The BRICK Times
Vol. 20 - No. 29
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Update Given On Staff, New Stores In Town
In This Week’s Edition
December 5, 2020
Long-Time Brick High School Volunteer Remembered
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Coloring Contest Page 6
Dr. Izzy’s Sound News Page 14
Lidl employees are preparing the store for opening.
Dear Pharmacist Page 15
Inside The Law Page 21
By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK - Kelly Napolitano was tapped by Mayor John G. Ducey to replace long-time tax collector JoAnne Lambusta, who announced her upcoming retirement in October.
“Kelly has 32 years of experience working for the township, and after three decades, she has the skill set, experience and institutional knowledge to continue the great legacy established by JoAnne
─Photo by Judy Smestad-Nunn
Lambusta,” the mayor said at the most recent Township Council meeting. The governing body unanimously voted in favor of Napolitano’s appointment, who was in attendance at the
Zoom meeting. “I just want to thank you all for your confidence in me, and for giving me this opportunity to continue to serve Brick Township in this new capacity,” (Stores - See Page 2)
Freeholders, In Split Vote, Decline Buying Land From Towns
By Bob Vosseller TOMS RIVER – The all Republican, five-member Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders were divided on whether the county can buy land from a town to preserve it as open space. Their most recent meeting featured some strong
words with voices a bit louder than usual. Ultimately, the measure to buy land from towns was shot down. In a 3 to 2 vote, the Board did not adopt this year’s Ocean County Open Space, Parks and Recreation Plan amendment to its “master plan”
regulating economic and community development and to preserve and protect its natural resources. Had it been passed the plan would have permitted Ocean County’s leadership to buy existing public land owned by the 33 municipalities in the county. It would
have used revenue from its 1.2 cent-dedicated open space tax that voters passed back in 1997. Currently that fund holds around $50 million for property conservation but the sticking point was that the amendment runs contrary to the wording of the open space
tax which was intended to be used to purchase only privately-owned property that could be developed. Last year, voters approved an amendment to the natural Lands Trust Fund Program to permit the “acquisition, devel(Land - See Page 18)
─Photo courtesy Brick Schools Vivian Filippone will be remembered for her hard work and soft heart. By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK - Thousands of Brick High School students interacted with Vivian D. Filippone over a period of 25 years when she served as a volunteer in the front office while her son Dennis served as its long-term principal. Vivian, 90, passed away in her son’s home on November 14 after suffering with Alzheimer’s. She was so beloved by the Brick High School students that they dedicated a yearbook to her one year. “My mother was always focused on serving someone else,” Filippone said in a recent phone interview. As a stay-at-home mother to Dennis and his twin brother, Steven, Vivian attended Ocean County College at night and earned her Licensed Practical Nurse certification, and then spent 25 years working as a labor and delivery nurse at Community Hospital. Vivian quit her nursing position when her husband got sick. “She was very consumed by that, because he needed a lot of attention,” Filippone said. His father was very sick for two years and eventually he had a heart transplant. (Brick - See Page 4)
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