The MANCHESTER Times Vol. 27 - No. 19
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August 21, 2021
Mayor: Some Development Can’t Be Fought
By Bob Vosseller MANCHESTER – Mayor Robert Hudak weighed in recently on social media concerning the subject of mixed-use development in the community. He called for citizens to join a township committee to examine township codes and updating its master plan.
Mixed use properties are when more than one thing is being built on a property, for example a mix of retail and housing. “A month ago, I had several residents contact me regarding the various proposed mixed use development projects throughout the town. As an over 12-year resident of Manchester, I share your
County Encourages Vaccines, Won’t Require Workers To Get Them Yet
concerns regarding the impacts, such as traffic and other quality of life concerns which come with developments of this nature. Unfortunately, a number of these development plans have been lingering around for many years prior to my becoming a councilman in 2019,” the mayor said. (Development - See Page 4)
VA Clinic To Be Worked On Before New One Opens
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–Photo By Bob Vosseller Director of the Ocean County Board of Commissioners Gary Quinn speaks during a recent event in Toms River. By Bob Vosseller OCEAN COUNTY – As the spread of the Delta variant continues to raise concern, vaccination data of county employees is being collected.
“We are requesting from our staff information about vaccinations just to get some information built up so we know who is vaccinated and who is not vaccinated,” Director of the Board of
Ocean County Commissioners Gary Quinn said. Quinn stressed that this is just in the discussion stages. Information is just being gathered at (Vaccines - See Page 7)
Third Mayoral Candidate Steps Forward
By Bob Vosseller MANCHESTER – David Goldstein, 70, is one of three township residents seeking to serve as mayor by running in this November’s general election. He is currently collecting signatures to be on the ballot in No-
vember along with fellow candidates Robert Hudak, 44, who was appointed by the Council in June to replace Mayor Kenneth Palmer and Robert Arace, 27, who announced his desire to run a few days after Hudak was sworn in. Palmer resigned on
June 25 after being appointed to serve as a Superior Court judge in Ocean County. He was elected as mayor in November 2014 and won re-election in November 2018. Hudak was serving his second ter m on the council when he
was appointed by the Manchester Council to serve as mayor until the end of 2021. Manchester has nonpa r t is a n ele c t ion s , meaning that political party isn’t listed on the ballot. All three candidates are Republicans. Goldstein said he
wants to serve as mayor because he feels he can bring change to the township. He feels Hudak will continue to do what has already been done while Arace is too young and lacks the experience to bring (Mayoral - See Page 7)
–Photo by Stephanie Faughnan Army Veteran Ryan Luurtesema shared his concerns about the new outpatient VA clinic. By Stephanie Faughnan BRICK – Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough and Congressman Andy Kim (D-3rd) met earlier this week with local veteran leaders to discuss plans for a new VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) in Toms River. “We expect to open the new facility in 2024,” said Kim. “In the meantime, we are going to keep working to improve the situation at the current facility (in Brick) and try to have a seamless effort there.” Brick Mayor John G. Ducey and Toms River Mayor Maurice “Mo” B. Hill, Jr. also sat in on the roundtable discussion held at Brick VFW Post 8867. Members of the press were excluded from the closed-door session to allow veterans to speak (Clinic - See Page 5)
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