The MANCHESTER Times Vol. 29 - No. 34
In This Week’s Edition
High School Students Give Tech Support To Whiting Seniors
Rent Leveling Taken To Court
Photo by Bob Vosseller Manchester Township Council and professional staff listen to a resident’s question about litigation pertaining to the township’s rent leveling ordinance during a recent Township Council meeting.
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Photo by Bob Vosseller (Above) Manchester Township High School taught seniors about tech at the Club House of Crestwood Village VI. (Right) Judy Noonan (standing) joins Manchester Township High School senior Samantha Billanueva who is seen helping Whiting resident Mieke Jansma get Wi Fi on her lap top. By Bob Vosseller MANCHESTER – Township high school students recently came out to provide some tech support to seniors from several Whiting communities. The Crestwood Village VI Club House was filled with seniors who had a lot of questions. The students patiently explained how to use features of their respective devices - be it Smart
Will Warm Autumn Give Way To Harsh Winter? By Alyssa Riccardi NEW JERSEY – For the past three winters, La Niña weather patterns have brought record-low snowfall to New Jersey. This winter, forecasters have confirmed an El Niño weather pattern which could potentially bring lots of snow for the first time in years. Dr. David A. Robinson, New Jersey State (Autumn - See Page 8)
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Phones, lap tops or others - and helped them with solutions to a variety of problems. The program came about through a team-up between the township’s senior liaison, Judy Noonan (Tech Support - See Page 4)
By Bob Vosseller MANCHESTER – The ordinance created to limit rent increases for residents was challenged in court, and residents are worried about the outcome of that lawsuit. Last March, the Township Council passed a rent leveling ordinance to help residents of manufactured communities being negatively impacted by high increases from their landlords. The ordinance was par t of Mayor Robert Arace’s election campaign last year and du r ing the meeting
where it was approved, he remarked that as most of those living in these communities are seniors on a fi xed income, the increases that they are experiencing have had a big impact on their finances. Several senior township communities saw annual increases of more than 6% in their rents. He noted that the ordinance was drafted to protect those residents from greedy landlords looking to cash in on the current economic environment. “Hundreds of people probably, along the (Rent - See Page 16)
Hits And Misses Of State Survey Addressed
By Bob Vosseller MANCHESTER – The township did relatively well with their annual Best Practices review that the municipality underwent recently. Township Business Administrator Carl Block and Chief Financial Officer Diane Lapp spoke to the governing body and the public about the process and the results of the review during a recent council meeting. “I had to sign off on it,” Block said,
noting that the review from the State Department of Community Affairs involved a number of survey questions, some of which didn’t apply to Manchester. “We ended up with 38 ½ out of 50. Some of the questions were like ‘did you submit the budget on time’ and the answer was no, you had a new administration, business administrator, mayor and council so some of it seemed a bit trite. Others were a bit wonky like ‘Do you have electrical vehicle charging stations,’” Block added.
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“The Best Practices report was started to make sure government does all the fiscally responsible things they should and they seem to be branching out to enforce policies,” he said. “There are some we got that are not of real consequence.” Lapp elaborated saying, “the budget wasn’t introduced on time and there is another practice within the New Jersey administrative code where they would like to see improvement in how we do (Survey - See Page 5)
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