The BRICK Times Vol. 24 - No. 16
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Photo courtesy Sea Turtle Recovery Teddy Swims, is a rare hybrid species, released back into the ocean after rehabilitation.
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By Alyssa Riccardi P OI N T PL E A SA N T BEACH – Three juvenile sea turtles were released back out into the ocean after a New Jersey-based nonprofit helped rehabilitate them from injuries and sickness. Sea turtles Lulu, Taylor Drift, and Teddy Swims, journeyed through the sand
of Point Pleasant Beach and slowly made their way into the water. All thanks to Sea Turtle Recovery. Sea Turtle Recovery was created by t wo mar ine scientists, Bill Deerr and Brandi Biehl, who wanted to do more to help save the endangered and threatened animals in New Jersey. Sea Turtle Recovery is the fi rst
“Crazy Rescue Ladies” Jailed For Animal Cruelty By Chris Lundy BRICK – Two women who stockpiled animals in their home have received jail sentences for animal cruelty and child neglect. Michele Nycz, 60, and Aimee Lonczak, 51, both of Brick, will serve 364 days in the Ocean County Jail as a condition of a four-
year probationary term. Judge Guy Ryan additionally imposed a lifetime ban on animal ownership and working with animals, and they will have to do community service (not to involve animals). Additionally, Lonczak was sentenced to 364 days in the Ocean County Jail for Child
Neglect in connection with the same investigation. The sentences will run at the same time. The investigation began on December 2, 2022 when Brick police went to their A r rowhead Park Dr ive home on an anonymous (Animal Cruelty See Page 5)
long term sea turtle hospital in the state, operating at the Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange. “Our busiest season is November, when all of the cold stunned sea turtles come in,” Biehl said. Similar to hypothermia, sea turtles will shut down their body system and can (Sea Turtles - See Page 4)
August 24, 2024
Road Project To Fight Flooding By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK - Residents of Normandy Beach on the barrier island should get some relief from nuisance road flooding since the governing body has authorized the receipt of bids for the continuation of a roadway elevation project. This will be phase II of the elevation project, said Council President Vince Minichino, and the streets included are Normandy Beach Drive, Arrow Court and Broad Avenue. The project is for roadway elevation, including but not limited to, fill impor tation, drainage reconstruction, concrete work, roadway reconstr uction, resurfacing and the site restoration, he said. “Phase I of this was completed in recent years in a shared service with Toms River,” Minischino said. “This phase extends the scope.”
Brick and Toms River have joined forces to elevate the roads in Normandy Beach since the neighborhood is split between the two townships. Both towns have applied for and have received funding, with Brick accepting a $401,859 grant from the State Department of Transpor tation for the elevation project. Barrier island residents h ave a t t e n d e d c o u n cil meetings to ask for help because f looding has become so bad that school buses and delivery trucks are unable to drive through the main access road. They say the roads flood 20 to 30 times a year. Also, the governing body approved additional roadway work with the award of contract for $446,900 for improvements to streets for the Cherry Quay Phase II project. Earle Asphalt Company of Farmingdale will resurface Tiller Lane and Royal (Flooding - See Page 4)
Advocates Fear Homeless Will Be Left Out In The Cold By Stephanie Faughnan TOMS R I V ER - T he thought of freezing temperatures might seem far away, but for Toms River homeless advocates, the harsh reality of winter is already hitting hard. Concerns are mounting that those who work tirelessly to provide cold weather shel-
ter for the town’s unhoused population could soon fi nd themselves homeless. Just Believe, Inc. a nonprof it organization has operated the Code Blue war ming shelter out of the Riverwood Recreation Center at 250 Riverwood Drive for the past several years. However, the group
was recently locked out of the facility, raising fears that the homeless could be left out in the cold when temperatures drop. Kevin McKenna, a representative of Just Believe, addressed the Toms River Tow nship Cou ncil at a recent meeting, expressing (Just Believe - See Page 5)
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