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How Will BlueClaws Sale Affect Fans? Community News! Don’t miss what’s happening in your town. Pages 9-13.
Letters To The Editor Page 7.
Dr. Izzy’s Sound News “I Need A Hearing Aid, But My Finances Are Tight”
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Dear Pharmacist Alzheimer’s Is A Guessing Game
–Photos courtesy Lakewood BlueClaws Art Matin (left) and Bob Tamashunas (right) are two of the new owners of the Lakewood BlueClaws. (Below) Rob Merten, of Clark, was the 7 millionth fan who walked through the gate. By Chris Christopher LAKEWOOD – With the announcement that the Lakewood BlueClaws will be under new ownership, fans wondered how the purchase would change the experience. Shore Town Baseball, a newly formed group
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Inside The Law Workers’ Compensation Checklist
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Dear Joel Page 18.
(BlueClaws - See Page 6)
Classifieds Page 21.
Fun Page Page 20.
Wolfgang Puck Page 27.
Horoscope Page 27.
headed by minor league baseball veteran Art Matin, has reached an agreement to acquire the operating interest in the BlueClaws. The group includes local investors Bob Tamashunas and Bill Luby. Lakewood is the Philadelphia Phillies’ low Class A affiliate which competes in the South Atlantic League. The BlueClaws, who began play in 2001 and came to Lakewood from Cape Fear, N.C., in January of 2000, had one previous ownership group, American Baseball Ventures. The public face of the ABV was Joseph Finley, whose organization owns the Trenton Thunder, the New York Yankees’ Double A farm team which plays in the Eastern League. “This opportunity with the BlueClaws is certainly very exciting for all of us,” Matin, 60, a Brooklyn, N.Y., resident said
Knights Change Fundraising To Support Kids’ Camp Program
By Bob Vosseller BRICK – Members of the Knights of Columbus Council #8160 are look ing at new ways of fundraising for their annual support
of a children’s summer camp program due to business closures and other changes which have limited their ability to raise money. The township ser-
vice organization has devoted its time and energy for 30 years toward organizing a massive field day for disabled children as part of a program called
B.A.S.E. (Behavior Academic Social Experience) Camp. The summer program is for challenged children and coordinated by the (Knights - See Page 4)
| August 5, 2017
Large Groups To Need Permits By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK – In response to residents’ complaints about large groups of people showing up and taking over township pa rk s a nd b e a che s without a permit, the gover ning body has proposed an amendment that tightens the restrictions to an existing ordinance. “Our current ordinance precludes groups of 15 or more from being dropped off by passenger van or bus,” explained Mayor John G. Ducey during the July 25 council meeting. “However, these groups are avoiding [getting a permit] by dropping people off several blocks away and
having them walk to the park or the beach.” There have been reports of unpermitted groups exceeding 100 who arrive at the park or beach at one time, and because of their sheer volume, take over the area, Ducey said. Large groups of people crossing Princeton Avenue, Mantoloking Road and/or Route 35 create an unsafe situation, and the amended ordinance does away with the drop-off provision, Ducey said. The amended ordinance defines the number of people needing a permit to 15 or more, and does away with the method of how they got there as part of the (Park - See Page 5)
Brick Schools Deal With Aid Cuts
By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK – The school administration was forced to revise the 2017-2018 school year budget after getting word that the district would be receiving a $720,507 reduction in state aid. On March 2, 2017, the NJ Department of Education (DOE) said Brick would receive $36,249,310 in state aid, but on July 14, the district was notified that that number had been cut to $35,528,803. School districts that were affected by the loss of state aid had the option of “using surplus to maintain their budget appropriations or reduce (Aid Cuts - See Page 8)
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