The petitions are in — four candidates will compete for the three available Manchester Township Council seats this November.
Completed petitions were due to the the clerk's office by Sept. 4 and a determination of candidacy was to be completed by Sept. 8. Clerk Sabina Skibo said Wednesday that the three "Continued Good Government" candidates, plus one more resident successfully submitted their petitions to appear on the Nov. 6 ballot.
The candidates are: William N. Peck of Hannibal Street in the township's Pine Lake Park section; James A. Vaccaro, Sr., who lives on Gabriella Circle in the Renaissance Community; Samuel F. Fusaro, Jr. a Holly Oaks resident living on Brandon Road; and Charles L. Frattini, Sr., who resides on Chatham Lane in Leisure Village West.
The latter three candidates are running under the "Continued Good Government" banner and . Manchester Patch will provide more information on all candidates in the coming weeks.
Fusaro, who previously served on the council from 1990 to 2006, is finishing the term of retired council member Kenneth Vanderziel. Current council members Warren Reiter, who has served since 2008, and Frederick Trutkoff, a member since 2004, .
Though residents from many municipalities throughout the state — including Lakehurst— voted in primary elections earlier in June, that process is unnecessary in Manchester since the government has operated without political affiliations since 1990 following a corruption scandal.
Manchester residents voted last November . With that change, the New Jersey Division of Elections states that Sept. 4 is the deadline for nonpartisan candidates to file to be voted on in the November general election. The terms of Manchester's elected officials set to expire in July 2012 were extended six months, through December, to accommodate the election date change.
Clerk Sabina Skibo said that she will verify the signatures submitted by each prospective candidate and will have the determination of candidacy completed by Saturday, Sept. 8.
Scott Neuman - Candidate for Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders
The Mayor and the current form of government came about because of one man’s control caused corruption. I think we need to make sure the situation isn’t ripe for the same happenings. That being said, if during the course of the campaign, it appears that Mr. peck is not at least capable, then I will not vote for him…just saying my vote is his to lose.
A vote for Mr. Peck will help bring about a change in our government. A much needed one !! Best of luck to him.
Lived in Manchester 37 years now..saw it all..own three homes in Manchester and at each one nothing gets done by the township for the taxes I pay. Like another said..we need some new blood in town hall...lets start it and give it a chance in 2012.
mess, and a period of corruption in which really the heart of the heap didn't live long enough to see jail. If Mayor Mike hadn't come along, this town would have been in a heap of hot water it did not deserve. If the mayor should have been out a long time ago, then that should have been governed by ordinance and nurtured by conscientous council members. But I say we owe him a big thank you for his diligence. Oh, and one more thing; we need a true Manchester newspaper, not one trumping all Lakehurst news and little on Manchester. I am happy for Patch!
I am not Don Gottwerth, I am Don Borst. Please submit you responses to the proper parties.
The 58-year-old publisher of The Advance News, a weekly newspaper in Manchester, faces a five-year prison term and a fine of up to $100,000 when Judge Peter J. Giovine of Superior Court sentences him on April 29. Mr. Varelli, along with three former mayors and six former top Manchester officials, was accused of taking part in embezzling $2.25 million from township funds from 1983 to 1990, when a new government took over the township following a taxpayers' revolt there. The ousted Mayor, Ralph Rizzolo, was seen by police carrying municipal records to the Ocean County landfill on his last day of office.
Mr. Borelli was owner of the Manchester Times, no? I'm going back to sheets I was handed out years ago of the story and history of the calamity. Maybe Mayor Mike could come on and correct the story. My mother-in-law was here when doors were knocked on in Village 2 to collect a sur-charge to make up for the loss.