The MANCHESTER Times Vol. 27 - No. 16
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Fallen Hawks Memorial Garden Rededicated
July 31, 2021
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−Photo By Bob Vosseller A former Burger King in Lakehurst may be serving up an entirely different type of product in the not-so-distant future if an ordinance is passed permitting sale of marijuana within the borough. One such site in consideration is the former fast-food restaurant.
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−Photos courtesy Manchester Schools (Above) The Manchester Township High School Fallen Hawks Memorial Garden was recently rededicated. (Right) Manchester High School Peer Leadership Seminar students, their teacher and school district staff gather at the recent rededication of the school’s Memorial Garden. By Bob Vosseller MANCHESTER – The fallen members of the school community should never be forgotten, and the memorial to them has now been restored and rededicated. The Manchester Township High School Fallen Hawks Memorial Garden was created in 2012 by members of
the Class of 2014. In recent years the garden has been closed off to students but Peer Leadership Seminar students took on the project of restoring, improving and reopening the garden which is located in an interior courtyard of the high school. The students refreshed
the landscaping and added plaques on the wall for all of the Fallen Hawks. They also made a video explaining the project and created a bulletin board with photos and information about each of the students and staff mem-
bers memorialized in the garden. They even met virtually with the original creators from the Class of 2014 to discuss their plans. The project video states, “we are renovating the garden not (Garden - See Page 4)
Future Business Administrator Named
By Bob Vosseller MANCHESTER – During a recent Township Council meeting Mayor Robert Hudak introduced the township’s future acting business administrator, Brandon Umbra of Medford. There’s been a bit of a shuffle in this department. The business administra-
tor, who basically oversees the town since Manchester’s mayor is not full time, used to be Donna Markulic. She resigned this year to become the business administrator of Egg Harbor Township. Prior to Markulic’s resignation, Assistant Business Administrator James Gant resigned to take a position as business
administrator in a Monmouth County community. In spring, Michael King was appointed to the spot as acting business administrator. Hudak said his tenure ended prior to his becoming mayor on June 28. Umbra now replaces King. Umbra had previously served as business administrator in
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Franklinville and prior to that in Lumberton managing the day-to-day operations of the township’s departments which consisted of over 65 full and part time employees. Like Manchester, township departments include, Finance and Administration, Payroll and Purchasing, Police, (Administrator - See Page 5)
By Bob Vosseller LAKEHURST – Unlike many Ocean County communities, the borough is looking to establish a zone for commercial sales of marijuana in the community. One site that may be utilized is a former Burger King along with an industrial zone in another area of the borough. Councilman Steven Oglesby said during a recent Borough Council meeting that he was set to attend an online marijuana facility seminar. “Hopefully that will guide us in any future endeavors,” Oglesby said. Mayor Harry Robbins said the borough’s land use board would review the ordinance and it “would come back to us for a second reading which will be at our next council meeting which will be open to the public for comment and will be voted on at that time.” Town Improvements Later in the meeting, Oglesby noted that while walking along the borough’s lake near some blueberry bushes, he noticed “a tremendous amount of erosion going on around there. If we could - during the next CDBG (Community Development Block) grant - we could if there is any money left over, we could get a section of bulkheading done there until we could get public utilities to rebuild it.” Councilman Gary Lowe asked about the status of trees to be planted along Union Avenue. “It got stalled and I’m not sure where it stands,” Oglesby said. He noted that cherry trees were (Cannabis - See Page 4)
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