The MANCHESTER Times Vol. 29 - No. 9
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Students Show Their Love Of Dogs While Supporting Charity
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By Bob Vosseller MANCHESTER – Canines, kids, parents and educators were all happy when the township high school Student Leadership Class hosted an All Fur One (AFO) Fair at Manchester Middle School. Students set up informational tables about how to volunteer, foster, and adopt with AFO along with displaying student projects, crafts, games, and refreshments. Volunteers from AFO
Graduating Class Goes Through The Looking Glass By Bob Vosseller JACKSON – It started out with the 10th Annual Penguin Plunge months ago and culminated recently with a romp around Wonderland at the Regional Day School. The school - located at (Class - See Page 8)
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Dogs were grateful to Middle School students for helping them get adopted.
–Photo by Bob Vosseller A Regional Day School student enjoys a dance with an Ocean County Sheriff’s Officer during the recent prom held at the school.
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brought adoptable dogs and cats for potential adopters to meet. Three families were able to adopt puppies and go home with them that day. Also, the MTHS National Honor Society donated $325 that they raised for AFO by holding a car wash the previous weekend. Earlier in the year, middle school students served up a delicious means of helping shelter dogs in the form of ‘Pupcakes.’
MTMS 7th Grade teacher Bella Toto’s Family and Consumer Science Class baked the pupcakes to donate to the All Fur One Pet Rescue and were featured at All Fur One’s adoption event held in April. Students learned about the importance of safe food ingredients for dogs while following a recipe and utilizing their measuring skills. (Charity - See Page 4)
Lakehurst Sees Tax Increase
By Bob Vosseller LAK EH URST – Boroug h of f icials recently approved their proposed 2023 budget. The spending plan that was introduced in early April will see a tax increase of $82 for the average homeowner. T h e B o r o u g h’s
Chief Financial Officer Wayne Sibilia explained to The Manchester Times, “The 2023 municipal tax levy is increasing by 2.78% when compared to last year. Our 2023 municipal tax rate is 1.181. On an average residential assessment of $253,075 this amounts to $2,989
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per year, an annual increase $82 per year.” Sibilia added, “two single largest items affecting the 2023 budget: employer required contribution to pensions increased 34% and health benefits premiums increased 22%.” Mayor Harry Robbins told The Manchester
Times during the borough’s January 1 reorganization meeting that he anticipated a difficult and challenging budgetary year. Du r ing a recent council meeting, officials also passed on second reading Ordinance #2023-09 (Tax - See Page 5)
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