The MANCHESTER Times Vol. 28 - No. 25
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Utilities Department, Director Position Created
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By Bob Vosseller MANCHESTER – The Township Council formed a new department of utilities and created the position of utilities director during a recent meeting. Business Administrator Brandon Umba explained that “about a year ago when I started here in the township the mayor had directed me to review the Department of Public Works and utilities and under that review, there were 18 employees and that does include the director of public works and when those two departments were merged and currently under the structure, we have 11.”
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“No foremen are currently employed and out of those employees we only have one that has a level II license and you need a level III license to run a department so with that we are using Water Resource Management, which is a private company in order to have a licensed operator for the town,” Umba added. Umba said, “the regulatory officer before was the person that upheld the license and under our current contracts that person has to make a thousand dollars less (per year) than the director of public works and the utility superintendent - so (Utilities - See Page 5)
─Photo by Bob Vosseller The bright red trolley carried history buffs through the borough during Lakehurst History Day. By Bob Vosseller LAKEHURST – Borough residents and other history buffs took a trip back in time as Lakehurst History Day was celebrated. Thanks to the Lake-
hurst Historical Society who provided trolley tou r s, r ider s hea rd some stories about the community. This was a callback to when trolley tours took place in 1928 when the Gray Lines
got permission to run a tourist bus through the community. While this trolley wasn’t a time machine, Councilwoman Bernadette Dugan, a LHS member, did her best
to capture an era gone by during her narration during the 45-minute tour that set off from the borough’s Community Center on Center Street. (Ride - See Page 4)
Billboard Radiothon Breaks Fundraising Record For Ocean Of Love
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Lakehurst Grants Three Cannabis Operating Licenses By Bob Vosseller LAKEHURST – Borough officials named three businesses who will operate cannabis facilities in the community during a recent council meeting. Mayor Harry Robbins, Council President Steven Oglesby and Councilman Brian DiMeo made up the borough Cannabis Committee and made the determination. Right now, the Borough is allowing one retail on Route 70
(B-2 Zone). DiMeo said the Cannabis Committee “met several times over the last several weeks to review the applications we had received and we did receive a good number of them for different zoning areas within the borough and for different purposes.” Those who received Borough approval to have a cannabis business in Lakehurst include: (Cannabis - See Page 5)
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