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Manchester had been considering whether to re-create the position of town manager, but it decided instead to get two for the price of one. Daniel C. Riley and John A. Riley, two brothers with extensive experience in town government, will fill two part-time positions, said Mayor Christopher B. D'Amario. "We get more bang for the buck ... [with] so much experience," D'Amario said. Daniel Riley will be project administrator, and John Riley will be town planner, D'Amario said. The town had about $40,000 in its budget for a town manager position, said Kelly J. Baldwin, the town's finance director.

The four Manchester Town Council members passed five resolutions at last night's meeting. But, for the second meeting in a row, none of those resolutions resulted in a replacement for former Councilman Robert Kolodziejski, who resigned last month."

A man who has been active in water and sewer issues in Manchester is the first candidate to file papers to run for Town Council this spring.A. Geoffrey Rice said he wants to make sure the town is prepared for development, with services that run properly, and that town officials and employees cooperate."

The polarized Manchester Town Council soon will consider potential appointees to one -- and likely two -- town council vacancies.All three unsuccessful candidates in May's Manchester Town Council election, plus one other resident, have expressed interest in the positions.Manchester Mayor Earl A.J. "Tim" Warehime Jr. declared the council seat of John A. Riley vacant at the Sept. 22 council meeting, after an opinion from the state attorney general's office said that Mr. Riley cannot hold paid public offices in both Hampstead and Manchester.

The ballot in Manchester's town elections May 16 will list names that are familiar to voters and familial to each other.By the deadline, the two candidates who filed for mayor are second cousins: John A. Riley and Elmer C. Lippy."

At Manchester's monthly town meetings, Mayor Christopher B. D'Amario and the five council members rarely miss a chance to voice their desire for the state to build a bypass around the town, no matter how tangential to the matter at hand. So the mayor was "flabbergasted" when state Transportation Secretary Robert L. Flanagan recently asked whether the town was sticking to a position opposing a bypass. It seems that state highway officials' files contained what they considered the town's most recent official word on the issue - a no vote by the Manchester council more than two decades ago. Now, Manchester officials are taking steps to update their formal position on a bypass - and to be included in talks about state road projects for Carroll County.

Towson University scored five unanswered goals in the third period to take control of the game en route to a comfortable 13-6 victory over No. 17 Massachusetts on Wednesday night in a Colonial Athletic Association men's lacrosse semifinal at Towson. Towson will host Delaware, which upset No. 10 Drexel, 15-12, in the other CAA semifinal, in the championship game on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. Towson (7-7 overall, 5-1 conference) beat Delaware, 9-7, earlier this season. The winner of the CAA championship receives an automatic bid to the 16-team NCAA Division I tournament.

The students call her the interest lady. And that's just fine with Pat D'Amario.Her real job title -- school-wide enrichment model (SEM) teacher -- is too difficult for the children to remember anyway, she said.SEM teachers serve as resource and catalyst to help students develop talents, from writing a play to researching light bulbs to learning about origami, the Japanese art of folding paper.Mrs. D'Amario is one of 9.5 such teachers in the county.She divides her time between Bakerfield and Meadowvale elementary schools, serving almost 1,300 students.

Manchester's water rate will increase slightly in the coming fiscal year, but the Town Council has held the line on the property tax. That might not be possible next year, Mayor Christopher B. D'Amario said after a public hearing on the fiscal 2005 budget Tuesday night, at which the council unanimously passed a $1.2 million operating budget, a $473,000 budget for the town water fund and $621,000 for the sewer fund. The property tax rate remains at 18.4 cents per $100 of assessed value for fiscal 2005.