The MANCHESTER Times Vol. 30 - No. 36
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Photo courtesy Manchester Schools (Above) Students and school staff take part in the Care Closet ribbon cutting at Manchester Township High School. (Right) Students can do their own laundry and pick up items they need at the Care Closet. By Bob Vosseller MANCHESTER – Students who need a little help, but might be too embarrassed to ask, can stop by the Care
Closet at Manchester Township High School. The closet is full of personal care products, a washer and (Care Closet - See Page 4)
Students Prepare Thousands Of Meals For Those In Need
Photos courtesy OCVTS Thousands of meals were prepared by culinary students.
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By Alyssa Riccardi BRICK – The Ocean County Vocational Technical School’s Brick Center was buzzing with activity during the week before Thanksgiving, where students worked tirelessly to provide a holiday meal for those in need. There were 182 culinary students who prepared over 3,500 Thanksgiving dinners for “Feed the Need,” an initiative that began more than 25 years ago.
“Feed the Need started with us just providing 25 meals to a local church,” Culinary 1 instructor Chef Gary Lesniak said. “Every year it seemed to build. The program back then just relied on donations; people dropping of turkeys, etc.” The program now partners up with Fulfill, who provided over 400 turkeys this year, as well as RWJ Barnabas Community
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By Bob Vosseller M A NCH EST ER – T he Tow n sh ip Council changed some zoning that would block multifamily townhomes from being proposed there. Town officials determine the zoning of property – in other words, what is allowed to be built there. Some land has an overlay zone, which means there are two different zones. Mayor Robert Arace explained that ordinance 24-40 involved townhome overlays that had previously been placed. This had made tow nhomes a con- "We are forming a Master Plan ditional use, meaning that it Committee to could be built. more carefully “There is a craft the lot of volume future of the from residential developtown and its ment coming development." a nd com i ng -Mayor Robert rapidly,” he Arace said, so they sought to prevent that. “We are forming a Master Plan Committee to more carefully craft the future of the town and its development,” the mayor said. “We are taking those conditions away which would allow for various zones that townhomes could be built if actually submitted. We’d be taking away those conditional uses and overlays. There are other uses in those zones.” “We are taking the town home unit component away,” the mayor further explained. He said the other uses included industrial business zones “where we could have more commercial type development which had residential overlays over them. This isn’t about a particular application. It is about how things can generally be done by zone in the town.” He noted that it was 2017 when the overlays were added into the township code. Township Attorney Lauren Staiger said “even though they are being removed, it was an oversight originally. It shouldn’t have been there to begin with. This is specific (Development - See Page 4)
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