Vol. 15 - No. 51
THE BRICK
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Dept. Heads Talk Staffi ng At Brick BOE
By Judy Smestad-Nunn BR ICK – A mong the budget requests presented to the Brick school board: the school district’s director of cur riculum suggested adding teachers for classes such as dance and sign language, while the human resources department recommends
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opposed for the Democrat’s spot. The incumbent mayor and three council members are seeking the support of Democrats to run for another term in the primary election. Meanwhile, the Republicans have built a slate of challengers. There are three council spots up for election. The Democrats are sending incumbents Marianna Pontoriero, 2347 Hooper Ave., Paul Mummolo, 404 Princeton Ave., and Heather deJong, 421 Hessler Way to the ballot and are uncontested. The three Republicans seeking nomination for council spots in their uncontested primary (Primary - See Page 25)
BRICK TIMES on your...
BRICK’S NONPUBLIC STUDENT BUSSING DECLINING
filling vacancies for a chemistry teacher and technology staff. The Curriculum & Instruction Department, the Human Resources Department and the Transportation Department presented their budgets at the April 6 Board of Education meeting in preparation
Contested Primary In Brick Mayoral Race
By Chris Lundy & Catherine Galioto BRICK – The Republican spot for mayor will see a contested primary come June 6, as two candidates have filed, seeking the Republican ticket. Domenick Brando, 12 Commodore Drive, is seek i ng mayoral nomination for the Republican ticket. He is being challenged by Martin Ebert, 766 Tall Oaks Dr., under the party listed as “Brick’s Honest, Independent Republican.” Brando, 49, is a retired police officer and was previously a township councilman. Incumbent John Ducey, 214 Kelly Lynn Lane, is running un-
| April 15, 2017
–Photo by Judy Smestad-Nunn The bus lot on Chambersbridge Road. The Brick School district transported 826 nonpublic school students this year. By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK – Scheduling some 8,922 students who are transported to public, private, vocational and special needs schools each day in Brick Township is a logistical feat. And state law requires school districts to provide transportation for
nonpublic students to their schools that are 2 to 20 miles from their home if it costs less than $884 per student. If it costs more than $884 per student, the family gets an “in lieu” payment, said School Business Administrator James Edwards. Most of t he 826
nonpublic school students attend parochial schools such as St. Dominic, St. Paul’s, St. Joe’s and Donovan High School, Edwards said. T here a re no Brick students who are bussed to the Orthodox schools in Lakewood. Unlike Jackson Township, which is seeing
a surge in nonpublic school students largely due to the Jewish Orthodox population who are bussed to schools in Lakewood, Edwards said he was told that the number of Brick students who attend out-of-district schools is declining because (Bus - See Page 5)
Recalling A Hindenburg Frenzy
By Jennifer Peacock PLUMSTED – Its 80th anniversar y of the tragic explosion of the Hindenburg has generated more interest than its 75th. So said Carl Jablonski, president of the Navy Lakehurst Historical Society, at a slide presentation on the Deutsche Luftschiff
Zeppelin 129 – the Hindenburg – at the Plumsted branch of the Ocean County Librar y on April 6. Jablonski’s b e e n a rou nd for many of the significant Hindenburg an niversar ies, but wasn’t 100 percent sure why the 80th has
sparked more interest than five years ago. He thought, perhaps, a new generation has aged into interest of the airship d isa st e r t hat took 36 lives on May 6, 1937. The small meeting room in the Plumsted branch was filled with
guests of all ages who had an interest in the fate of the “Concord of its time,” Jablonski called it. The D-LZ129, the Hindenburg, had been in operation for only 14 months, Jablonski said. It was the largest airship ever built. The Luftschiffbau Zeppelin (Hindenburg- See Page 5)
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