Vol. 22 - No. 38
I N T HIS W EEK ’ S E DITION
THE MANCHESTER
TIMES
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Doctor Izzy “Loss Of Balance And Unsteadiness” Page 16.
Dear Pharmacist “Eight Incredible Medicinal Herbs From The Bible” Page 17.
Inside The Law “Insurance For Homeowners” Page 19.
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| January 7, 2017
Serving Lakehurst, Whiting and all of Manchester
New Year, Similar Challenges Officials Describe Woes With State Rules
By Catherine Galioto M A NCH EST ER – Elected officials hope to use 2017 as more opportunity to push for changes to regulations they say are hurting the business economy, and ultimately, taxpayers. Councilmen Sam Fusaro and James Vaccaro, who began new terms this month as did Charles Frattini, spoke with The Manchester Times after the last 2016 council meeting to size up the year ahead. They said Manchester faces rules imposed by state agencies that are not as positive as they’d like, whether complying with regulations on how its large parcels of Pinelands can be used, or conditions on the state highways that run through the township, or how the formula for state aid impacts its school district. “It’s not a fight as much as trying to negotiate with them,” Fusaro said. “It will be another year of those challenges but we will continue to be proactive, in particular for the stabilization of the tax base for the taxpayer,” Vaccaro said. “You can’t ever stop fighting for the taxpayer.” The fight is for Manchester to have land use and development rules that are more welcoming to development, in order to increase rat-
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“It’s not a fight as much as trying to negotiate with them.” –Councilman Sam Fusaro
“You can’t ever stop fighting for the taxpayer.” –Councilman James Vaccaro
Retired Councilman Remembered For Service To Manchester
MANCHESTER – Retired Councilman Kenneth Vanderziel has died at the age of 93 on December 21. Following an accomplished career with Union Pacific, the IRS, and as a self-employed tax accountant, Vanderziel found a new calling in retirement; he proudly served his community for many years as a Manchester Township Councilman. “We appreciate Ken’s years of service and his commitment to Manchester Township,” said Mayor Kenneth Palmer, who ordered flags to fly at half-mast at the Municipal Complex in honor of Vanderziel. Vanderziel was born on April 7, 1923, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, where he began a long career with Union Pacific Railroad. Vanderziel proudly served his country as a U.S. Marine for four years beginning in 1942, and was deployed to the South Pacific during World War II from 1943 to 1945. (Councilman - See Page 5)
ables, they said. There’s also the issue of how the state awards school funding to Manchester, another fight the councilmen said they’ll continue to advocate for as taxpayers stand to benefit. For an example of development issues, much of Manchester is under both CAFRA and Pinelands land use regulations, requiring both permits for some projects within its bor-
ders, something most other towns do not have to contend with, said the councilmen. Among the ramifications of that, Fusaro said, is the impervious coverage regulations for Manchester, in other words, the percentage of a building plan that can be used for parking lots, for example. Fusaro said the laws have discouraged supermarkets or other big-box tenants from
opening in town, because the parking lot e nd s u p b ei ng t o o small to satisfy the amount of customers. “We need help bringing in commercial businesses but because of these rules it is difficult,” he said. He considered some recent changes to land use in the township a success. Those changes on Manchester’s end include rules about how (Challenges - See Page 5)
Treasures Left In Pages Found In Library Books
By Courtney McCann OCEAN COUNTY – Most lost and founds are for mittens, sweaters and the occasional hat or scarf. At the Toms River branch of the Ocean County Library, the lost and found is home to all of the odds and ends that borrowers leave in books as makeshift bookmarks, rather than
dog-earing the pages of the latest James Patterson or Nora Roberts. That includes what appear to be treasured family moments, in photographs left between pages. “Sometimes it’s a piece of yarn or string,” said Rachael Lavoie-Dohn, chief librarian of the Toms River branch. (Treasures - See Page 4)