The BRICK Times
Vol. 24 - No. 20
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Photo courtesy Janine Conlon The Brick Township High School Green Dragons enjoy the halftime ceremony. By Chris Christopher BRICK - They’re still talkin’ about this one - even though it took place way back in 1974. The Brick Township High School football team was undersized. No problem for the Green Dragons. They lacked speed. No problem. The team had heart. Big problem for the Camden Panthers. The Green Dragons had grit. Big problem for the Panthers. The teams clashed in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association South Jersey Group IV championship game on a temporary grass field in front of an estimated 5,200 decibel shattering fans at Convention Hall on the Atlantic City Boardwalk. The Green Dragons out-gritted the heavily favored
Panthers 21-20 on Friday night, Dec. 6, in the first playoff game in New Jersey high school football history. Big problem for the Panthers. “We had helmets and pads on and they had just their jerseys on prior to the game,” said Sam Riello, a Brick assistant coach who starred at running back for the Green Dragons before graduating in 1962. “They were bigger than our captains. Camden was favored to win, but it didn’t bother us. We knew we were methodical.” “We were very disciplined,” Brick senior running back Chuck Mitchell said. “When our coaches taught us something, we listened. We were like the E.F. Hutton commercial. We were all ears.”
Animal Advocates Want More TNVR Programs
By Chris Lundy OCEAN COUNTY – There are so many benefits to a trap, neuter, vaccinate and release program that animal advocates want to see the entire region blanketed with them. The idea is that volunteers trap outside cats. The animals are taken to a vet where they are spayed or neutered, and then vaccinated against common diseases. If the animal is friendly to humans, it can
Land To Be Preserved For Open Space
By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK - Brick Open Space Savers (BOSS) has recommended a parcel of vacant land at 2416 Hooper Avenue for open space preservation and conservation purposes. BOSS is a citizens advisory committee that identifies and acquires undeveloped land to preserve as open space, established in 2021 by former Mayor John Ducey. The governing body voted in favor of a $930,000 bond ordinance during the most recent Township Council meeting and authorized the issuance of $883,500 in bonds or notes to fi nance part of the cost of the property. This was the fi rst reading of the ordinance. The township has advised the NJDEP (New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection) Green Acres Program of the acquisition and expects to receive funding to help offset the acquisition costs, said Mayor Lisa Crate. “I just want to say that [BOSS] works very hard - we meet monthly, and we actually go out and look at properties together, and we’re very involved also with our Pick Up Brick to make sure that these properties stay clean and green for our township,” she said. In other news, Councilwoman Heather deJong highlighted an amendment to the 2024 capital budget to fi nalize the insertion of capital projects the township intends to complete this year. The 2024 capital budget totals $10 million, she said.
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New Date Set For VA Clinic Opening
be put up for adoption. However, if it has been feral for too long, it will be released back into the wild – healthy and without the ability to make any more kittens. Brian Hackett, the director of government and community relations for the Associated Humane Societies (AHS), said that in New Jersey, it’s vital for the public and elected officials to allow TNVR programs to humanely reduce the stray cat (Animals - See Page 5)
September 21, 2024
By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – It’s been a long time coming, but a new date has been announced for the opening of the Toms River Veterans Administration clinic. The opening is now scheduled for October 22, 2024, said Xiomara Johnson, a Navy veteran who serves as Deputy Public Affairs Officer for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. She explained to The Toms River Times
that the revised timeline is due to “recent advancements in the project, including secured funding and a finalized lease agreement with the lessor. We anticipate that completing the remaining punch list items will take approximately 4 to 5 weeks, leading to this new tentative opening date.” A previous date had been July 16, but even then it was known that the date was tentative and subject to change. (VA Clinic - See Page 6)
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