The BRICK Times Vol. 21 - No. 43
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By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK - Today’s library is not the same as the libraries of yesteryear, which were simply set up as a means of lending books to the public. “It’s a community center,” said the Brick Branch manager Taya
─Photo by Judy Smestad-Nunn ─People come for the racks of books, and stay for events and activities. Petino. “We are here to reopened, but it’s re- a lot of outreach in the serve the community, bounding at all the community to support and the library offers branches, said Sherri the schools, she added. programs that run the Taliercio, who is the “We go to every school gamut from cradle to acting librarian of pub- and we promote the senior.” lic relations. library, we do book Like so much of the The library has a goal discussions, and for the cou nt r y, the Ocean of getting a librar y teachers we do instrucCounty Library closed card for every child in tion on some of the 100 during the pandemic, Ocean County, which is databases we have,” and attendance was going very well, Petino she said. down when the doors said. The library does (Library - See Page 2)
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Lucky Weather Greets Local Inaugural Irish Fest By Stephanie Faughnan T OM S R I V E R – The luck of the Irish worked its magic as Wa s h i ng t o n St r e e t overf lowed with bright smiles at Toms R i v e r ’s I n a u g u r a l Irish Fest. Organizers took a chance on unpredict-
able Ma rch we at her before the regular emergence of spring sunshine to the area. Amazingly, the event came together with whimsical insight in less than a month. The Downtown Toms River Business Improve me nt Dist r ict (“BID”) began closing
off a portion of Washington Street on nice evenings and during special events. Word of mouth traditionally attracts locals and vacationers to join in festival fun, including the oppor tunity to enjoy food, drink, and enter tain ment outdoors.
“ We’ve d o n e a n event each month and found the downtown nights out were quite successful last year,” said Gar y Mor rison of Battle River Brewing. “Things usually don’t start until May, and when we thought about it, we decided Ma rch wa s a g reat
time for a St. Patty’s Day event.” Mor r ison said he and other downtown business owners got t oge t he r w it h K i m Dippolito, the BID’s Marketing Director, and went to work. One of their first contacts had more than a few (Irish - See Page 4)
March 12, 2022
“Sport Saturdays” Supports Health For Young Athletes
By Alyssa Riccardi BRICK – Sports Saturdays have returned, bringing free fitness sessions to Brick Township kids helping to build their bodies and minds. The program, sponsored by the Brick Municipal Anti-Drug Coalition, is designed to guide young athletes and “help them achieve their personal best physically, mentally and emotionally in both sports and life.” Sports Saturday bridges drug use prevention with enhancement of fitness levels, sports training, food nutrition, development of leadership qualities, problem solving and other pro-social behaviors. “We reinstated BMAC so that we could provide the young people of Brick Township with programs like Sport Saturday,” Mayor (Sports - See Page 4)
Who Is Your Lawmaker? By Chris Lundy JERSEY SHORE – Legislative districts were redrawn – and some might say gerrymandered – for the next ten years. What does this mean for you? Every ten years, congressional maps are redrawn. The new ones coincided with the 2020 census data that came in. The state districts have already changed but the federal ones will change in January of 2023. This article just focuses on the Ocean and Monmouth county towns. The Second, Third and Fourth Congressional Districts are in the coverage area of the newspapers under the Jersey Shore Online banner. Gerrymandering is the process of drawing congressional districts based on how (Lawmaker - See Page 5)
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