The MANCHESTER Times Vol. 26 - No. 28
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-Photos by Bob Vosseller (Above) Lakehurst Police Officers Madelyn Waltz, Harry Paul and William Bowers assemble in front of the department’s table and decorated police vehicle during the Fall Festival hosted by the Proving Ground Church. (Right) Abigail Fircha, 3, of Whiting enjoys some cotton candy as she takes part in the first ever Fall Festival put on by the members of the Proving Ground Church in Lakehurst. (Below) A pumpkin patch was part of the fun at the Fall Festival. By Bob Vosseller LAKEHURST – Pumpkin picking, pumpkin tic-tac-toe, pumpkin bingo, pumpkin bowling and a few non pumpkin-related activities were a fun part of a special fall festival recently. The Proving Ground Church on 1 Proving Ground Road was filled with booths and vendor tables providing games, prizes and enjoyable
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Couple Issued A License For Love By Manchester Police
By Bob Vosseller MANCHESTER – Manchester Township Police Chief Lisa Parker and Sergeant Chris Cerullo were conducting an “Undercover Operation” that led to a traffic stop near Route 571. Chief Parker started by requesting the driver’s license, registration and insurance information and then asked the driver and passenger “have you been the owner/occupant of this vehicle
all day?” The driver responded in the affirmative adding he was at work and Chief Parker told him she was investigating “something important” and asked the occupants to step outside to the rear of the vehicle. When both occupants of the car exited the vehicle Chief Parker (Love - See Page 23 )
October 24, 2020
Lakehurst Planning Borough’s Centennial
By Bob Vosseller LAKEHURST – Borough officials are looking for some help with the planning of its big centennial year in 2021. As the COVID-19 pandemic conditions caused the cancellation of many popular events such as its Independence Day fireworks display and car show and Lakehurst’s own heritage day, funds for those events were put toward a bigger celebration of the community in 2021 when it is hoped that the pandemic will be lessened or gone by the time the celebrations take place. Mayor Harry Robbins called for volunteers recently from all walks of the borough to assist as members of a planning committee. Council President Steven Oglesby said “The borough’s anniversary is fast approaching and the historical society would like to know what plans we have as they would like to coordinate. They were talking about doing the trolley ride which is pretty popular and other things like that.”. The Lakehurst Historical Society runs their trolley ride historic tours around the (Centennial - See Page 7)
Ridgeway Blvd. Bridge Replaced
By Chris Lundy MANCHESTER – A bridge by a busy intersection was replaced recently since it was starting to show its age. A driver might not even realize they are going over a bridge. It’s on Ridgeway Boulevard, which links Ridgeway Road (otherwise known as Route 571) to a Y-shaped intersection with South Hope Chapel Road, just north of Route 70. The old bridge had been there for almost 65 years. One of the reasons for rebuilding it was because of a new garage for the Ocean County Transportation Department nearby. As a timber bridge, the county engineer wanted to make sure it was going to be sturdy enough to handle the additional (Bridge - See Page 22)
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