The BRICK Times Vol. 21 - No. 32
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Inside The Law Page 13
Dear Joel Page 16
─Photo by Judy Smestad-Nunn The site of the former Foodtown has been a big issue in town for more than just 2021. By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK - 2021 is ending much how it started, with COVID-19 dominating the headlines nearly every day. The public health crisis has impacted ever y aspect of our lives, from how we
live and interact with each other, how we work, communicate and t ravel. T he virus has affected the economic, political, religious and financial systems around the world. The pandemic even introduced new vo-
cabulary and phrases into regular conve r s a t io n , s u c h a s “social distancing,” “f latten the cur ve,” “ s u p e r - s p r e a d e r ,” “PPE,” “rapid test,” “contact-tracing,” and others. Si nc e t he b eg i n n i ng of t h e pu bl ic
health cr isis, Br ick has had 12,339 cases of COV I D and 285 deaths. According to s p o ke s p e r s o n B r i an Lippai f rom the Ocean County Health Department, there has been a recent spike in COVID-19 cases in all (Top - See Page 4)
Shawn Michaels Celebrates 25 Years As Morning Host
By Bob Vosseller LITTLE EGG HARBOR – Wearing a long Santa hat that draped down to his shoulders and his bright blue 92.7 WOBM sweat shirt, veteran radio personality Shawn Michaels joined his longtime co-host Sue Moll in welcoming in the season to Toms River residents during the recently held
Christmas Tree lighting. The duo are fixtures at that event and Michaels has been a familiar voice on the airwaves making the early morning hours a comfortable pleasure for listeners to begin their day. For a quarter of a century, he’s reminded his shore area audience that there are a lot of positive things going on around them and
that they were a part of it. He’s been in broadcasting for 40 years and he’s not about to slow down. He continues to wake up in the wee hours of the morning ready to begin another day. “I feel that I have been the luckiest guy in radio because I have been able to have this morning show for 25 years to be able to be in my own neighborhood.”
“To be around people not only around the market (audience area) but to be a resident of the market and to have the hours I did, meant that I could go to all of my kids shows. I think a lot of times parents must have thought that I was unemployed because I was at every school function that was going on,” Michaels said.
He added, “things have changed over time especially with the pandemic with people having to work at home but back 25 years ago, there were less dads able to be around in the middle of the day. Now everyone is doing everything. I was able to go with my wife (April) to a lot of my kids’ functions (Host - See Page 5)
December 25, 2021
NJ Transit To Install Bus Shelters By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK - Residents living at the Chambers Bridge Residence and at other Housing Authority buildings will no longer have to stand out in the elements while waiting for a bus since NJ Transit has agreed to purchase and install two new bus shelters in the area. During the most recent Township Council Meeting, Mayor John G. Ducey said that several residents from the complex reached out to the township to request the shelters. Many of the residents do not drive and depend on the buses, he added. “They contacted us at the end of October or beginning of November…so we made an immediate request over to NJ Transit,” he said. The result was an agreement with NJ Transit for the purchase and installation of two bus shelters to be located on Chambers Bridge Road, one on the northbound side at Ovation Way, and one on the southbound side at the Post Office driveway. “[The residents] are out there whether it’s pouring rain, or snowing, windy, whatever the case may be, and there’s no shelter there,” the mayor said. “This is a great thing,” According to NJ Transit, the organization will arrange for and bear the cost of installing bus shelters at bus stops, established by municipal resolution, provided that a local sponsor, public or private, will agree to accept responsibility for maintenance and liability. In other news, the council voted to amend a Retention and Detention Basin ordinance on its final reading, which has been reviewed and approved by the Land Use Committee, said Council Vice President Art Halloran. According to the amendment, retention and/or detention basins or the dedication of any open area as a public improvement is a condition of any subdivision, site plan or development within the municipality, and the township is responsible for the maintenance of these areas The amendment modifies the township’s responsibility for the maintenance of these basins to after the date that performance bonds have been released for the improvements (Bus - See Page 4)
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