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Brick Alumnus Earns College Television Award Nomination
visitors to the Grand Canyon. The project took about six months to complete. “Pre-production began in December 2023. Our trip was mid-March and we finished editing in May,” Thrunk said. The program then aired on Montclair Township’s Local Access Channel 34 in May 2024. Thrunk is currently a Photo courtesy Sean Thrunk senior at Montclair th Sean Thrunk (back row, 5 from left) pictured with the whole film team majoring in filmmaking and televiat their filming location, the Grand Canyon. sion production. After graduation, Thrunk plans By Alyssa Riccardi Thrunk traveled to Arizona to BRICK – A Brick Township High work on the project as part of an to work on self-producing School alumnus is in the running “On the Road: Reporting from nonfiction film projects. for one of the Television Academy the Field” class for Montclair “I have produced, written and Foundation’s 44th College Televi- News Lab. Arizona Stories: Wa- edited a bunch of non-fiction sion Awards. ter, Border and Politics is a news projects. My most popular Sean Thrunk, along with class- magazine show produced by stu- being a documentary called mates at Montclair State Univer- dents that covers a wide variety ‘Saving Slick.’ A film that sity, are nominated in the News of topics across Arizona state. follows 3-D film restorationist category. He served as a director, The topics included immigration, Bob Furmanek and his journey producer and writer on Arizona homelessness, drought and the en- to bring life to a lost 3-D short, Stories: Border, Water and Politics. vironmental impact of millions of (Award - See Page 4)
March 1, 2025
School Board Votes No To Electric School Buses
By Alyssa Riccardi BRICK – The Brick Township Board of Education has voted against acquiring a $7.8 million grant to buy electric buses. After months of deliberation regarding the purchase and whether it would benefit the district, the February 20 meeting ended with the board failing to pass the lease purchase agreement. It was previously announced that the State Department of Environmental Protection would provide the grant. The district was considering buying 25 electric school buses through a grant from the federal Environmental Protection Agency. The grant would cover the costs of the electric school buses and the related charging station infrastructure, according to Brick Township Schools Business Administrator James Edwards. Throughout the months leading up to this decision, the various pros and cons of purchasing the electric buses were discussed with the board’s finance committee. Superintendent Thomas Farrell expressed his opinion multiple times to the board members and community how the state grant would save the district money due to a cost difference with maintenance and fuel. The (School Board - See Page 4)
Polar Bear Plunge Returns For Charity
Photo by Bob Vosseller Polar Bear Plungers jump in as others exit the icy waters of the Atlantic Ocean off the Seaside Heights oceanfront for the 32nd Annual Polar Bear Plunge.
By Bob Vosseller SEASIDE HEIGHTS – There isn’t anything quite like a dip into the frigid waters of the Atlantic Ocean on a winter afternoon and thousands of people came out again to do just that for this year’s Polar Bear Plunge at Seaside Heights presented by New Jersey Law Enforcement. The effort is part of the year-round fundraising of Law Enforcement Torch Run events and involves individuals, organizations, and businesses who support Special Olympics New Jersey athletes by jumping into the ocean. Registration started at 9
a.m. and parking started to dwindle around the borough especially around Blaine Avenue where the registration area was. By 12:30 p.m. the boardwalk was crowded with thousands of spectators, many of them were bundled up. Plungers carried towels and other items as they headed towards the entry point of the beach at 315 Boardwalk. The 1 p.m. whistle alerted them it was time to hit the water on the main beach between Webster and Dupont Avenues. Plungers had to individually raise a $110 minimum (Polar Plunge - See Page 5)
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