Resumes Sought For Manchester Council Vacancy

MANCHESTER, NJ — The Manchester Township Council is seeking resumes to fill the council seat held by Samuel Fusaro.

Fusaro, who announced his pending resignation at the council's final meeting of 2022 in December, is formally resigning as of Jan. 15 because he is moving out of the township.

Fusaro's term expires Dec. 31, 2024.

Whoever is appointed to the seat will serve through Dec. 31, 2023. The final year of the term will be up for election in November.

Interested residents should send their resumes to Sabina T. Martin, Township Clerk, 1 Colonial Drive, Manchester, NJ 08759, postmarked by Jan. 22, 2023.

Fusaro began serving on the council in 1990, after Manchester approved a change of government to the current mayor-council set-up, and while the township was just reeling from the multimillion-dollar theft of town funds by former business administrator Joseph Portash and several other township officials.

Fusaro, at the Dec. 19 meeting, said the council members he served with during his two stints — he stepped away from the council from 2006-2011 due to his work responsibilities — "all served with one goal: to make Manchester better."