The BRICK Times Vol. 25 - No. 29
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Solar, Maintenance Contracts Addressed
By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK – Brick Standard LLC is the owner and operator of the solar energy field on Sally Ike Road, and during a recent Township Council meeting, the governing body approved a resolution t hat aut hor i zes a n amended and restated side letter agreement for the sale of the solar credits generated at the site. “DTE Energy Trading, in its role as energy manager, has been selling the facility’s energy into the grid for the township,” said
Brick Mayor Will Have Second Term
Photos by Judy Smestad-Nunn The town is planning on resurfacing Perry Drive. Council President Derrick T. Ambrosino.
DTE has provided notice to the project developer that they are terminating their role as the energy manager and Castleton Commodities Inter national has agreed to succeed DTE i n t hat role The solar farm on Sally Ike Road is under new man- pursuant to the existing energy agement.
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management agreement, he said. “So basically, none of the terms and conditions of the original agreement have changed,” the council president said. In other news, the council authorized the receipt of bids for snow removal services. In 2023, the (Contracts See Page 4)
By Bob Vosseller BRICK – It’s finally official: Lisa Crate will remain the mayor of the township. The results of the close race between her and Republican challenger Madeline Colagiovanni Iannarone are in. Crate cleared around 400 more votes in the election. The election results remained up in the air for more than a week after Election Day. There were three seats on the Township Council and the GOP captured them. On election night, Crate, a Democrat, picked up 16,705 votes and 50.3% against her opponent who currently serves as the president of the Board of Education who had 16,444 votes, earning 49.57%. It takes the County Board of Elections a few weeks to certify results, looking over provisional ballots and other issues. That made this race too close to call after the polls closed. Iannarone conceded more than a week later. Iannarone congratulated Crate on this year’s mayoral election. “While the result was not what I had hoped for, I remain deeply grateful for the encouragement and trust so many of you placed in me. Sharing my vision and love for Brick with you has been one of the great privileges of my life.” “I also want to congratulate my running mates, Lisa Reina, Perry Albanese, and Greg Cohen, on their decisive and well-earned victory. I am genuinely happy to see them (Mayor - See Page 5)
Learning Comes Easy When The Beach Is Your Classroom
By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – The t ou r ist s have gone home, but the beach was filled with students learning about the unique ecosystem – and taking those lessons home with them. Every year, Clean Ocean Action meets busloads of kids at Is-
land Beach State Park for a student summit. T hey lea r n lessons from environmentalists in the field – as well as peers who are just a little older than them. They went to stations around the interpretive center. The Marine Academy of Technology and En-
vironmental Science students were able to talk to the kids on their level about important lessons like how litter impacts wildlife. Clea n Ocea n Action has been leading this for 35 years, said Kristen Grazioso, Education and Volunteer Manager.
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“It connects them with the coastal ecosystem,” she said. It also for ms con nections with each other. Peer-to-peer teaching is effective because the younger students are eager to learn from the older ones – and the MATES students have an enthusiasm for the
subject matter that is infectious. Students came from the Bay Head School, Bordentown Regional Middle School, Christ the K ing School in Haddonfield, Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Element ary School in Seaside Heig hts, Lavallet te (Learning - See Page 4)
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Photo by Chris Lundy Learning environmental lessons on the beach was a natural fit.
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