Brick Mayor John Ducey

On Tuesday, Governor Murphy signed Executive Order Number 130 which will allow municipalities to extend the grace period for property tax payments due on May 1 to June 1 which certainly provides some breathing room for homeowners struggling in a struggling economy during the pandemic.

Brick Township will open its first-ever Farmers' Market on Saturday, April 25, at Windward Beach Park on Princeton Avenue.

Brick taxpayers owning an average $248,000 home would have to pay about $48 dollars more a year under the Township Council’s proposed budget introduced last week, which includes a 1.9 cent tax increase, primarily due to ongoing Super Storm Sandy recovery.

The Friends of Forge Pond NJis holding a public forum Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Ocean County Library's Brick Branch to discuss its ideas for the former Foodtown site on Route 70.

"There's actually more to come. This is only three different departments. There used to be six, now there's five, so there's another three departments to go," said Brick Mayor John Ducey, following the Township Council's approval Tuesday night of streamlining the Land Use and Community Development, Recreation and Public Works Departments.

Brick Township residents who did work to their properties before or after super storm Sandy without permits will get a chance to file the proper paper work without being penalized.

M&M at Route 70, LLC, is suing Brick Township for terminating its contract to redevelop the former Foodtown site, municipal officials announced this week.