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Vol. 15 - No. 11
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July 9, 2016
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BlueClaws Capture Large Crowds For Fireworks
–Photos courtesy Lakewood BlueClaws LAKEWOOD – The popular Lakewood BlueClaws minor league games showed how popular they were on a sunny summer’s night that promised the largest fireworks display in the stadium’s history. Crowds, estimated at 10,011 attendees, packed the stands and picnic area to enjoy the day, another high attendance day for the Philadelphia Phillies minor league team. Promotions besides the fireworks were meant to celebrate the Fourth of July, as mascot Buster riled up crowds.
County Fair Opens July 13
By Catherine Galioto OCEAN COUNTY – The annual tradition of the Ocean County Fair returns to the Miller Airpark as fairgrounds open July 13 in Berkeley. The schedule: the fair is open 5 to 11 p.m. on July 13 and 14; 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on July 15 and 16, and ends its run July 17 with 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. hours. During that time, there’s a host of rides, animal displays, vendors, food and more to take advantage of, but the fair also has scheduled featured entertainment. For one, visitors can try their backyard games skills, with a cornhole tournament that will take place 7 p.m. July 14.
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Under the main tent, check out shows each evening of the fair’s hours with some bands and entertainment. Amish Outlaws perform 7 and 8:30 p.m. July 13. A series of bluegrass bands will begin 7 p.m. July 14, with entertainment through 10 p.m. The July 15 entertainment is the After the Reign band at 7 and 9 p.m., while a comedy hypnosis show will take place at the same times but on July 16. Finally, July 17 will have dance studio demonstrations from 1 to 3 p.m. There’s also the horse show ring as a venue for entertainment, where July 13 is a K9 demonstration, July 14 is the ( Fair- See Page 5)
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Marching Band Noise Leads To Waived Ordinance
By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK – Township council suspended a noise ordinance for the two high school marching bands so they could practice, rehearse and perform without inadvertently violating the township ordinance. People were complaining about the high school marching bands, saying they were violating a noise ordinance, so the mayor said “the one thing the council could do” is waive the noise ordinance, which they did in 2014 and 2015. “It’s been a great system,” said Mayor John Ducey said. “We go to the band directors and get them to tell us what days and times that they need to prepare their award-winning bands, and then we get it on the agenda, and the council gets the opportunity to pass that waiver of the noise ordinance, so we specifically know when exactly what day, how much time they need, how many practice days they need, how many hours they need and all that.” The council went through the same process again for this year and would continue to do so every year because Ducey said the marching bands give kids options in a safe, (Band - See Page 5)
A Revolutionary Soldier In Brick
By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK – There is only one known story about a local man’s history in the Revolutionary war, according to Brick Township Historian Gene Donatiello. John Chamberlain was born in the Village of Cedar Bridge, of what was then-Monmouth County on June 6, 1742. Chamberlain was born in the Village of Cedar Bridge, of what was then-Monmouth County on June 6, 1742. When he was 34, he enlisted as a private in the Monmouth Militia where he served several short enlistments during the war. He served in the Battle of Long Island and the capture of a refugee boat at the Manasquan
Inlet. Chamberlain was taken prisoner by the British, twice, and escaped each time, Donatiello wrote. He received a government pension for his service. In 1776 he married Ann Sylvester of Long Island and they lived in (what is now) Brick at the Metedeconk Bridge. After 1812 it was known as Chamberlain’s Bridge after the landowner and Revolutionary War soldier. When mapmakers redrew the maps that formed Ocean County, they changed the name from Chamberlain’s Bridge to Chambers Bridge, so his name remains with us today, Donatiello wrote as part of his
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