Vol. 18 - No. 29
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| November 24, 2018
Farm To Be Remade Into Catering Headquarters
Community News! Don’t miss what’s happening in your town.
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Coloring Contest Page 7.
Dear Pharmacist
Three Convincing Reasons To Eat More Oatmeal
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Dr. Izzy’s Sound News
–Photo by Judy Smestad-Nunn Left: Allen Farms as it appears today. Right: This is an artist’s rendering of what the main building would look like. By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK - An application for a new 6,000 square-foot catering headquarters to be built on a two-acre site of the former Allen Farms at 511 Herbertsville Road got unanimous approval from the Board of Adjustment during their recent meeting. “The Farm at 511,” owned by
Richard and Cynthia Bott, who are managing partners of Merri-Makers Caterers, purchased the property in April 2017 with the intent of centralizing their business, which is 95 percent preparing food for weddings. The Botts are the exclusive caterers for The Ashford Estate in Allentown, The Bonnet
Island Estate in Manahawkin, and are on the preferred list of caterers for the Taylor Pavilion in Belmar. Richard explained that the new 10,974-square-foot, two-story building would serve as a central commissary kitchen where he and his employees would prep food for weddings, which
is then shipped to the wedding venues in refrigerated trucks. Kitchen staff at the wedding venue would “take the food to the next level,” by cooking, heating and presenting the food. The Botts would meet with clients at the new Merri-Makers headquarters, but food would ( Farm - See Page 4)
My Hearing Is Pretty Good, Except When I Go To The Movies
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Inside The Law Page 21.
Business Directory Page 18.
Classifieds Page 19.
Dear Joel Page 20.
Brick Ready For Snowy Weather
By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK - The salt houses are full, the plowing equipment is ready to go, and additional outside snow plows are ready for the call in preparation for the first snowstorm. Interim Director of Public Works Ken Somers said the township has nine single-axle 30,000-pound dump trucks and four 70,000-pound (Snowy - See Page 4)
Local Rescue Organizations Making “Shelter Animals Count”
–Photo by Kimberly Bosco The animal shelter houses animals of all shapes and sizes, ready and waiting for a loving home.
By Kimberly Bosco OCEAN COUNTY – While you may know where you can find an animal for adoption near you, you may not be aware of how many choices you really have. Volunteers at local shelters and rescues confirm that what you see may not be what you get, in terms of numbers. When it comes down to it, state statistics on the number of adoptable animals leave a lot to be desired. Local animal shelters and organizations are taking part in a nationwide initiative to provide accurate data on rescue animals. As Friends of the Southern Ocean County Animal Shelter (FOSOCAS) explains it, the way the state of New Jersey defines “rescues” (Shelter - See Page 5)
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