Manchester, NJ

PDF of print edition Renaissance Resident Looks To Trash Early-Morning Garbage Collections By Keith Hagarty       Being stirred from your slumber on a biweekly basis by the grinding, reverberating sound of garbage trucks has become a nuisance for one resident of the Renaissance at Manchester. He is now looking for the town to step up and impose current noise restrictions. More ... FOR CALENDAR GIRLS, RETIREMENT DOESN'T MEAN AN END TO SHOW BUSINESS By Jo Ann La Russo       Twelve Calendar Girls, which include members from Manchester and Lakehurst, put on a show of glitter and talent to an appreciative audience last week when they entertained at the Silver Ridge Westerly community clubhouse. Seniors entertaining seniors is not a new concept, of course, and when The C... More ... Road Projects On Tap For Route 571 And Commonwealth Boulevard       OCEAN COUNTY - Route 571 and Commonwealth Boulevard in Manchester Township is one of three new road improvement projects slated to begin this spring and summer. The Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders will seek bids for the estimated $300,000 contract that will add a left turn lane to Route ... More ... Land In Manchester, Berkeley Preserved As Open Space       OCEAN COUNTY - The Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders approved the purchase of tracts of land totaling 472 acres in Berkeley and Manchester townships to be included in the county's natural lands program. According to Ocean County Freeholder John C. Bartlett, Jr. More ... OCEAN COUNTY CELEBRATES IRISH HERITAGE DAY       TOMS RIVER - Ocean County officials joined with members of the Ancient Order of the Hibernians Division 1, AOH, LAOH in raising the flag of Ireland at the county administration building. Pictured from left are, Freeholders Gerry P. Little and Joseph H. Vicari, Ralph C. Hodges Jr. More ... Freeholders Approve 2007 County Budget, But Not Without Criticism By Bill McLaughlin       It's one thing to be criticized as a profligate spender, but when you're also called a miser in the next breath, what can you say? The Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders had just heard a recapitulation last Wednesday of the $344 million budget by Freeholder John Bartlett, who described a fur... More ... County Officials Pledge To Support Planetarium By Bill McLaughlin       The open public hearing on the Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders' annual budget was delayed for two minutes last Wednesday because a Manchester woman was hawking a book in the front of the meeting room. It wasn't just any woman, selling just any book, to merely anyone. More ...