2017-01-07 - The Brick Times

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THE BRICK

Vol. 15 - No. 37

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Brick Liquor License Fetches $611K Two New Restaurants Possible For Mantoloking Road

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Doctor Izzy “Loss Of Balance And Unsteadiness” Page 14.

Fun Page Page 20.

Wolfgang Puck Celebrate With These Easy Souffles. Page 23.

Dear Joel Tattoo It On Your Forehead Page 16.

Dear Pharmacist Eight Incredible Medicinal Herbs From The Bible

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Inside The Law Insurance For Homeowners. Page 22.

Letters To The Editor Page 6.

From Your Government Officials Page 7.

Classified Ads Page 19.

–Photos by Judy Smestad-Nunn The former Hinckley’s Yacht Services, where a new waterfront restaurant could take shape now that a new liquor license was purchased. Additionally, the Trader’s Cove site in Brick also has plans for Chef’s International to build a waterfront restaurant in the park, inset photo. By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK – There could be two new waterfront restaurant/bars in the township in the near f ut u re si nce a new consumption liquor license was purchased by Barnegat Bayside

Ser vices, LLC who own the 16.9-acre site of the former Hinckley’s Yacht Services at 5 Mantoloking Road. The license, which was sold in a sealed bid, must be used as part of a bar/restaurant

operation that is principally used for serving food, and the establishment must contain at least 100 seats for restaurant patrons. “T his is exciti ng news,” said Mayor John G. Ducey at the

December 20 council meeting. “We had a half-a-million dollar minimum bid and the winning bid came back at $611,000, so $111,000 more than the minimum bid, which is (License - See Page 5)

Treasures Left In Pages Found In Library Books

By Courtney McCann OCEAN COUNTY – Most lost and founds are for mittens, sweaters and the occasional hat or scarf. At the Toms River branch of the Ocean County Library, the lost and found is home to all of the odds and e nd s t hat bor row-

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ers leave in books as makeshift bookmarks, rather than dog-earing the pages of the latest James Patterson or Nora Roberts. That includes what appear to be treasured family moments, in photographs left between pages. “Sometimes it’s a piece

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of yarn or string,” said Rachael Lavoie-Dohn, chief librarian of the Toms River branch. “Maybe an expired plane ticket.” In July, a table was set up in the lobby with unclaimed items, but staff requested that patrons who had lost photographs ask at the desk

rather than put them on d isplay. T hat’s when Senior Library Assistant Mau reen Borkowski decided to find a safe, yet private way to store photos up at the circulation desk. “Maureen decided to put them in a binder with plastic inserts so (Books - See Page 18)

| January 7, 2017

Brick Board Member Questions Public Transparency

By Judy Smestad-Nunn with Board Attorney BRICK – During her Nicholas Montenegro, last meeting as a mem- “it’s not really a pubber of the Board of Edu- lic contract until the cation, Karyn Cusanelli Board of Education questioned a has approved change in the it, so it’s re“We age nd a forly con f irepresent al mat that she dential until said reduces the public t h e b o a r d transparency …It’s their approves it, to the public. it’s not for money the public to She said she noticed on the that’s review until December hat t i me,” paying tEdwards agend a t hat said. PDF files were for these Cusanelli not attached some things.” noted under each of the agen– Outgoing item to be votda items still School Board ed on, making had attachMember Karyn them unavailment s. E dCusanelli able for public wa rd s s a id review. those were items that “It’s something dif- were “okay to be pubferent this month,” said lic; what you’re referCusanelli during the ring to that say ‘on December 22 meet- file’ are contracts that ing. “Many of them are are still technically not on there and it just in negotiation until says ‘on file with the such time they’ve been Business Administra- board-approved.” He tor’s office.’ Was that said copies of contracts an error or has there would be available afbeen a decision made ter they are approved. to change the format?” Cusanelli said the Business Administra- public should be able tor James Edwards said to review cont racts the change was made a before the board votes few months ago after a on them. vendor complained that “The public is not vottheir contract, which ing on them, you are,” contained a confidenti- Edwards said. ality clause, was on the “But we represent board agenda and avail- the public,” Cusanelli able for public view. said. “It’s their money He said that upon re- that’s paying for these viewing it in discussion (Questions - See Page 5)

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