Vol. 18 - No. 46
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Brick On Pot No Cuts Ban: Too To School Expensive, Few Programs…Yet Benefits
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Government Page 7.
Letters Page 8.
Dr. Izzy’s Sound News Reality Check
Page 14.
Dear Pharmacist
| March 23, 2019
–Photo by Judy Smestad-Nunn People spoke out for and against legalization.
By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK - Township residents would be able to use recreational marijuana if New Jersey becomes the 12th state to legalize the drug, but they will have to buy it elsewhere since the governing body passed an ordinance on March 13 that bans the sale, cultivation, manufacturing and testing of marijuana here. There was a heavy police presence during the meeting as members of the audience on both sides of the issue made their case in favor or against the ordinance. Those who spoke in favor of banning marijuana in Brick were largely from the Adamston Road neighborhood su r rou nding a 6.7-acre site
By Judy SmestadNunn BRICK - The school district is planning to keep all programs, staffing, sports, class sizes and facilities for the 2019-2020 school year, but that could change in subsequent years as cuts in state aid get deeper. The Board of Education introduced the tentative budget during the March 14 meeting that shows a state-mandated tax increase of $2.9 million since the state is
(Pot - See Page 4)
imposing a 2 percent property tax increase to help bridge the cut in state aid. The 2019-2020 budget of $155,411,897 would be supported by a $112,085,560 tax levy, which could change before its final adoption in May. Brick stands to lose $21 million over seven years (a cumulative $42 million in state funding during that time frame) due to the cut in “adjustment aid” to districts
(Cuts - See Page 4)
New And Novel Ways To Treat Diabetes
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Local Family Honoring Life-Saving Organ Donor With Fundraiser
Inside The Law Page 19.
Business Directory Page 21.
Classifieds Page 22.
Fun Page Page 24.
Wolfgang Puck Page 27.
–Photos courtesy Christine Mania Shore Sprint for Sam is a fundraiser in honor of 23-year old Samantha Pesaresi, whose organ donation saved three lives after she died from an aneurysm in 2013.
By Kimberly Bosco SEASIDE HEIGHTS – Mike Mania was diagnosed with sarcoidosis in the early 1990s. It wasn’t until 2013 that this diagnosis would change his life forever. The US Department of Health and Human Services defines sarcoidosis as “a rare condition in which groups of immune cells form lumps, called granulomas, in various organs in the body… Sarcoidosis can affect any organ. Most often it affects the lungs and lymph nodes in the chest.” While the disease lay dormant in Mike’s body for many years following his diagnosis, he started to feel the effects of his illness after an abdominal surgery in August 2004. According to Mike’s wife Christine Mania, his sarcoidosis began to “f lare up” following (Fundraiser - See Page 2)
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