the National Night Out usually held in October, the 4th of July festivities which would normally include a car show and swimming in Lake Horicon and the fireworks themselves. Dolor also wrote about the borough’s printing of yearly calendars with all the events and services included in them and that while Lakehurst was small compared to nearby towns, its services and special events more than made up for its size. “I’m grateful for all the planning behind the scenes that makes all these things we enjoy possible and I would (Student - See Page 4)
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