Vol. 18 - No. 5
In This Week’s Edition
THE BRICK
TIMES
jerseyshoreonline.com | June 9, 2018
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Letters Page 7.
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Dr. Izzy’s Sound News Taking Charge: Tips For Longer Lasting Hearing Aid Batteries
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Dear Pharmacist 7 Medical Benefits Of Kiwi Fruit
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Dear Joel Father’s Day Gift
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Inside The Law Time To Review Your Will
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Business Directory Page 21.
Classifieds Page 22.
Fun Page Page 24.
Wolfgang Puck
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Horoscope Page 27.
Traffic Discussed With Brick Wawa Plan –Photos by Judy Smestad-Nunn The Laurelton Mobile Home Park may be redeveloped. Inset: This is what the proposed commercial development would look like.
Brick Schools Face Possible Drop In State Aid
tor James Edwards during the most recent Board of Education meeting. T he bi l l , S -2 , proposed by Senate President Steve S w e e n e y ( D -3 r d ) would phase out “adjust ment aid” ove r a s e ve n -ye a r period and eliminate growth caps so districts with growing enrollment could receive more funding. –Photo by Judy Smestad-Nunn Some school disStaff from each school presented certificates to a support staff t r i c t s a c r o s s t h e person of the year and teacher of the year. st at e re ceived a djust ment aid when New Jersey adopted By Judy Smestad-Nunn bill that modifies school BRICK – The school dis- funding is passed in the its current funding fortrict could lose up to $25 State Senate, said School mula in 2008. State aid m i l l io n i n s t a t e a id i f a B u s i n e s s Ad m i n i s t r a (Brick - See Page 9)
By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK – Develop er s for a proposed Wawa gas station and retail complex to be located at t he f ront of the Laurelton Mobile Home Park have come up with a ‘Plan B’ after their first application was narrowly turned down by the Board of Adjustment last August in a 4 to 3 vote. During a special Board of Adjustment hearing held recently, the developer, JSM @ Martin Blvd., LLC, came back with a new application that would still include a Wawa con-
venience store and gas station, a bank, and a retail pad at the 12-acre site, but would no longer include a daycare center. “We have made appropriate accommodations that were necessary, and we’d like to have this application heard on its own merits,” said JSM attorney Douglas Wolfson at the start of the hearing. With the elimination of the daycare center, the combined square footage of the buildings was decreased from 29,000 square feet to 17,000 square feet. The new application includes a 5,051 square foot Wawa and a gas service area; a 4,535 square foot bank, and a 7,182 squarefoot retail building in which (Wawa - See Page 4)
How To Protect Yourself From Ticks By Jennifer Peacock M A NC H E ST E R – You won’t be fashionable, but dressing right is an i mpor t ant step to prevent tick-bor ne diseases. A f t e r pro cla i m i ng June as “Tick Awareness Mont h,” Mayor Kenneth Palmer invited Marion Goldberg from Master Gardeners of Ocean County to speak about the pests at a recent Township Council meeting. Many audience members were scratching themselves when Goldberg was done with her presentation.
As a master gardener, Goldberg is trained to count ticks and observe them u nder microscopes. Her reports go the county freeholders to keep them abreast of tick populations and associated diseases. “Over the years, every year, the number of t ick s h a s r i s e n ,” Goldberg said. “This is mostly due to the fact that animals are b ei ng d r ive n out of their environment and into o u r e nv i r o n ment.” (Ticks - See Page 2)
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