The BRICK Times Vol. 23 - No. 8
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July 8, 2023
Instead Of Jail, Some To Get Mental Health Treatment
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Councilwoman Andrea Zapcic said the new program is recommended by Police Chief David Forrester.
Photos courtesy Los Angeles Chargers Ja’Sir Taylor takes the field for the Los Angeles Chargers. By Chris Christopher BRICK - Give a shout-out to Lenny Zdanowicz, the head football coach at Brick Township High School. Give a shout-out to Ja’Sir Taylor, the ex-Brick standout now in his second year as a defensive back with the Los Angeles Chargers. Because of both, the first 300 youth football players in their team’s jerseys attending the 2023 Vinny Curry Rush2 Victory Foundation Shore Football Coaches Associa-
tion All-Shore Football Classic on Sunday, Ex-Brick Township High School and Wake July 9, at 3 p.m. Forest University star Ja’Sir Taylor hoists at Monmouth the game ball after starring on special teams University are against the Denver Broncos last season. receiving free tickets. The tickets cost $10 their future.” It will be a big weekend at the per person for non-players. “My high school coach, West Long Branch institution. Curry, a former Neptune coach Z, came up with this wonderful idea and I loved and Marshall University it so we moved forward with standout and a National it,” Taylor said. “It’ll be a Football League free agent great way to get the younger after starting at defensive (NFL - See Page 4) kids in the game to envision
By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK – The township was one of six New Jersey communities selected to participate in a pilot program called LEAD (Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion Program) that allows law enforcement officers to redirect people with mental illness, drug involvement, chronic homelessness and poverty to community-based services instead of jail and prosecution. “This is a program through the New Jersey State Office of the Attorney General,”
said Council Vice President Andrea Zapcic during the most recent Township Council Meeting. The total award is $6 million for the multi-year grant. The Attorney General selected the six municipalities based on objective data such as a high rate of primary treatment admissions for heroin, opioids, and stimulants, as well as a high rate of overdose deaths, a lack of accessibility to treatment providers, facilities and to emergency medical (Council - See Page 5)
Officials Make Sure Boardwalk Games Are Fair
Photos By Bob Vosseller An investigator for the Legalized Games of Chance Commission puts the hammer down to send a rubber frog flying to test the balance of the Seaside Heights boardwalk attraction.
By Bob Vosseller SEASIDE HEIGHTS – Making sure rubber frogs have all their limbs and arcade game claws are actually able to grab stuffed animals keeps games of chance fair and honest. Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer, Seaside Heights Police Chief Thomas Boyd, Division of Consumer Affairs Acting Director Cari
Fais and numerous members of her department came out to the borough boardwalk to promote a safe summer, honest shopping and a fair chance of winning a prize. Their visit at Blaine Avenue was part of the Division’s annual enforcement initiative designed to promote a family-friendly environment at the Jersey Shore.
The “Safe Summer” program includes summer-long inspections of boardwalk games for fairness of play, and to ensure they have not been modified to the disadvantage of players. Bruce Hurlbunt, an investigator for the Legalized Games of Chance Commission, was among those looking over the games that day
and one of their first stops was the flying rubber frog attraction. “We’re making sure they are all level.” He noted that the attraction which involves customers slamming a small hammer that causes the rubber frogs to fly on metal lilly pads needs to have a proper balance. The group spent about an hour touring various spots on the boardwalk to run some tests, check (Games- See Page 5)
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