The BRICK Times Vol. 25 - No. 46
In This Week’s Edition
MICROMEDIA PUBLICATIONS
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Singer Brings Songs Of Ireland To Audiences
March 21, 2026
Future Development Part Of Affordable Housing Plan
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Photo by Judy Smestad-Nunn This Burnt Tavern Road land could potentially be used for housing.
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Community News Page 10-12
Dr. Izzy’s Sound News Page 14
Inside The Law
Photo by Bob Vosseller Singer Charlie Zahm sings songs of Ireland during his recent visit to the Upper Shores Branch of the Ocean County Library. He’ll be performing at 2 p.m. on March 21 at the meeting room of the Brick Library. By Bob Vosseller BRICK – Saint Patrick’s Day may have passed but the spirit of Ireland and celebrating its heritage in song is never over. Singer Charlie Zahm knows that and he is bringing the songs of Ireland to the meeting room of the township library at 2 p.m. on March 21. Zahm told Micromedia Publications/Jersey Shore Online.com that he was drawn to Celtic music through his mother. “I was visiting my
mom and dad a couple of weeks ago in Florida. Everybody in my mother’s family plays an instrument and she used to walk around the house singing songs while she cleaned the house like ‘The Black Velvet Band’ and ‘When Irish Eyes are Smiling’ long before I ever learned to play an instrument. I learned those songs from her first.” He was born in 1965 in Michigan, and currently resides in Pennsylvania. He is a big John Denver (Singer - See Page 4)
By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK - As part of the township’s Affordable Housing and Fair Share Plan settlement, 20 percent of a proposed 264-unit housing complex for Burnt Tavern Road would be set aside for affordable housing, resulting in 53 units. Any new developments exceeding five units must set aside 20 percent for affordable housing to meet constitutional Mount Laurel obligations, which require every municipality in the state to provide a “realistic opportunity” for its fair share of affordable housing. In attendance at a recent Township Council meeting was Township Planner Tara Paxton, who explained the planning aspects of the settlement, and Township Affordable Housing Attorney Robin La Bue, who (Housing Plan - See Page 5)
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Annual Polar Bear Plunge Draws Large Crowd
Photo by Bob Vosseller Around 7,000 plungers enter and exit the cold Atlantic Ocean waters in Seaside Heights for the 33rd Annual New Jersey Polar Bear Plunge.
By Bob Vosseller JERSEY SHORE – It was with some irony that the biggest polar bear plunge at the Jersey Shore was pushed back a few weekends to March 14 due to a build-up of winter snow, but the event came to life along the shore of Seaside Heights this past weekend. The plunge was originally scheduled for February 28 but ended up postponed after nearly two feet of snow descended on the
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College Dean Suspended After Charges Of Juvenile Sexual Assault By Stephanie Faughnan ATLANTIC COUNTY - A Barnegat man recently appointed as a dean at Ocean County College is facing serious criminal charges following an investigation in Atlantic County, according to information released by the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office. James Hadley, 66, of Barnegat, was arrested March 13 in Pleasantville and charged with second-degree sexual assault of a victim (Dean Suspended - See Page 13)
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