Vol. 15 - No. 49
THE BRICK
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ROUTE 70 WAWA PLAN DENIED
Letters To The Editor Page 7.
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–Photo courtesy Brick Township BRICK – Brick Township Mayor John Ducey recognized Miss New Jersey Pre-Teen Cover Girl Lauren Zycband and presented her with a proclamation at the March 21 town council meeting.
With Contractor Fraud, Pro-Trump Rally Comes To Seaside Sandy-Impacted Heights Homeowners “Hit Twice”
By Judy Smestad-Nunn OCEAN COUNTY – Scores of residents laden with documents, bills, photos, invoices and Superstorm Sandy stories attended an information session in Brick’s Town Hall on March 22 to get information and help with contractor fraud and performance issues on their damaged and/or flooded homes.
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Brick Mayor John G. Ducey invited the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) to hold the 42nd Housing Recovery Information session to help Sandy-affected homeowners participating in the Reconstr uction, Rehabilitation, Elevation and Mitigation (R R EM) Program, the Low- to
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By Sara Grillo SEASIDE HEIGHTS – On March 25, the day after Trump’s American Health Care Act failed to draw enough votes, more than a thousand people gathered outside Beachcomber Bar & Grill on the Seaside Heights boardwalk for New Jersey’s Make America Great Again, or MAGA March. The rally was part of
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a nationwide MAGA movement in support of the president, vice president, military and first responders, with similar rallies held across the country. A per m it for t he march was reluctantly approved by Seaside Heights officials and the exact location was shared only days before, as organizers (Rally - See Page 4)
By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK – It took five Board of Adjustment meetings spread out over five months, but in a narrow vote held on March 22, the board members denied an application for a Wawa gas station and convenience store and a drive-through restaurant for the corner of Duquesne Blvd. and Route 70. The case was in front of the Board because a use variance was needed si nce only three of the five lots in the 4.97-acre parcel are in a business zone. One parcel is in a residential zone and one is in an office/ professional zone. The vote was held after nearly four hours of public comment, mostly from nearby Lake Riviera residents who would be most impacted by the 24/7 commercial development of Wawa convenience store and its gas station. After the professionals had fi nished presenting the application at the March 8 Board of Adjustment meeting, several members of the public got the chance to speak at the end of that meeting. Board Chair Harvey Langer added the
March 22 meeting to hear the remainder of public comment and for the board to vote. Residents brought up many concer ns about the application, including increased traffic problems that c ou ld r e s u lt f rom a planned entrance into the complex from North Lake Blvd. Edward Trainor was one of the Lake Riviera residents who suggested eliminati ng t he D u q ue s ne Blvd. entrance into the site entirely. He said the left turn off Route 70 West onto Duquesne Blvd. would back up onto thru lanes for cars trying to get into what he said would be a “very active site.” Bob Au r iem ma said that food and gas delivery trucks can weig h up to 80,000 pounds and would be traveling through the residential neighborhood. “Neighborhood roads were not built for that kind of traffic or these weights. Tractor trailers would be using Nor t h La ke Shore Drive to get to the Wawa,” he said. The planned quick ser v ice rest au r a nt (QSR) cou ld be a (Wawa - See Page 22)
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