Vol. 16 - No. 21
In This Week’s Edition
THE BRICK
TIMES
Your FREE Weekly Hometown Newspaper For Brick and Lakewood Townships
Community News!
Beaches See Record Revenue
Don’t miss what’s happening in your town. Pages 10-11.
Letters Page 7.
Dr. Izzy’s Sound News How To Increase The Longevity Of Your Hearing Aid
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Dear Pharmacist How To Prepare A First Aid Kit During Severe Weather
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Ask Joel Indecisive Wife
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Inside The Law Injured At Work? Know Your Rights To Critical Benefits
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Sudoku Page 26.
Classifieds Page 21.
Horoscope Page 27.
Wolfgang Puck Sweet, Tangy Stir-Fry
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–Photo by Judy Smestad-Nunn The steel wall was barely visible at Brick Beach 3.
By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK – Revenues from Brick beaches this summer was at an all-time high this year, surpassing even the years preceding Superstorm Sandy. “Last year was the best year ever, before this year, in total sales,” said Director of Recreation Dan Santaniello just after Labor Day. Total revenues were $417,460, as compared to 2016 total revenues of $411,705. Revenues include the sale of daily badges, season and pre-season badges, daily and season parking, senior citizen parking and beach lockers. Twenty-nine people drowned at the Jersey Shore this summer, the most ever, Santaniello said, but Brick had a very safe season. “Our lifeguards did an amazing job. The water was very rough (Beaches - See Page 6)
Anglers Argue Over Fishing Limits By Jennifer Peacock STAFFORD – A trip to Annapolis, Maryland might be what saves the 2018 New Jersey fishing season. Saltwater anglers and their allies crowded the Stafford Township municipal chambers, where the Marine Fisheries Council held its regular Sept. 7 meeting. Although the fi rst hour was filled with its usual reports and comments, the Council’s second hour saw passionate arguments and (Anglers - See Page 15)
–Photo by Jennifer Peacock Tenacity, coming in before sunrise at the Manasquan Inlet.
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September 16, 2017
Three Vie For Board of Ed Race
From left: John Barton, Jessica Clayton, Maria E. Foster By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK – Three candidates are running for the two available Board of Education seats that are up for grabs in the November election. In phone interviews in early September, the three candidates (Three - See Page 4)
Local Champs Honored By Chris Christopher Corey Albano and Randy Holmes have achieved fame. A lba no, t he for me r Toms River High School South boys basketball standout and Monmouth University scoring machine, and Holmes, who star red at Lakewood and St. Peter’s College, were named to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Honor Roll. Albano, Holmes and –Photo courtesy St. Peter’s University others were enshrined in Randy Holmes playing for St. Peter’s The MAAC Experience University. exhibit at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. Each member institution of the MAAC honors one male and one female from its basketball “family” as part of the induction class. The honorees were feted at a dinner at the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame Court of Dreams. Each honoree was profiled in the game program for the 2017 MAAC Basketball Championships and featured in a video display at The MAAC Experience. “Obviously,” Albano said, “It is a great honor and the ceremonies were really well done. The people who are in it are the big names I played against. Some of the great coaches whose teams are in it I played against. (Champs - See Page 5)
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