Vol. 23 - No. 21
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THE MANCHESTER
TIMES
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Community News! Don’t miss what’s happening in your town. Pages 11-17.
Jersey’s National Guard Takes Off For Hurricane Harvey Relief
Page 10.
Dr. Izzy’s Sound News Does Hearing Really Effect My Golf Game?
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Dear Pharmacist Nootropic Supplements – Nature’s Smart Pill
Fun Page Page 28.
Classifieds Page 27.
Horoscope Page 35.
Wolfgang Puck Chill Out: Celebrate The Last Blast Of Summer Eating Homemade Ice Cream
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September 9, 2017
Phone Scammers Targeting Senior Citizens
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By Sara Grillo MANCHESTER – Phone scammers are nothing new, but the individuals behind the line have taken a more personal tone recently, resorting to tactics that hit much closer to home. Councilman Charles Frattini, Sr. took some time out of a recent council meeting to share a frightening call he received from a phone scammer who took things up a notch. The caller, who claimed to be an attorney, started out by telling him his granddaughter had been arrested for drunk driving after an accident. “Of course this caught me really of guard because she’s in the Navy as a master chief and it’s not like her,” said Frattini. The caller went on to say that his granddaughter didn’t want anyone to know and that she was very embarrassed, encouraging him not to tell anyone about the situation. “She got on the phone, and by golly, it sounded
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–Photos courtesy Sgt. 1st Class Wayne Woolley (Above) Staff Sgt. Robert Hawlik loads his gear into a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in preparation for a humanitarian assistance mission in response to Hurricane Harvey. (Left)Senior Airman Ryan O’Grady loads his gear. By Sara Grillo JOI NT BASE McGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST – In the wake of devastating flooding that has torn through Texas after Hurricane Harvey made landfall and forced more than 30,000 people to abandon their homes, a team of New Jersey National Guard airbor ne search-and-rescue experts left from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst on August 30 to aid in the ongoing
Outside Watering Curtailed During Water Tower Work recovery efforts. The team, made up of two crews of Army National Guard UH-60 “Black Hawk” helicopters and four Air National Guard Tactical Air Control Party specialists, all volunteered for the mission, which could last up to 60 days. “We’re hoping we can do some good down there,” said Air Guard Master Sgt. Chris Donohue. “It’s a rewarding mission to be able to help
people in America. People are used to seeing the military go overseas. Now people get to see their return on investment and all the good things the military can do here.” Helicopter crews from the Army Guard’s 1-150th Assault Helicopter Battalion and the Air Guard’s 227th Air Support Operations Squadron often train together as part of New Jersey’s Task Force One Urban Search (Relief - See Page 5)
By Sara Grillo MANCHESTER – Watering restrictions are being put in place for Manchester residents in the township’s Eastern Service Area due to mandatory repainting of the water tower on Route 37 near town hall. Officials said $1.5 million in bonds has already been appropriated to repair and repaint the tower, as its current coating suffers from severe deteriora-
tion and is clearly visible as rust. T he mai ntenance work, which will take place this month, requires the entire water tank to be drained so both the inside and outside of the tank can be repainted. This means that water use needs to be reduced to maintain an uninterrupted supply of water and also preserve water in case of an emergency, such (Tower - See Page 4)
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