Category: Brick Bulletin News
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Smoking ban considered
Mayor: Time to send a By Karl VilacobaStaff Writer By Karl Vilacoba Staff Writer With measures under way to prohibit smoking at the Brick Civic Plaza, Chambers Bridge Road, township officials may soon turn their sights toward a smoking ban in all public places in town. Mayor Joseph Scarpelli recently suggested the wider ban to…
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VERONICA YANKOWSKI James O’Keefe, 19, decorates one of the trees during the annual Festival of Trees at the Brick Municipal Building Dec. 3.
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Reports put Brick at the top
in N.J. environment, safetyBTMUA scores Brick big points for water quality in survey By Karl VilacobaStaff Writer in N.J. environment, safety BTMUA scores Brick big points for water quality in survey By Karl Vilacoba Staff Writer Brick received accolades last week from an organization praising Brick for its environmental protection measures, and from another that…
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Helping break down the walls of autism
Congressman Chris Smith tours Brick schools to see methods in action By karl vilacobaStaff Writer By karl vilacoba Staff Writer PHOTOS BY KARL VILACOBA Special education teacher Allie McVeigh confers with Congressman Chris Smith at the Brick Community Primary Learning Center. Smith toured Brick classrooms last week to observe educational approaches for children with autism…
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Free reservoir topsoil is available to Brick residents
By karl vilacobaStaff Writer By karl vilacoba Staff Writer BRICK — Perhaps topsoil will be a popular stocking stuffer in the township this holiday season. Residents and contractors are now being invited to take free topsoil off the township’s hands from the ongoing pumped water storage reservoir project. This fall, the Brick Township Municipal Utilities…
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Home Depot planned for vacant Foodtown
Concerns raised about negative environmental impact on Forge Pond By Karl VilacobaStaff Writer By Karl Vilacoba Staff Writer Plans to redevelop a vacant Foodtown site on Route 70 as a Home Depot have raised concerns among some who fear negative environmental repercussions on nearby Forge Pond. A site plan which calls for the vacant building…
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Township condemns tracts in open space negotiations
Measures will be usedto determine appraisal values for 4 properties By karl vilacobaStaff Writer Measures will be used to determine appraisal values for 4 properties By karl vilacoba Staff Writer BRICK — In a first for the township’s open space preservation program, condemnation procedures are being used to move negotiations forward on four township properties.…
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Live, from Brick Memorial High, it’s Monday night
Students gain hands-on experience working on mayor By karl vilacobaStaff Writer By karl vilacoba Staff Writer PHOTOS BY VERONICA YANKOWSKI Joe Pasternak focuses one of the cameras on guest Peter Daniels during a taping of Mayor Joseph Scarpelli’s cable television program last week. BRICK — It’s about two minutes to air, and at last, Mayor…
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Police use trailer to break up crowds
Council introduces ordinance against loitering in public By Karl VilacobaStaff Writer Police use trailer to break up crowds By Karl Vilacoba Staff Writer Faced with complaints of unruly teenagers loitering near the Loews Cineplex and the expected boom of holiday shoppers in Brick, police have set up a substation at the Brick Plaza for the…
