The MANCHESTER Times Vol. 27 - No. 40
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mayor, council set course for a productive 2022
Lakehurst Officials Look Ahead To A Better New Year
By Bob Vosseller LAKEHURST – Borough officials are looking toward a better year with a number of inhouse repair projects. Leadership and sub-committee membership will remain the same. Mayor Harry Robbins swore in returning councilmen James Davis and Gary Lowe at the start of the New Year’s Day reorganization meeting. “Let’s hope 2022 is a better, healthier new year,” Council President Oglesby said. That sentiment represented the wish of all the council members present. “I hope 2022 will see the pandemic cease and we can get back to some normalization,” Mayor Robbins said. After congratulating the returning officials, the mayor called for nominations to serve as council president and Steven Oglesby was the lone nominee and unanimously approved to
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–Photo By Bob Vosseller Manchester Township Councilman Sam Fusaro, left joins Mayor Robert Hudak, 4th District Congressman Chris Smith, Council President Joan Brush and Vice President Michele Zolezi. Absent from the photo were Manchester Councilman James A. Vaccaro, Sr., and Councilman Craig Wallis. By Bob Vosseller MANCHESTER – There was a slight delay due to a serious crash that blocked Route 37 and caused a few detours, but this year’s township reorganization meeting packed the court room chambers of Town Hall. “The state of our Township is strong, and the future is bright,” Mayor Robert Hudak said. He was sworn into office surrounded by family members. Cou ncilwoman Michele
Zolezi took her oath of office in the company of her family immediately afterward. Both oaths were administered by the Manchester Township Judge Daniel F. Sahin, in front of family, friends, township employees, and dignitaries from the county and state. Those dignitaries included 4th Dist r ict Cong ressman Chris Smith, 10th District Assemblyman Gregory McGuckin and Ocean County Com-
missioners Virginia Haines and Gary Quinn. Councilwoman Joan Brush who served as vice council president last year took the gavel as council president this year. This means she sets the agenda and runs the meetings. Councilwoman Zolezi will serve as council vice president. Hudak was first unanimously appointed by the Township Council to fill the shoes of
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Why Did Snow Hit South First This Year?
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Change In Department Oversight Causes Argument Among County Leaders
By Bob Vosseller OCEAN COUNTY – A new year, a new c o m m i s s io n e r a n d some new committee assignments were all part of the annual reorganization meeting of the Ocean County Board of Commissioners but not everything
went smoothly. With Commissioner Gerry P. Little retiring from the board last year, a vacancy opened up and Barbara Jo Crea won election in November to replace him on the all-Republican board. She was sworn in by longtime
friend and colleague 9th District Assemblyman Brian Rumpf. Her term will expire in 2024. Commissioner Gary Quinn was also sworn in for his second term on the board. He was surrounded by family members as former 16th District Assemblyman
Jack M. Ciattarelli administered the oath of office. Quinn served as director of the Board of Commissioners last year. Qui n n’s ter m also ends at the end of 2024. Ciattarelli lost a very close race for governor in November to incumbent Governor
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By Stephanie Faughnan SOUTHERN OCEAN – New Jersey’s first snowstorm hit the state soon after the start of 2022 with double-digit accumulations in southern areas. Little Egg Harbor rec e ive d t h e most snow in Ocean Cou nt y, with 13.2 inches on a day that followed temperature readings of over 60 degrees. Road conditions snarled traf-
fic in Washington, D.C., while snowfall amounted to over nine inches in parts of North Carolina. Wintery weather even struck as far south as Birmingham, Alabama. The first week of January ended with another snowstorm that resulted in Governor Phil Murphy calling for a state of emergency. That weather event happened a week ago Friday and impacted northern (Snow - See Page 7)
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