The BRICK Times Vol. 23 - No. 7
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Students covered walls in the school with color and uplifting messages. By Alyssa Riccardi BRICK – As you walk through the halls of Brick Memorial High School, you step into a vibrant world filled with colorful paintings. Students can now look up at over 50 murals throughout the building, featuring inspirational quotes, beautiful illustrations, and more. The high school made
history as they held their first ever mural tour on June 13 hosted by the Mural Art Classes and Judy Harzer, who has been an Art Educator for 22 years and is the Mural and Art Club Advisor at Brick Memorial. Before the tour began, Harzer gave a brief history of the mural program and how it has
Self-Storage Denied Near Houses
By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK – A plan to build a self-storage facility between two rows of houses at 345 Drum Point Road was rejected by the Township Board of Adjustment on June 21, which was the third hearing for the application put forth by Del Corp Holdings LLC. The previous hearings took place in February and April of this year. The developer applied to build nine, one-story self-storage buildings, a business office, a second building and leave an existing one-story residential structure in place, resulting in a total of 12 buildings on the 2.310-acre site, located between Huppert and Leswing Drive. Local well-known architectural firm Barlo & Governale Associates designed the plan, which included 175 storage units of varying sizes. Over two dozen residents from the area attended the hearing, and about a dozen of them spoke out against the proposed development, said Zoning
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Photos by Alyssa Riccardi successfully developed into was it is today. “Nine years ago, I encouraged students to paint murals as a way of collaborating and transforming the school environment. We all have a desire to create a space that ref lects our own interests and
values, and in painting the wall of Brick Memorial, the students had the opportunity to just that,” Harzer said. The impact of the first murals was immediate, and the talent and efforts of the organization commanded the (Murals - See Page 4)
Photo by Judy Smestad-Nunn The land where the self-storage facility was proposed is beyond these houses.
Former Illegal School Building Sold
Photo by Judy Smestad-Nunn The former Congregation Kehilos Yisroel have sold this building to new owners.
By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK - For the second time in about two years, the property that was once owned by Brick’s only Jewish house of worship has been sold. Temple Beth Or, who ran the synagogue for decades, sold the property in March 2021 be-
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cause the buildings and grounds on the 4.6-acre parcel at the corner of Van Zile Road and Hendrickson Avenue had become too big for the shrinking congregation. T he new ow ners, David Gluck and the Congregation Kehilos Yisroel, who have a Madison Avenue ad-
dress in Lakewood, paid $3.6 million. The new owners proceeded to operate an illegal high school for boys on the site without obtaining township permits or safety inspections and was shut down by the county. At the time, attorneys for Congregation Kehi-
los Yisroel argued that a change of use approval was not needed since religious classes had been taught there in the past, but Brick officials maintained that it was a house of worship. Gluck also purchased two homes in the area, located at 91 Hendrickson Avenue and 226
Van Zile Road, that were allegedly being used as dorms for the students. The homes have since been sold. Since September 2021, there has been no activity at the site of the former temple, and no applications could have moved forward since (School- See Page 5)
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