The MANCHESTER Times Vol. 26 - No. 35
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High School Teacher, Service Specialist Of The Year Named −Photos courtesy Manchester Schools (Top, right) Lucia “Lucy” Giavatto-DiLeo center is joined by members of her family and school district officials as she accepts her awards as Manchester Township High School Teacher of the Year and as Ocean County Teacher of the Year. (Bottom, right) Manchester Township Education Service Professional Christine Grille receives her award for being the ESP of 2020 during a recent Manchester School Board meeting. By Bob Vosseller MANCHESTER – It may have been postponed from its usual spring ceremony but a township high school teacher who won both local and county accolades got to enjoy her awards recently. During a Board of Education meeting held at the Manchester Township High School, High School Principal Dennis Adams presented the high school teacher of the year and service specialist of the year. The first honor went to Lucia “Lucy” Giavatto-DiLeo as high school teacher of the year and
the Ocean County teacher of the year. “Both are indicative of how much passion and commitment Lucy dedicates to her teaching profession,” Adams said. Superintendent David Trethaway provided some biographical information on DiLeo noting she has been a World Language Teacher at Manchester Township High School for more than two decades. (School - See Page 7)
Route 70 Roadwork Scheduled In Several Towns
By Chris Lundy NEW JERSEY – A New Jersey Department of Transportation project will improve Route 70 in several Ocean and Monmouth county locations. The project began on December 1, closing shoulders on the road in Pemberton in Burlington County through Riverview Drive in Brielle in Monmouth County. This part of the project
involves pavement rehabilitation and improvements. Milling and pavement is expected to begin in spring. According to the DOT, the $12.9 million project will improve safety at six intersections and repair more than 14 miles of deteriorated pavement in three counties. There will also be curb and sidewalk work, and ramps compliant with the Americans with
Disabilities Act. New guiderails will be installed, drainage improvements will be made, and traffic signals will be updated at the following intersections: • Orchard Street - Lakehurst • Colonial Drive - Manchester Township • Buckingham Drive - Manchester Township (Roadwork - See Page 4)
December 12, 2020
Environmentalists Look At Master Plan
By Bob Vosseller MANCHESTER – Noting remarks during a r e ce nt Tow n sh ip Council meeting, members of the Manchester Environmental Commission discussed the status of a critical project during their most recent meeting. Township Council President Sam Fusaro said, “We are doing what I feel is a great job on the master plan review. The entire team has been contributing to it and we will not only get a lot from not only the land use portion but a lot of the code in our code book cleaned up a little. It has been a long time since that has been reviewed and completed.” A master plan is a doc-
ument that re-envisions how land in the township will be used. It is used by township officials to set long range plans. Easily defined, it explains what the town leaders want to see in their town. Councilman Robert Hudak said the master plan committee has been meeting and “we are continuing with our discussions about various land use ordinances and we are looking at changing and developing some of the uses and streamlining the land development ordinances so they are more user friendly.” “It is still an ongoing process that will take a little more time but we will continue to meet,” (Plan - See Page 9)
Radio Stations Pink Slip Local DJs Before Holidays
By Bob Vosseller TOMS RIVER – Several local on-air staffers who worked for Townsquare Media for years will no longer be heard on area radio stations. Those staffers were part of the radio network’s Ocean/Monmouth counties cluster and includes Liz Jeressi of Hot AC 94.3 The Point WJLK Asbury Park who was with the station for more than 20 years and worked 18 years in morning programming with Lou Russo, who will now work solo for the present time. Also out is Justin Louis as APD/MD/afternoon host at AC 92.7 WOBM-FM Toms River. Before starting with WOBM-FM in 2007, Louis worked at WHYN Springfield Massachusetts and WMHX (Stations - See Page 4)
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