The BRICK Times Vol. 22 - No. 15
In This Week’s Edition
MICROMEDIA PUBLICATIONS
JERSEYSHOREONLINE.COM
Brick Police Celebrates
50 Years of Service
jerseyshoreonline.com
Government Pages 7
Community News
Dr. Izzy’s Sound News Page 12
Inside The Law
Parking An Issue For Temple Plan
─Photo by Judy Smestad-Nunn This 15-space parking lot is next to the former funeral home (the white building) with St. Thomas Lutheran Church in the background (brick building).
BREAKING NEWS @
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August 27, 2022
─Photo courtesy Brick Police Presently, the Department has over 240 employees which includes 146 sworn officers and 120 unsworn and civilian employees. By Alyssa Riccardi BRICK – The Brick Township Police Department celebrated its 50th anniversary at this year’s National Night Out, commemo-
rating how they’ve serviced the community throughout the years. Since its inception, the men and women of the Brick Township Police Department have been
serving and protecting its residents and has grown with a number of units and specialized equipment to help them combat crime as well as keep the community
safe. When reflecting on the department’s history, Brick Police Chief James Riccio told Jersey Shore Online that (Police - See Page 4)
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CURTAIN CALL FOR SEACOURT PAVILION’S AMC
─Photo By Bob Vosseller The Loews Seacourt 10 Theater closed its doors on August 21 after 32 years of screening films and holding special events at the Toms River based movie house off Hooper and Bay avenues.
By Bob Vosseller TOMS RIVER – Theater goers had the choice of seeing Back to the Future III, Glory, Pretty Woman, Driving Miss Daisy, House Party, Hunt For Red October, Fire Birds, Cadillac Man and Bird on A Wire when the Loews Seacourt 10 opened to the public in 1990. You could also enjoy trailers of upcoming films like Dick Tracy, Robo Cop II and Total Recall at that time but the 32-year-old township theater
located on Hooper and Bay avenues showed its final films on August 21. That leaves the Marquee Cinemas Orchard 10 on Route 37 as the only theater left in Toms River which once boasted four operating cinemas in the community at one time. Ryan Noonan, AMC vice president of corporate communications stated in a press release that AMC regularly evaluates its locations and “makes (AMC - See Page 19)
By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK - The congregation of Temple Beth Or has hit a zoning snag on what they hoped would be a new location for the only conservative Jewish synagogue in Brick Township. Due to declining membership, they sold their 17,000 squarefoot temple and 4.6-
acre location on Van Zile Road in March 2021 and have been searching for a suitable, smaller building and property ever since. With roots dating back to the early 1960s in Brick, the congregation has purchased the former Laurelton Funeral Home on Pier Avenue, which is the right size (Parking - See Page 5)
Chapter To End For Bay Head Reading Room
By Bob Vosseller BAY HEAD – Officials of Ocean County aren’t ready to close the book on the Bay Head Reading Room just yet, but this chapter is coming to an end. It might find a new location after it closes its doors within the next year. The Reading Room located at 136 Meadow Avenue was leased to the Ocean County Library system through the borough and the school district which had an agreement dating back to 1985 but now the school district wants to use that space for a pre-school facility. Bay Head Mayor William Curtis spoke with Micromedia Publications and noted the issue came up during a Borough Council meeting in July. “The school gave it (the property) to the (Reading - See Page 5)
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