The MANCHESTER Times Vol. 28 - No. 19
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Manchester’s “Lemonade Kid” Makes A Difference
By Bob Vosseller MANCHESTER – When life tosses you lemons, your best bet is to make some lemonade and a township 7-year-old is doing just that to help a variety of good causes. Dalton Sardo really didn’t get tossed any lemons but he saw that some people could use some support. He enlisted his mom, Amy Sardo, to make the lemonade that he is pitching outside their home at 1409 Fif th Avenue in the Pine Lake Park section of the township. T h e Ma n c h e s t e r Times caught up with Dalton his mom and other family members during a hot summer day. He was busy soliciting travelers on the street to stop and wet their whistle with some of his nice cold and tangy lemonade. There were fresh brownies and cookies decorated as lemons with yellow (Kid - See Page 7)
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By Bob Vosseller MANCHESTER – The county will be upgrading a blinking light into a regular traffic light at the intersection of Commonwealth Boulevard and Northampton Boulevard in Pine Lake Park. “We have needed this for some time now,” Mayor Robert Hudak told the public at a recent Township Council meeting. He noted that the township had been trying to address this intersection for the better part of two decades including requesting it
–Photos By Bob Vosseller Dalton Sardo, 7, is ready to serve up some lemonade for a good cause in front of their home in the Pine Lake Park during a recent afternoon. (Inset) The saying on the back of his shirt that he wears while at his stand.
program held earlier this month at the Ocean County Police Academy. Many, but not all, of the students entering grades 6-9 from thirteen Ocean County municipalities shared Morgan’s aspirations to one day pursue careers in law enforcement. The participants wore department-issued caps and logoed teeshirts with khaki shorts as they stood
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Dangerous Intersection To Get Traffic Light
–Photo by Bob Vosseller Currently just a blinking caution light, the intersection of Commonwealth and Northampton boulevards will get a full light.
Sheriff ’s Office Celebrates Youth Academy Grads
By Stephanie Faughnan OCEAN COUNTY – Morgan Blann, 11, appeared as serious as a drill sergeant as she led the seventh graduating youth academy class of the Ocean County Sheriff ’s Office to their places. A seventh grader at Veteran’s Memorial School in Brick, Morgan was one of 33 young recruits who participated in the weeklong
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by resolution in 2020. The call for the traffic light had been renewed in July prompted by accidents and residents’ safety concerns. He recently received a letter from the Director of the Ocean County Commissioners Jack Kelly that the county’s engineering department will be working on it. “I’m proud to have worked with the County to deliver this for our residents. As a Pine Lake Park resident, I’ve seen firsthand the dangers of (Traffic - See Page 4)
Raft Dock’s Removal Riles Residents
By Bob Vosseller MANCHESTER – The unexpected removal of a wooden raf t st yle dock at Harry Wright Lake b r ou g ht u p s ome heated discussion during a recent Township Council meeting.
Pemberton Street residents Jonathan Holmes and Cara Rulli called for the restoration of the dock that was removed from use due to safety concerns based on a lack of lifeguards at the lake. “My family has en-
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joyed the resource of the lake since the very first year we moved here,” Hol mes said noting that his children “were confident in swimming off the dock and that was one of their proudest days.” Holmes said that with
the dock being removed from the lake it limited its use and that in speaking with lifeguards, members of t he re c reat ion department and the business administrator (Brandon Umba) (Raft - See Page 4)
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