Vol. 16 - No. 10
In This Week’s Edition
THE BRICK
TIMES
Your FREE Weekly Hometown Newspaper For Brick and Lakewood Townships
Dr. Izzy’s Sound News See Page 16.
Community News! Don’t miss what’s happening in your town. Pages 8-13.
Kids Coloring Raffle Page 6.
Spotlight On Governement Page 7.
Dear Pharmacist 7 Reasons You Don’t Sleep Like A Baby
Page 17.
Inside The Law Your Attorney Can Assist Your Mortgage Approval Process Page 19.
Dear Joel Galaxy Gal Pal
Page 18.
Classified Ads Page 21.
Wolfgang Puck Pizza Party: Welcome Summer With A New Approach To Barbecue
Page 27.
Horoscope Page 27.
JERSEYSHOREONLINE.COM | July 1, 2017
Local Teen Competes Worldwide Brick Schools Superintendent In Scooter Championships Re-Indicted
By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK – JonMarco Gaydos, 14, has had his front teeth replaced 12 times, has broken bones in his hands and feet, and has suffered multiple concussions – including one that knocked him out cold – all for the love of his sport, freestyle scootering, for which he has become a world-class competitor. “His drive is not normal,” said his father, Jon. “If he wanted to give it up tomorrow we’d support him because he’s accomplished so much already.” The two were jetlagged since they had just returned from a whirlwind trip to Barcelona, Spain where, for the third year in a row, the Lake Riviera teen competed in the ISA Scooter World Championships held on the weekend of June (Scooter - See Page 5)
By Judy Smestad-Nunn BR ICK – It is unlikely that suspended superintendent of schools Walter Uszenski would be getting his job back since he was re-indicted by –Photo courtesy Micromedia Publications the Ocean CounSuspended superintendent of ty Prosecutor’s Brick schools Walter Uszenski. office on June 21 on charges of theft and they decided to and deception after the re-indict,” said Ocean original charges were County Prosecutor Jothrown out by a superior seph D. Coronato in court judge in March. a phone interview on The Prosecutor’s Of- June 23. fice had two choices: to While the prosecuappeal Judge Patricia tor said he could not Roe’s decision, or to get into details of the seek new indictments. case, he said his office “We had 45 days from disagreed with Judge the judge’s decision to Roe’s decision. appeal, and an appeal “It’s not fair to delay could have taken a year it, it’s a very viable case or more, so we re-pre- that needs to go before sented it to a grand jury (Schools - See Page 14)
–Photos by Judy Smestad-Nunn JonMarco Gaydos, 14, of Brick, is one of the top-ranked athletes in the sport of freestyle scooter riding.
Housing Authority Seeks New Director By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK – The Brick Housing Authority held a special meeting to authorize the search for a new executive director of the Brick Housing Authority. They also approved a contract to authorize a review of financial transactions (ie: an audit) regarding the former Housing Authority Executive Director Alesia Watson, 54, who tendered her resignation in May after
admitting that she embezzled money from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) earmarked for the Ocean City Housing Authority, where she was also the executive director. According to acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick, Watson used Ocean City Housing Authority credit cards to purchase gift cards between (Housing - See Page 8)
Officials Protest School Aid Cuts
By Chris Lundy and Judy Smestad-Nunn TOMS RIVER – School officials and lawmakers are protesting a proposed state budget plan that would cut funding to some local districts, and redirect it to other districts. The sponsors of that plan said that the funding is going down because those districts’ enrollments are down. The plan was crafted by Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D-3) and Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-32). Toms River would face a cut of approximately (Officials - See Page 4)
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