The MANCHESTER Times Vol. 28 - No. 28
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─Photos by Bob Vosseller (Above): Serving up a free slice of apple pie to attendees is Shanieka Johnson, left and Lisa Panco who work at the Pines at Whiting Retirement/Assisted Living Community. (Left): Mary Lou Gilbert’s dog Benji is ready for Halloween.
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By Bob Vosseller M A NCH EST ER– The Pines Fall Festival (also known as “In Our Neck of the Woods”) returned to Whiting this month and the celebration featured music, food and crafts. This marked the second
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year for the event held at the Pines at Whiting Retirement Community and it showcased the fall beauty of the Pine Barrens as well as the assisted living facility/ retirement facility itself. The facility offers (Festival - See Page 6)
District Teaches Others How To Teach AP Kids
─Photos courtesy Manchester Schools Manchester Township High School staff recently hosted sessions at the Advanced Placement Colloquium held at Ocean County College.
By Bob Vosseller MANCHESTER – School District representatives were able to demonstrate their high achieving programs at the Ocean County Advanced Placement (AP) Colloquium at Ocean County College. Hosted by the Ocean
County Cur riculum Consortium, the AP Colloquium brings Advanced Placement (AP) teachers from across the county together six times in October for sessions focused on specific subject areas. Manchester Schools volunteered to present
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as the October 6 AP Colloquium as keynote presenters in the subject areas of AP Math and AP Computer Science. The goal is for AP educators to share best practices and inspire each other. School Superintendent John Berenato said, “the (Teach - See Page 6)
By Bob Vosseller MANCHESTER – Manchester has six candidates vying for two, four-year council seats this November. Seeking the mayor’s spot is incumbent Mayor Robert Hudak, Robert Arace and Ken Seda. The mayoral candidates were discussed in a previous article. The township’s form of gove r n ment is non-partisan so their party affiliation won’t be on the ballots. Hudak’s slogan is “Manchester First-Continued Good Government,” and his running mates are Council President Joan Brush and Timothy Poss. Arace is running as “T he R ig ht Choice for Manchester” with
Roxanne Conniff and Joseph T. Hankins. Both of the above teams are Republicans while Seda, running under the slogan of “Manchester Deserves Better” is a Democrat. He is running with Gloria E. Adkinson and Karen Sugden. Timothy Poss told The Manchester Times “I am a police officer (sergeant) in Pemberton Borough and operate a small family landscaping business in town that services many of our township residents. “I believe in Manchester and take great pride in community service. I want to make a positive impact in the community that I grew up in. I (Council - See Page 4)
Breast Cancer Awareness: One Mom’s Story By Chris Lundy OCEAN COUNTY – Alison Berry touched many lives during her time on Earth, and her loved ones are hoping that she will continue to inspire after her passing. “My mother noticed a lump on her breast in her late 20s and she ignored it for bit,” her daughter Pamela Moore said. “Being a single mom she was hard pressed to work two jobs and take care of me, and most of the time she put herself on the back burner. When she was around 35 years old, she was in fact, diagnosed with breast cancer, for the same lump.” (Mom - See Page 18)
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