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THE BRICK
Vol. 15 - No. 20
Your FREE Weekly Hometown Newspaper | Serving Brick and Lakewood Townships
Back To School With New Academies
–Photo by Carrie Emmons Emma and Anna ready for the first school bus ride of the year. Brick students went back to school September 6.
–Photo by Judy Smestad-Nunn One of the projects completed over the summer was improvements to Brick High School’s parking lot. By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK – The school district didn’t wait for the first day of school to involve high school students into the two new academies debuting this year, instead hosting the students in a three-day camp over the summer.
In addition, the teachers who will be teaching the two new STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) academies to high school freshmen this year met over June and August. The meetings helped “to talk about the
millennial learner and the way in which students learn today,” said Director of Curriculum Susan McNamara. With a focus on the next generation science standards and looking at the ways of linking (School - See Page 5)
September 11 Ceremonies To Remember Residents Who Died In Attacks
By Catherine Galioto OCEAN COUNTY – Though the towers of New York City were another state away, the impact was nonetheless felt incredibly close to home. More than a dozen local residents died in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, in the World Trade Center but also on United Flight 93. Many of their names can be found in local memorials to September 11. Some of the
men and women, ranging in ages from 26 to 70, were residents at the time, while others grew up or graduated here. Their names, compiled from archive news reports and September 11 sites, are reprinted here: Peter Paul Apollo, Waretown, World Trade Center, born 1974. John James Badagliacca, of Brick and Staten Island, World Trade Center, born 1966.
Brett T. Bailey of Brick, World Trade Center, born 1973. Evan Jay Baron, formerly of Long Beach Island, World Trade Center, born 1964. Christopher Seton Cramer of Manahawkin, World Trade Center, born 1967. John Robert Cruz of Jersey City, formerly of Lakewood, World Trade Center, born 1969. (Remember - See Page 5)
Inside This Week’s Edition
Business Directory ........................... 26 Classifieds ........................................ 27 Community News ....................... 10-15 Dr. Izzy’s Sound News..................... 20 Fun Page ......................................... 25 Government ...................................... 9 Inside The Law ................................ 33 Letters to the Editor ........................... 8 Wolfgang ........................................ 35 WWW.MICROMEDIAPUBS.COM
September 10, 2016
Second Home Slated For Demolition
Photo By Judy Smestad-Nunn Queen Anne Road abandoned home. By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK – The second in a long list of abandoned township homes has been named as the next to be demolished under the township’s abandoned properties ordinance. The Property Maintenance Board and the Township Council have approved the demolition of 8 Queen Anne Road, a waterfront home that has received multiple violations for the structure and bulkhead. A representative from the bank who owns the property attended a May 25 Property Maintenance Board meeting to say the bank would have a contract and/or a demolition permit filed within 30 days and a report or a permit to repair the bulkhead. But Mayor John Ducey said the 30 days came and went: “30 days later absolutely nothing was filed or provided for the structure or bulkhead, so we’re proceeding with securing bids so that can be addressed,” he said. “We’re not waiting around for banks or property owners to drag their feet on these abandoned properties; they need to come down or be fixed.” This second home comes on the heels of the approved demolition of 126 South Beverly Drive, a home off Herbertsville Road that has holes in the roof, rampant mold inside and an overgrown yard. In order to address the vacant and abandoned properties in Brick, the governing body has approved the adoption and publication of an abandoned properties list which is the first step for the township to “systematically address problems in our town caused by vacant and abandoned property,” Ducey said. (Demolition - See Page 6)
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