Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Police and paramedics responded to the Route 70 restaurant Monday afternoon
Police responded to the Manchester Applebee's parking lot Monday afternoon after a driver appeared to suffer a medical episode and struck another car. Alvina M. Bigos, 79, was traveling through the lot of the Route 70 restaurant at about 12:30 p.m. in a 2012 Toyota Yaris when she "may have had a medical condition" which caused her to impact a 2010 Hyundai belonging to a township resident, said Manchester police Capt. Lisa Parker. "The impact was at slow speed and with little visible damage," Parker said. Bigos was transported to Community Medical Center in Toms River for medical attention. Her son, who was also in the car, was uninjured, the captain said. Paramedics from the Manchester First Aid and Rescue Squad and MONOC responded to …
Monday, March 26, 2012
Family, friends attend welcome home open house
When William Matthaey was a freshman at Manchester Township High School, he told his parents he wanted to go into the military. Sunday, he was back in Manchester greeting family and friends after serving his first tour of duty in Afghanistan. U.S. Army Pfc. Matthaey, a 2010 MTHS graduate, is a parachute rigger who was stationed in Kandahar, Afghanistan for seven months before returning to the states in February. He came home for the first time since then on March 16. "The job I did helped everyone else trying to defend the U.S.," said the 20-year-old at his welcome home celebration at the Manchester Applebee's. "My job contributed to saving the U.S. from terrorism." Matthaey left for boot camp at Fort Jackson, S.C. in August 2010. He went…
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Events in and around Manchester and Lakehurst this weekend
Looking for something to do locally this weekend? Check out these nearby events and feel free to contribute your own, either in the comments section below or on our events calendar. 1. A welcome home open house will be held Sunday at the Manchester Applebee's for Billy Matthaey, a 2010 graduate of Manchester Township High School who recently returned from a U.S. Army deployment in Afghanistan. The celebration will be held from 2:30 to 6 p.m. Appetizers and soda will be served, menu items and cash bar available for purchase. 2. "Happily Ever After: A Cinderella Tale" will be presented by the Push Cart Players at Manchester's branch of the Ocean County Library at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. The performance is sponsored by the New Jersey Alliance's…
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Fundraiser set for Saturday, Feb. 25 at Manchester Applebee's
Residents are being asked to rally this Saturday for a Hawk who is battling cancer. A flapjack fundraiser for Trevor Martin, a sophomore at Manchester Township High School who was diagnosed two weeks ago with acute myelogenous leukemia, will be held Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Manchester Applebee's from 8 to 10 a.m. A Hawks basketball player who wears number 32, Martin is receiving chemotherapy treatment for the cancer — which affects blood and bone marrow — at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, said English teacher Jill Ocone. For $10, a breakfast of pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs and beverage will be provided. Tickets can be purchased by contacting high school vice principal Evelyn Swift or boys head basketball coach Ryan Ramsay …
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Dining to Donate fundraiser for the class of 2014 is Thursday
If your lunch or dinner plans for Thursday include dining out, a meal at the local Applebee's will benefit high school students. Those who print this flyer and present it to their server at the Applebee's in Manchester Plaza will have 10 percent of their bill donated to Manchester Township High School's class of 2014. Other local organizations have used the donation program in the past, including Kevin's Kids, which held a fundraiser at the restaurant last November.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Present this flyer at Manchester Applebee's between 11 a.m. and 9 p.m. and 10 percent of your bill will be donated to Kevin's Kids
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