The MANCHESTER Times Vol. 27 - No. 3
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−Photo courtesy Manchester Schools Several of the 22 Manchester Township High School students who were recently honored by the Manchester Board of Education for receiving high scores in their advanced placement exams. By Bob Vosseller MANCHESTER – The Township School District recently recognized 22 Advanced Placement (AP) students for their high scores during a Board of Education meeting. School Board members congratulated the students for achieving scores or four or five on the AP exams. Manchester Township High School Vice Principals, Sarah Thiffault and Tracey Raimondo, read the names and scores of all of the students, some of whom were present at the meeting
to be honored. Thiffault said, “we are so proud of these students. To score a four or a five is quite an accomplishment, even in a normal year.” The students and their scores are: • Mubaraq Aderogba - 4 in AP World History • Karina Camarena - 5 in AP Spanish • Marissa Clauburg - 5 in AP English Literature & Composition, 5 in AP US History (Council - See Page 4)
Council Discusses COVID, Finances
By Bob Vosseller MANCHESTER – The approval of a solar array in the township, the hiring of a new business administrator and issues revolving around COVID-19 vaccinations were among the topics discussed during a recent
council meeting.
Solar Project Councilman Robert Hudak reported on a recent Planning Board meeting where a new solar array project was approved. The site of the project is on a closed portion of a landfill
−Photos courtesy Jersey Shore BlueClaws Bill Butler, the first groundskeeper in the Lakewood BlueClaws’ history, checks the lawn. He later served as the New York Mets’ head groundskeeper.
along Route 70 “in a central area which is currently capped and it will not be visible from the surrounding area.”
Paid Fire Service It was also reported that Police Chief Lisa Parker, Mayor Kenneth Palmer and the lead-
ership of the Manchester Fire services would meet in reference to the formation of a paid, full time fire department in the township. It would fall under the umbrella of emergency services, similar to the
(Council - See Page 4)
(Left) Lakewood first baseman Ryan Howard, who hit more than 300 regular-season homers for the Phillies, takes a cut in 2002. (Right) The BlueClaws’ Cole Hamels unleashes a pitch in 2003. He led the Phillies to a World Series championship. By Chris Christopher LAKEWOOD - Millions of fans can’t be wrong. In 19 regular seasons, the Lakewood BlueClaws attracted 7,711,681 fans to regular-season home games at FirstEnergy Park. Now in their first year as the Jersey Shore BlueClaws, the team is a major reason Lakewood is New Jersey’s unofficial capital of professional base-
ball as they are the third club to play The Grand Old Game in the town. Flash back to the 1940s On a bright, sunny day in March of 1943, more than 1,200 folks descended on the downtown train depot in Lakewood. The turnout wasn’t for the grand opening of a hotel in the winter resort nor was it to see heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis (BlueClaws - See Page 7)
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