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May 28, 2016
A FIELD OF FLAGS, EACH WAVING IN MEMORIAL Opposition Rises To Heritage By Catherine Galioto The patriotism of Memorial Day could Minerals, possibly mean decorating your home with several small flags to adorn your Town Center Plan lawn. A couple flags lining the property,
Marine Cpl. Nicholas Ott
Army Sgt. Ronald A. Kubik
to give it some red, white and blue. The symbolism is heavier at Southern Regional High School. The flags there number more than 6,800. Student volunteers carefully line them up outside the school, in a tremendous display that turns nearly the entire front of the campus from a green lawn into one flickering with flags – the Field of Flags. –Photos by Catherine Galioto And each 12-by-18-inch flag represents a life lost – 6,848 flags – of U.S. Background, the Field of Flags at Southern Regional, soldiers in the global War on Terror in each flag represents a life lost in the global War on Ter‑ ror. Above, Manchester’s war memorial at town hall. Iraq and Afghanistan. The display is an annual tradition for Southern Regional, whose student volunteers ing Freedom in Afghanistan. Ott joined the and school staff help to spraypaint the straight Marine Corps in 2007 and was assigned to 1st lines for the grid that make up the careful Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine placement of flags. Then, there is the tremen- Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force of dous task of placing them, which began May Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. 26. Southern’s Air Force Junior ROTC cadets During his stint in the military, he was place the flags throughout the day. decorated with two Navy and Marine Corps Of those more than 6,800 flags, those with Achievement Medals, the Marine Corps Good New Jersey roots number more than 125. Two Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service are remembered in Manchester. Medal, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, the Marine Cpl. Nicholas Ott Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Ott was a graduate of Manchester Township the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal High School, Class of 2006, where he was on and three Sea Service Deployment Ribbons. the wrestling, track and football teams. The township education foundation is adminCpl. Ott died on August 10, 2011 while istering a scholarship fund for graduates of the conducting combat operations in Helmand high school as well as Memorial Fund for future (Memorial - See Page 4) province while serving in Operation Endur-
By Jennifer Peacock MANCHESTER – The threat of litigation loomed over discussions at the township council and planning board meetings, for a redevelopment plan of the massive tract known as Heritage Minerals, which could add thousands of homes to a portion of the former mining site in the Pine Barrens. If a lawsuit is to be filed, file it before June 6, said Manchester Planning Board Attorney Edward Liston, addressing a 21-page letter sent from those opposing the plan. In opposition is the Pinelands Preservation Alliance, represented by attorney Paul Leodori. The PPA and others interested in discussing the plan, which could create a town center for Manchester off Route 37, came out to a special planning board meeting May 20 to hear the redevelopment plan on the tract, which stretches from Route 37, west to Whiting, to the border of Berkeley and Lakehurst – an area nearly twice the size of the Pine Lake Park neighborhood. The Planning Board was to have discussed and approved the redevelopment plan called “Manchester Heritage Town Center Redevelopment Plan,” sending its report to the (Opposition - See Page 7)
Meet Your Teachers And Staff Of The Year
–Photo courtesy Manchester Township School District The 2016 Teachers of the Year and Ed‑ ucational Support Professionals of the Year were honored at the May school board meeting.
MANCHESTER – The Township School District’s 2016 Teachers of the Year and Educational Support Professionals of the Year were honored at the May 11 Board of Education meeting. Teachers of the Year are: Jessica Parsons of Ridgeway School, Joshua Simpson of Regional Day, Maura Simister of Manchester Township Middle School, Melissa Peck of Manchester Township Elementary School, Jen Shappell of Whiting School and Timothy
Hinger of Manchester Township High School. Educational Service Professionals of the Year are Jennifer Eckert of MTHS, Stephanie Boyd of WS, Roni Anderson of MTES, Jennifer Barrett of MTMS, Maureen Romanowski of Regional Day, and Jamie LaBarca of Ridgeway School. They were introduced by their building principals and presented with certificates, Hawk pins and the coveted reserved parking spot signs.
–Photo by Jennifer Peacock Opposition attorney Paul Leodori, rep‑ resenting the Pinelands Preservation Alliance, spoke at the planning board meeting for the Manchester Heritage Town Center Redevelopment Plan. As a result of the PPA’s threat of litigation over the plan, the board will discuss the proposal at its June 6 meeting.