The MANCHESTER Times Vol. 28 - No. 43
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Therapy Program Brings Music To The Ears Of Students And Educators By Bob Vosseller MANCHESTER – It is often said that music can bring back emotional memories, change a person’s mood and can bring joy to listeners. Because of this it is very useful for therapy. The Township School District offers a special Music Therapy program at the Regional Day School. Each week, Hannah Zacharias of Mosaic Music Therapy visits students for fun, engaging and beneficial music therapy sessions. “Music Therapy has had a positively profound effect on our students,” Regional Day School Principal Lisa Michallis said. “Although our
teachers are always exposing students to rhythms, basic handheld instruments and various genres of music, the addition of Ms. Hannah’s techniques (Music - See Page 4)
-Photos courtesy Manchester Schools Hannah Zacharias of Mosaic Music Therapy visits Regional Day School students for fun, engaging and beneficial music therapy sessions every Tuesday.
For Local Residents, Ciba’s Scars Run Deep
By Stephanie Faughnan TOMS RIVER – Matthew Kelly made a quick stop in the pouring rain before he headed into Toms River North High School to attend a community meeting on a proposed settlement regarding the Ciba-Geigy superfund site. Born and raised in Toms River, Kelly was on familiar turf as both a graduate and former teacher at the high school. Unfortunately, with some memories still haunting him, Kelly decided to momentar-
ily pause by the f lagpole at the school’s entranceway. “There’s a list of students that have passed away while they were students here,” shared Kelly. “I stopped and read my cousin’s name. My uncle’s daughter died when she was 16 and a student here. My dad died of pancreatic cancer.” Kelly said both his father and uncle worked at Ciba-Geigy back when it was Toms River Chemical. When Kelly heard about the plan for the (Residents - See Page 5)
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Town Leaders Argue Over Costly Appointments
By Bob Vosseller MANCHESTER – A councilwoman questioned why important jobs in town were being rushed into place without proper vetting. Councilwoman Michele Zolezi asked why several resolutions on the list for the Town Council meeting were not included on her agenda. These resolutions were to appoint important – and costly - jobs like township attorney, affordable housing attorney, Open Public Records Act attorney, public defender, two alternate public defenders, and engineering services for water and sewer and engineering services. “All these other agenda items under ‘appointments,’ those are not on the agenda. When were they put on the agenda?” the councilwoman asked. It was not determined who put the items on the agenda. Township Clerk Sabina Martin confirmed those agenda items were only added that day, hours before the meeting. “That’s a problem. It’s ridiculous. There are hundreds of pages here and although we did this the last time (January 3 reorganization meeting) and it was like a growing pain, typically the Council gets these and they review them,” Zolezi explained. She added, “typically we get these agendas with all these items attached which you may or may not see on the (Township) website. I have the original agenda. It is completely disrespectful and unacceptable. “We typically have an entire weekend to review this. We all work full time and although we are extremely dedicated, we all have a responsibility to the taxpayers of this town and a fiduciary responsibility to the taxpayers of this town for everyone to have access to review all these documents,” Councilwoman Zolezi said. “For this to come in at the last minute is unacceptable and I will make a motion that we table this to the original agenda that we were given.” With the late notice, she couldn’t see how any of the members of council notified (Leaders - See Page 8)
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