Vol. 23 - No. 28
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SUPERSTORM
THE MANCHESTER
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Your FREE Weekly Hometown Newspaper For Manchester, Lakehurst and Whiting
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Community News! Don’t miss what’s happening in your town. Pages 10-12.
Letters Page 8.
Dr. Izzy’s Sound News Elbow Up
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Dear Pharmacist 4 Powerful Medicinal Herbs For Breast Cancer
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Dear Joel Hypochondriac Husband
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Business Directory Page 28.
Classifieds Page 27.
Fun Page Page 26.
Wolfgang Puck Pure Elegance: Think Dinner Party Cooking Can’t Be Quick And Easy? Think Again
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Horoscope Page 35.
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Manchester’s Queen Carolyn Is The Age Of Elegance –Photos by Sherri McGhie Carolyn Slade Harden performing “For Once In My Life.”
Sandy’s Psychological Scars Run Deep By Chris Lundy The Seaside boardwalk is back. The bridges, too. But you don’t have to look too hard to find remnants of Superstorm Sandy’s devastation along the Jersey shore. A line of waterfront homes is marred by a deserted house. A vacant property with the footprint still visible. A house being rebuilt on the water. These are the physical scars that Sandy had been there. –Photo courtesy Priscilla The emotional scars Robinson with NJOP are usually harder to Tricia McAvoy is still trying to see. get back into her home in Brick. (Sandy - See Page 5)
By Sara Grillo MANCHESTER – This year’s Ms. Senior America was just crowned after a 3-day pageant at Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City on October 19. Queen Carolyn Slade Harden, who lives in the Renaissance at Manchester, won the state crown at the Ms. New Jersey Senior America pageant this summer. Her modest reason for throwing her hat in the ring was to volunteer more and give back to her community. “I had no idea that I would actually win the national title as well,” she said. The “Age of Elegance” competition is designed for women who are 60 years of age or older. Harden shared her philosophy, gown, private interview and talent with the judges, singing “For Once In My Life,” to earn the title of queen. She has been singing since she (Queen - See Page 9)
| October 28, 2017
Manchester BOE Candidates Share Platforms By Sara Grillo MANCHESTER – Earlier this month, the Manchester PTA held a “Meet the Candidates” Night for parents and the community to get to know the incumbent and challenger candidates running for a seat on the Manchester Board of Education this November. The candidates who spoke during the one-hour session, held in Manchester Township High School’s auditorium, had one thing in common – they are all educators. Incumbent board member Jacqueline Paolillo was unable to attend. Melanie Biscardi is entering her 17th year as an educator and is currently a basic skills teacher at Berkeley Township Elementary School. “I work with the children who really (Candidates - See Page 9)
Barnegat Bay Still Feels Effects Of Sandy
By Judy Smestad-Nunn OCEAN COUNTY – Five years after the surge from Superstorm Sandy caused ocean waves to wash over the barrier island and flush out Barnegat Bay, the primary challenges facing the 42-mile long estuary remain the same, said executive director of Save Barnegat Bay Britta Wenzel. –Photo by Judy Smestad-Nunn While water sampling taken imThe ocean met the bay here, near the Mantoloking mediately after the storm might have Bridge, five years ago. shown decreased levels of nitrogen and phosphorus because of the flushing, non-point source pollution from developed land continues to run into the bay, causing algae blooms and killing off what was once a thriving shellfish industry, she said. “Sandy did nothing to change the leading causes of pollution,” Wenzel said in a phone interview in the week –Photo courtesy Congressman Chris Smith leading up to the anniversary. “And Sandy brought about widespread devastation of it’s probably in worse condition because we haven’t addressed the the shore area. (Bay - See Page 4)
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