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THE MANCHESTER
Vol. 22 - No. 29
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Leave Leaves Curbside
By Catherine Galioto MANCHESTER – New this year: the township is using leaf vacuums to suck up the fallen fall foliage. The two new leaf vacuums will be in use this collection season. They were bought in May for $112,000, and officials hope they will streamline work for both township crews and residents. “These collection units will make yard maintenance easier for our residents since leaves no longer need to be bagged for collection,” said Public Works Director Al Yodakis in a statement. “All residents need to do is rake or blow their leaves to the edge of the roadway in neat rows, parallel to the frontage of the property line. From there, our crews will vacuum the leaves. No bags are necessary.” Leaves should not extend onto the residents’ property, and no brush, sticks or other debris may be mixed in with leaf piles. Officials warned that if any material is comingled with the leaf piles, the entire pile will not be collected. Also, don’t park streetside during your collection time. The collection scheduling remains the same as previous years, and can be found by visiting the Manchester Township website at ManchesterTWP.com and clicking on the “2016 Recycling & Bulk Pick Up Schedule” button.
Leaf vacuums in Manchester Township.
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By Jennifer Peacock MANCHESTER – One councilman sought to answer residents’ questions about a highly controversial project that will land in Manchester. Councilman Brendan Weiner took the lead at the last Manchester council meeting to address questions about New Jersey Natural Gas’s Southern Reliability Link, a 30-mile gas pipeline that will through Burlington, Monmouth and Ocean counties, from Chesterfield Township to a connection in Manchester, running through Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in Plumsted, Jackson and Manchester. Rumors about the project have swirled around the project, with two being discussed at council’s first October meeting. Township residents were most concerned about the purpose of the pipeline, which some had heard would be used for exporting gas, while others raised concerns about reports that a compressor station was being built at Colonial Drive and Route 70. “Council, as well as the mayor, have gone to meetings, reviewed
the plans…of the Southern Reliability Link and the impacts it will have on Manchester,” Weiner said. “And to date, [the compressor] was nowhere in these plans, so I was surprised.” It turns out both concerns are unfounded, Weiner confirmed with NJNG officials. Weiner contacted the gas company immediately after the October 11 council meeting, and researched the project to see if any changes had been made to the plans he, council, and the township administration had reviewed. “I did not fi nd anything,” Weiner said about the issues raised by residents. Weiner received an email from NJNG’s chief of staff Linda Kellner October 12, in which she dispelled the rumors. “We will not export natural gas outside of the United States. In fact, as a regulated New Jersey local distribution company, we are not permitted to export natural gas. Any statement to the contrary is untrue,” Kellner wrote. “We are not building a new facility at (Pipeline - See Page 5)
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November 5, 2016
Police Seeking Tips In Whitney Estates Gun�ire
By Catherine Galioto MANCHESTER – Police responded to gunfire on Kent Road in the Whitney Estates section of Manchester, and are now seeking any tips from the public as the investigation continues. No one was injured, but a house there has bullet holes, in an incident after 9 p.m. October 27, police said. Police said multiple reports came in at 9:35 p.m. October 27 of gun shots around the 2500 block of Ken Road. The house was struck multipe times by gunfire, when the suspect or suspect fired multiple rounds from the street at the residence, police said. “Upon the arrival of patrol officers, it was learned that an unknown person(s) fire multiple rounds from the street at a residence on Kent Road. Although several of the rounds penetrated the occupied residence, no one was injured,” police said. Police closed the street for several hours, canvasing the neighborhood with the township K-9 unit. The Manchester Police Investigations Bureau were joined by the Ocean County Crime Scene Investigations Unit. As of Tuesday, the investigation remained ongoing and police continued to encourage tips. Police are asking anyone who may have seen any suspicious person(s) or vehicles in the area leading up to the shooting to contact Detective Adam Guker at 732-6572009, ext. 4210. The police department also maintains an anonymous tip line at manchesterpolicenj. com/investigations-bureau/tip-line.
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