Vol. 15 - No. 45
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Wolfgang Puck Win The Title Of Best Snack At Your Next Party Page 27.
Dear Pharmacist Give A Healing Bouquet Of Flowers Page 17.
Inside The Law Seeking Customers Who’ve Bought From These Websites Page 19.
Letters To The Editor Page 7.
From Your Government Officials Page 8.
Classified Ads Page 21.
Traffic Still Major Concern For Wawa Plan Near Lake Riviera
New Athletic Director Shows Deep Brick Roots By Chris Christopher BRICK – Pete Panuska graced the track and the field as a Green Dragon in the 1980s. A hall of famer for the school district, he was known then as Pete the Jet, the Golden Flash and the Golden Bullet. Now he’s the Brick Township High School athletics director. Panuska started work February. He replaces former Brick athlete Rick Handchen, who retired to move to North Carolina where he coaches boys golf at the Covenant Day School. “There are a lot of things I have to learn,” Panuska said. “It’s a process. My administrative office (Panuska was previously a Brick assistant principal) was next to Rick’s. He mentored me a little bit and that was a good thing. I was an administrator for 10 years (Panuska was also a Brick Memorial assistant principal). I have always said how much I have enjoyed working with the kids. My passion has always been sports. “I know I will have to put in a lot more hours, but this is where we stand and I am excited. I will –Photo by Kim Haug do my best. I am sure I will make New Brick Township High School athletic director mistakes as I go along, but as long Pete Panuska stands besides a trophy case showing as I don’t make the same mistakes his time as a Green Dragon. (Director - See Page 4)
–Photo by Judy Smestad-Nunn Residents again packed the zoning board for a meeting on a Wawa for Route 70 and Duquesne. The hearing continues March 8. By Judy Smestad-Nunn use planners, traffic BRICK - For the third exper ts, developers time, Lake Riviera res- and others for a proidents filled the meet- p o s e d c o m m e r c i a l ing room where the development on the Board of Adjustment cor ner of Duquesne held a special meeting Blvd. and Route 70 that to hear more testimony would include a Wawa (Wawa - See Page 5) from attorneys, land
Brick Voters Approve Fire Budgets, Re-Elect Incumbents
By Chris Lundy BR IC K – Vot e r s approved the budgets in all three fire districts and re-elected i ncu mbe nt s a s f i re com missioners in the election that took place February 18. In District 1, two
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people ran for t wo, three-year terms as fire commissioners. Ronald M. Gaskill, Sr. won 199 votes and Steven P. Gerling won 177 votes. Voters approved the budget 154 votes to 72. The budget will be $2,446,200, of which
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$2,320, 000 will be raised by taxes. In District 2, two people ran for t wo, three-year terms as fire commissioners. Stephen W. Earl, Jr. won 154 votes and Joseph
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J. Pawlowicz, Jr. won 173 votes. Voters approved the budget 150 votes to 44. The budget will be $1,920,564, of which $1,750,000 would be
Brick Projects Tax Decrease
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By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK – The local tax rate would decrease for the first time in 30 years, said the mayor. The Brick 2017 tax bill would be reduced by 0.5 cents, and the proposed $100.3 million budget is $4.4 million less than last year’s budget, said Mayor John G. Ducey. The cut translates to a decrease of about $15 on the average home assessed at $294,100. The municipal tax rate would be 68.5 cents per $100 of assessed value under the proposed reduction. Ducey proposed the spending plan and projected revenue plan at the February 21 (Tax - See Page 22)
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