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Bill Would Charge Fossil Fuel Companies “We’re only asking for our fair share,” he said. New York and Vermont have already passed similar legislation. According to the summary, the bill would establish a program within the DEP to collect compensatory payments from the fossil fuel companies and distribute them, in the form of grants, to climate change adaptation and resilience projects. The bill would target fossil fuel companies that are responsible for more Photo by Chris Lundy than 1 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions Curtis Fisher of Brick talked about flooding in his neighborhood. between January 1, 1995 (the year of the first United Nations Conference of By Chris Lundy OCEAN COUNTY - A press conference was held Parties climate change conference) and the end of the to build support for a bill that would charge certain calendar year in which the bill takes effect. fossil fuel companies money that would then be used The press conference was held outside Point Pleasant Borough Hall, where inside there was a meeting on grants for climate resiliency. Curtis Fisher said he lives off Drum Point Road in of the Senate Environment and Energy Committee Brick. Sometimes the flooding is so bad that he can’t and the Assembly Environment, Natural Resources, leave his neighborhood. Furthermore, the infrastruc- and Solid Waste Committee. The purpose of the conference was to get the bill on an agenda before ture is being devoured by saltwater intrusion. “Ocean County is one of the most threatened areas the legislative session closed. in the state,” he said. The cost to respond to these More than 50 municipalities have already endorsed climate issues is in the hundreds of billions of dollars, this bill, said Senator Bob Smith (D-17th). He urged he said, quoting figures from the State Department of people to contact their mayors and governing bodies Environmental Protection as well as the Army Corps to get on board. (Bill - See Page 4) of Engineers. So, who is going to pay for it?
Trump Signs Bill Naming Clinic After Local Vet By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – President Donald Trump signed a bill naming the Toms River Veterans Administration clinic after Lt. Leonard G. “Bud” Lomell. “One of the most decorated Army Rangers of World War II, Bud Lomell served our nation and its veterans with enduring courage and selflessness, and is exceedingly deserving of this posthumous honor,” said Rep. Chris Smith (R-4th), who wrote the legislation designating the naming of the clinic after Bud. “I am grateful that President Trump has recognized Bud’s heroism by signing this bill into law, and I am thrilled that Char-
lotte (who turned 104 on September 8) gets to see Bud’s many achievements memorialized in this special way.” Lomell’s citation for his Distinguished Service Cross medal states, in part, “First Sergeant Lomell led a patrol of men through the heaviest kind of automatic weapons fire to destroy an enemy machine gun nest… Later on, the same day, while leading another patrol, he penetrated through the enemy lines to the rear and discovered five enemy 155-mm guns... he gallantly led his patrol against the enemy and successfully destroyed the guns... First Sergeant Lomell’s bold and outstanding leadership in the
GOLD Exceeds $3500 an Ounce! OVER 20 YEARS IN BUSINESS
HIGHEST RATED CASH FOR GOLD STORE IN OCEAN COUNTY
(Clinic - See Page 4)
SILVER Nears $40 an Ounce!
90% SILVER • MEDALLIONS FLATWARE • SCRAP • JEWELRY TEA SETS • TRAYS • PITCHERS CANDELABRAS
September 13, 2025
Residents Learn About Flood Prevention By Bob Vosseller BRICK – Township residents recently came to a special information session about flood conditions within the community. The forum was held at the Mantoloking Road Playhouse and information was presented regarding flood risks, local mitigation efforts, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and the township’s participation in the Community Rating System (CRS). Municipal professional staff were present such as Township Planner Affordable Housing Administrator Tara B. Paxton and Municipal Engineer & Floodplain Manager Elissa C. Commins to discuss flood prevention, insurance options, and strategies to help reduce premiums. People came in on first come first serve basis to sit down with a staff representative who would look up their property’s flood plain history and make some recommendations. “We have sewers down the street,” one resident remarked. “Do you have flood insurance?” the staffer asked. “The issue is looking at the map with the wetlands and the flood conditions and what the town is doing. I have lived here since 1961 and I lived in Manasquan before that. I’ve seen a lot of things change in this town - a lot of good things and a lot of bad things. I think the mayor is doing a good job with what she has to work with,” said resident Robert Lee, who lives in the Baywood section of the township. “I speak highly of Brick, my children were born and raised here. The town owns a piece of property at the end of my street and it is not bulk headed. It is wetlands and when there is a north east storm, we get two feet of water that comes in,” Lee added. He came to the forum with his wife Eleanor. Lee noted, “it covers a fire hydrant and when we get a south east storm it covers the storm sewer and we try to get something (Flood Prevention - See Page 5)
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