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Pet Rule At Manchester's Harry Wright Lake+Offender Charged
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Up and at 'em, Manchester! Let's get you all caught up to start this Monday, Oct. 4, and this week off on an informed note. Here's everything you need to know in Manchester today.
There is no Township Council meeting this week; the council met last week. There is a Planning Board meeting with two minor applications (see the agenda here).
It's also the Week of Respect in the Manchester Township Schools. If you have children in school, lessons on kindness will be highlighted all week.
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Here's the rest of the rundown for today:
First, today's weather:
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A shower and thunderstorm. High: 82 Low: 64.
Here are the top stories in Manchester today:
- No, You Can't Walk Your Dog Near Harry Wright Lake: Manchester PD (Manchester Patch)
- Sex Offender In Manchester Failed To Register: Authorities (Manchester Patch)
- No. 9 Notre Dame over Manchester Township - Boys soccer recap (nj.com)
- Seasonal Jobs In Manchester: Target, Kohl's Hiring For 2021 (Manchester Patch)
- Halloween 2021: Submit Your Manchester Home To Patch's Scare Tour (Manchester Patch)
- Pinelands over Manchester Township - Boys Soccer Recap (nj.com)
- Manchester Township School District: Substitute Custodians Needed (Manchester Patch)
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Manchester Patch Notebook
- Manchester Police: "Today, we lay to rest one of our own, Retired Manchester Township Police Department Lieutenant Frederic Dean Lewis. Lt. Lewis passed away on Monday, September 20, 2021, at the age of 74. Lt. Lewis worked for the Manchester Township Polic..." (Facebook)
- Manchester Police: "After receiving numerous citizen complaints regarding pets at Harry Wright Lake, we wanted to let everyone know about our township ordinance, which prohibits pets from the picnic, bathing, swimming areas, and other areas indicated by the..." (Facebook)
- Manchester Township, NJ School District: "They do amazing work at Regional Day!" (Facebook)
- Manchester Township, NJ School District: "Help us honor our MTHS 2021 Hall of Fame Inductees. Ceremony Friday 10/1 at 5PM in the MTHS auditorium. Ceremony will also be livestreamed. Details here: https://www.manchestertwp.org/news/posts/~board/district-news/post/mths-hall-of-fam..." (Facebook)
- Manchester Township Soccer Association- MTSA: "Congrats to our U13G Dream for their 2-1 win in the first round of the state cup over BOCA!" (Facebook)
- Manchester Township, NJ School District: "Substitute custodians needed district wide, $12.00 per hour. As of Jan 1st, rate increases to $13.00 per hour. Please email Chris Brown at: cbrown@mtschools.org." (Facebook)
- Manchester Township, NJ School District: "Homecoming court at last night's game. Homecoming dance tonight!" (Facebook)
- Manchester Township, NJ School District: "MTHS Parents! Have you scheduled your Parent Teacher Conference appointments? Parent Portal scheduling closes Monday at 4PM. Get details here: https://www.manchestertwp.org/mths/news/news-posts-open/~board/mths-news/post/mths-parent-conf..." (Facebook)
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— Karen Wall
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