Brick, NJ

PDF of print edition BRICK VOTERS GIVE SCHOOL DISTRICT SWEEPING ELECTION DAY VICTORY Budget, Ballot Questions Passed; School Board Incumbents Rejected By Eric San Juan and Catherine Snipe       On Tuesday, the voters of Brick Township had one word to say: Yes. Voters not only approved the school district's 2007-2008 budget, they also approved an array of special questions on the ballot. More ... SummerFest May Have New Face In 2007 By Catherine Snipe       It won't be the SummerFest you once knew. Township council members voted on a vendor that could give the concert series a very different spin than the 1950s and 1960s music lineups of past years. The council also discussed what was once out of the question - charging concertgoers for the bus or ... More ... Toms River Denies Barrier Island Community's Push To Secede By Jo Ann La Russo       TOMS RIVER - Bay Beach Way in Toms River will remain a part of the township and will not be allowed to join the borough of Lavallette, the council ruled Tuesday night. Owners of the 58 homes on the lagoon street, located off Route 35 south on the bay side of the barrier island, had hoped the tiny... More ... Hot Dog Vendors Have A Place In Brick - With Restrictions By Catherine Snipe       For Councilwoman Ruthanne Scaturro, the unanimous passage of the mobile food vendors ordinance was a sigh of relief. "Finally!" Scaturro said, as three years of work and revision became new regulations for hot dog vendors who operate out of carts and trucks in the township. More ... HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR SPEAKS OF FEAR AND HOPE By Keith Hagarty       Isabelle Unger spent her childhood far away from her parents, not knowing if they were dead or alive, shuffled into the care of strangers, hiding from one home to another. All in a desperate attempt to elude capture by the Nazis. More ... Renovation Planned For Historic Bishop Library       TOMS RIVER - Bishop Library in downtown Toms River will get a facelift and a new mission beginning later this year. The building that until recently housed the Ocean County Library's local history collection will be renovated to include a public meeting area with a kitchen. A classroom for in-hou... More ... Household Hazardous Waste Collections Start May 1       TOMS RIVER - Ocean County's spring household hazardous waste disposal program is scheduled to get underway on May 1 with Brick Township being the first of five municipalities to host drop-off sites. "During the 2006 collection, our residents got rid of more than 375,000 pounds of hazardous waste,... More ...