Vol. 23 - No. 12
In This Week’s Edition
THE MANCHESTER
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Dear Pharmacist 7 Genius Home Remedies For Bug Bites
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Spotlight On Government Page 9.
Inside The Law Protect Yourself And Your Family By Choosing The Right Automobile Insurance
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–Photo courtesy Manchester Township Schools The Manchester Township Middle School future Class of 2021. By Sara Grillo MANCHESTER – Manchester Township Middle School’s future Class of 2021 held their graduation ceremony at Manchester Town-
ship High School, where they will the enter doors as bright-eyed freshmen students in the fall. Principal Nancy Driber welcomed the audience of parents, friends
and family members as she prepared to send off the group of graduates and reflect on their time at MTMS. Blake Weiner led the Pledge of A l le g i a n c e a n d
Mia Perez, Bedelya Cortina, Kelly Horan and Helen White sang the National Anthem. Da n ielle Gaug h r a n presented the student (Middle - See Page 8)
Cops: 7 Lakewood Couples Defraud Nearly $2 Million From Welfare Programs By Sara Grillo LAKEWOOD – In an ongoing investigation, six Lakewood individuals - three married couples were arrested after it was discovered they allegedly defrauded nearly $700,000 from Medicaid and government assistant programs by misrepresenting their incomes and receiving benefits that they and their families were not entitled to. As of press time, seven couples have been arrested in the investigation for collecting roughly $2 million in fraudulent benefits. The charges began with the arrest of two other married couples from Lakewood, who were arrested a day earlier for the same crime. All couples faced a detention hearing on June 28 in Ocean County Superior Court. According to the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office, they have since (Welfare - See Page 4)
–Photo courtesy Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Several Lakewood couples were charged with defrauding thousands of dollars from Medicaid and other government assistance programs.
| July 8, 2017
Opioid Epidemic Faces A New High By Sara Grillo OCEAN COUNTY – As summer takes hold in Ocean County and hot weather is finally on the rise, something else is also on the rise this time of year – drug use. The opioid epidemic is nothing new, but there are a few things that have changed, in both good and bad ways, over the past few years. There are also some things that have stayed the same. According to the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office, so far there have been 74 drug overdose deaths
in the county this year, pending a few toxicology reports, which is the exact number we were at the same time last year. “I track it using the last two years and we’re sort of on the same pace as last year, and last year we had 209 overdose deaths,” said Prosecutor Joseph Coronato. He said drug use and overdoses tend to pick up during the summer, and then really start to spiral out of control starting in November,
(Opioid - See Page 5)
93-Year-Old Resident Donates Taser To Police
By Sara Grillo MANCHESTER – The Manchester Township Police Department is certainly feeling the love lately. After recently receiving donations to the Manchester Township Police Foundation that funded the purchase of a new K-9 kennel for police dogs Storm and Lynk, the department received another unexpected donation from a 93-year-old resident. (Taser - See Page 8)
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