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Ridgeway Students Get Their Books Through A Drive By Service By Bob Vosseller MANCHESTER – Students of the Ridgeway Elementary School are really enjoying receiving their books in a unique way, via bookmobile. The school’s bookmobile however is hardly traditional. While it might deliver books, it only has three wheels and operates on pedal power. Teachers pedal the bright yellow adult tricycle through the school hallways, delivering books to students who are very excited when it arrives at their classroom door. Earlier this month, “Read Across America Day was “the first day of our deliveries this year,” Ridgeway Principal Nikki Mazur said. “Due to the pandemic, we are careful about who and how many people handle books, and then we never have the students touch the books, other than the one they receive. Last year we began giving out the books in school, but then once we all went remote, the teachers took the Book-
Official: Town Should Evaluate Infrastructure
By Bob Vosseller MANCHESTER – A strong recommendation was made for the governing body to review the status of the township’s infrastructure as well as its cyber security that controls some of it. Councilman James Vaccaro noted during his report during a recent council meeting that, “earlier in February I enjoyed watching the Super Bowl but beyond the game, the water supply around Tampa Florida, was poisoned chemically.” “I would like council to explore what safeguards are in place within the township to protect us against cyber-attacks in our infrastructure, water and sewer, communications and internet systems to protect our vital services of police, fire, EMS, and other services,” Councilman Vaccaro added. Vaccaro noted that Leisure Village West (Infrastructure - See Page 7)
−Photo courtesy Manchester Schools The Cat in the hat rides a tricycle to deliver books to Ridgeway Elementary School students.
Trees And Lights Are Issues In Lakehurst
mobile to the streets to deliver to the students’ homes,” she added. Mazur said that the goal for this year is to give a new book to each student in the building by the last day of school. “We have hundreds of new books already, thanks to the generous donations of our staff and members of the community.”
−Photo By Bob Vosseller Where did it go? For those wondering the old fire pit at the Horicon Lake in Lakehurst has been removed.
Former Little Egg Mayor Chosen For County Commissioner Race
By Chris Lundy OCEAN COUNTY – Barbara “Bobbi Jo” Crea, a Little Egg Harbor Committeewoman and former mayor, won the official endorsement of the Ocean County Republican Organization at their County Council. This means that she’ll have the party line for the primary election in the sum-
March 20, 2021
mer. If she wins that, she would have the party line for the general election in November. This is important because most people just vote for everyone in their party of choice. “I am humbled by tonight’s vote and honored to have received the endorsement of my fellow Ocean County Republicans. I want to thank Chairman
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Frank Holman for a fair and well-run convention from start to finish,” said Crea, who also offered her thanks to Berkeley Township Councilman John Bacchione for a hard-fought race. “I look forward to uniting our party and running alongside my friend, Commissioner Gary Quinn, as part of (Commissioner - See Page 7)
By Bob Vosseller LAKEHURST – Replacing trees and old street lights were issues brought up by the Borough Council recently. Council President Steven Oglesby asked for an update concerning the more than 100 trees
that need to be removed from around the borough’s sidewalks. There are trees in the borough that are lifting sidewalks causing a possible tripping hazard. A number of trees were previously removed (Trees - See Page 4)
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