The BRICK Times Vol. 21 - No. 36
In This Week’s Edition
MICROMEDIA PUBLICATIONS
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A Look Back Into Brick’s Historic Businesses And Homes
BREAKING NEWS @
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Community News Pages 8-11
Inside The Law Page 11
Dear Joel Page 12
Dr. Izzy’s Sound News Page 14
─Photo courtesy Gene Donatiello (Left) The original Town Hall as it appeared in 1955. (Right) The Town Hall Shoppes at the corner of Brick Boulevard and Cedar Bridge Avenue was the one-time location of Town Hall and the township’s first library. By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK - In 1900, the township population was 2,130, and just a century later, the number of residents jumped to 76,119, according to the U.S. census. More people means a higher demand - and a greater supply - for
housing, energy, transportation, food and other goods. The Brick Historical Society welcomed guest speaker, Brick Historian Gene Donatiello, to its January meeting who presented “Brick Township Business Today and Yesterday.”
Before the township other local areas. existed, Native AmeriWhalers came in the cans, the Lenni Lenape, 1690s, and Brick latwere among those who er became a center of came to the area for trade for sea captains. oysters, clams, fish and By the 1730s, the Lenni hunting. They left be- Lenape had largely behind artifacts and tools, gun moving westward, and an archeological the first Europeans setsite was discovered at tlers arrived around the Havens Homestead, 1740, and they established the Metedeconk and (Businesses - See Page 4)
Volunteers Will Always Support Our Military By Chris Lundy TOMS R I V ER – T here’s a squ ad of men and women on the home front who send much-needed supplies to boost the morale of soldiers serving overseas. They are called “Always Supporting Our Military.” Barbara Youmans, Maureen Thomsick, Marianne Barone, and
Tom McGovern met with The Toms River Times to show what they do. The boxes go to sailors on ships, to ministries abroad, and to any other place they can. AnySoldier.com has lists of ser vice members that accept packages. “I try to send each a box and when I get
to the end, I start all over,” Youmans said. Female soldiers have health needs that are not always covered by the PX. Spices are good to freshen up the bland military food. Some of the requests are very specific. One soldier wanted Lego. Another asked for rubber duckies. Another wanted a coffee pot.
“W hen they have down time, they need to be amused. They need to have something to remind them of home,” Barone said. They also want decorations du r ing the holidays. There are some things that are always needed like socks and toilet r ies. Element ar y schools will send let-
ters and art. They ask for greeting cards so they can send their loved ones birthday and holiday cards. These things are not available any other way. The boxes are packed with the latest funny pages from the paper so the soldiers can have some laughs. Many of (Military - See Page 5)
January 22, 2022
Grant Would Offset Costs For New Senior Center By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK - The township is seeking a $400,000 grant for costs related to the construction of a new Senior Center in a building that formerly housed the Brick Volunteer Emergency Medical Services on Aurora Place. With an anticipated price tag of about $1 million for the center, the grant is being sought from The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, which would be added to $600,000 already set aside in the township’s capital budget. According to Director of Senior Services Zulma Soto, the proposed design for the reconfigured building incorporates a multi-purpose room, which would house all the social activities, recreational events and classes. “It will also have a large kitchen area which will also double as a small meeting area; a conference room, which will provide an area for the staff and seniors to meet and hold our outreach services; and we’ll also have an opportunity to have a designated library area and a computer area for the seniors,” she said. The EMS would continue to run their services out of the three existing ambulance bays, Soto added. Recreational, social services and events are currently being run out of the VFW Post 8868 at 373 Adamston Drive, for which the township pays $41,000 annually. However, due to COVID restrictions during the public health crisis, outreach services have been temporarily moved to the Civic Plaza on Chambersbridge Road in order to maintain adequate social distancing, Soto said. The staff was able to set up temporary office space at the VFW to conduct outreach services, but they had to break the space down every week when the VFW opened up to its members, she said. There is enough space at the Civic (Grant - See Page 4)
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