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July 1, 2023
Regional Day School Celebrates Four Area Bear Decades Of Inclusive Education Sightings – What
By Bob Vosseller JACKSON – Regional Day School just celebrated a big birthday that featured former staff, students and several special guests. The Jackson Township based school is a division of the Manchester Township School District and state, county, and township representatives came out to celebrate 40 years as a place for learning and offering a unique program. According to local administrators, the school provides the least restrictive environment for those pupils from across the state whose disabilities are low-incidence or of a severity that prevents programming in any other setting. The celebration showcased Regional Day School th rough the decades. Guests were welcomed by Student Ambassadors who provided attendees with tours of their designat-
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Photo courtesy Manchester Schools Student Marques Reeves, 7, proudly proclaims that “Regional Day School means happiness, love, and friendship” during a recently held 40th anniversary gathering at the school. ed school pods. Each pod showcased the history of the school broken down by decade.
Guests had the opportunity to experience the different programs that students have at
Plants Might Slow Horicon Lake Erosion By Bob Vosseller LAKEHURST – The Borough needs lifeguards! It also needs to fi nd ways to curb the erosion of Horicon Lake and one possible solution was presented during the last council meeting. Mayor Harry Robbins noted “the bulkhead around the lake
has been getting a lot of erosion over that way and we’ve been talking about native plants that can be put there and would help with the erosion.” “Andrew Hodges who is our compost expert here did some investigation and has come up with something that might save the borough some money,” the
mayor added. Regarding replenishing the area with sand, the mayor said, “in the area where recent work has been done where it seems to filter, we keep doing it again and again.” Hodges spoke to the governing body after handing out some (Plants - See Page 7)
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By Bob Vosseller MANCHESTER – Bears have been spotted in residential as well as business areas recently. Crestwood Village V resident Anna Marie Reilly told The Manchester Times of her recent experience. “My property backs up to the wildlife management area and the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency). The mother bear walked on the back of my property that touches the woods. She was walking on the line and she was by herself.” Reilly continued, “it was at dusk. My neighbor called me up and said there is a bear outside your back door. She said it is a big bear so don’t go outside. I brought my frying pan and wooden spoon and went out to the back yard and started banging on them in hopes the bear would go away.”
“I saw from the corner of my eye that there were two baby bears in the woods moving so there were three altogether that I know of. The mother bear and two babies. Someone said they saw a third baby but I’m not sure,” the resident added. She said the bears have been seen on Medford and Sunset Road between Portsmith and Quincy Road at night but not so much in the morning. “The mother was looking for food and for me it was the bird food. She didn’t go through any garbage cans.” The resident contacted the EPA hotline “and they said they’d do a report and passed it along to somebody else and I asked if they were going to tag them and they said if they can find them, they’ll do a tag. I told others that regularly walk in the (Bear - See Page 9)
Seniors Facing Affordable Housing Crisis
By Stephanie Faughnan OCEAN COUNTY – As the cost of living continues to rise, an increasing number of seniors are burdened by exorbitant housing expenses that exceed their fixed incomes. This predicament has
forced some to make difficult choices between paying for basic necessities and keeping a roof over their heads. In a letter addressed to Governor Phil Murphy, Commissioner Director Joseph Vicari asked the state to make funds available for rental and
housing assistance for older adults. “Your age friendly stores, offices and parks are of little use if our parents and g randparents can no longer afford to live in New Jersey,” wrote Vicari. “Perhaps some funds (Housing - See Page 5)
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