🌱 Patch AM: Cell Phone Ban In Brick Schools: What To Know

Hi Brick! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• What Brick parents must know about this year's school cell phone rules
• How is Brick Memorial gearing up for Friday's Wall rematch?

Also on today's calendar: School of Rock Summer Season Showcase and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the difference between a jeweler and a jailer? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 81 and low of 70 degrees.
• Friday: Humid with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 79, low: 70.
• Saturday: Clouds and sun; less humid, with a high of 80 and low of 66 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Cell Phone Ban In Brick Schools: What To Know (patch.com) — Families in Brick should be ready for another school year where students are not allowed to use smartphones or other internet-enabled devices from bus pickup through dismissal, under a state law and Brick Board of Education policy. Devices must stay locked in lockers, with only narrow exceptions for documented educational or medical needs, and any violations will bring discipline aimed at keeping classrooms focused and distraction-free.
   

• Week 0 SSI Football Podcast Presented by Meadow 28 (shoresportsinsider.com) — Brick Memorial football fans can get an in-depth preview of the Mustangs' season-opening rematch against Wall through this week's Shore Sports Insider Football Podcast, featuring Brick Memorial coach James Mahoney and lineman Jaxon Pacheco. The show breaks down key returning All-Shore players, how both teams are replacing graduated stars, and what to watch in Friday night's intriguing Shore Conference matchup.
   

📸 Around Brick

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Brick

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 29
• School of Rock Summer Season Showcase →
  Water Street Bar & Grille, 4 Robbins Pkwy, Toms River
  12:00 pm
Sunday August 30
• Summer Victorian Afternoon Tea →
  Mathis House a Victorian Bed & Breakfast and Tea Room, 600 Main St, Toms River
  11:00 am
• School of Rock Summer Season Showcase →
  Beachcomber Bar & Grill, 100 Ocean Terrace, Seaside Heights
  12:00 pm
• An Afternoon of Opera Arias →
  500 Lake Ave, Bay Head
  4:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• 80's Night Murder Mystery Dinner Party →
  600 Main St, Toms River
  7:00 pm
Saturday September 19
• Karaoke Contest with Filipino Dinner Menu →
  600 Main St, Toms River
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday August 27
• Comedian Zane Lamprey in Brick Township, NJ →
  Icarus Brewing Company, 2045 NJ-88, Brick Township
  7:00 pm
Friday August 28
• Open House - Carteret! →
  381 Carteret Ave, Carteret
  5:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• 10th Anniversary Ocean County Irish Festival →
  County Road 530, County Rd 530
  11:00 am
Monday September 14
• Women's Club of Brick Monthly Meeting - Morning Edition →
  Brick Twp Town Hall, 401 Chambers Brg Rd, Brick Township
  11:00 am
• Brick Community Blood Drive →
  St. Thomas Lutheran Church, 135 Salmon St, Brick Township
  12:30 pm
• Women's Club of Brick Monthly Meeting - Evening Edition →
  Brandywine The Gables by Monarch, 515 Jack Martin Blvd, Brick Township
  6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Chuck E. Cheese posted a job opening for Game Room Attendant – Cast Member in Brick. Apply here.
• ShopRite posted a job opening for ShopRite - Grocery Clerk (Saker NJ) Salary Range $15.92 - $15.92/hr in Brick. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Brick here.

🗞 Nearby News

Point Pleasant

• Episcopal medical equipment ministries help ease the burden of illness, mobility issues (episcopalnewsservice.org)
• Can You Swim in the Delaware River in Bucks County? Should You Is a Harder Question (delco.today)
• Lanes to Close For Three Months Along Lovelandtown Bridge Over Point Pleasant Canal (shorebeat.com)

Point Pleasant Beach

• So, Is Netflix Filming a New Reality Show at the Jersey Shore? Here's What We Know (thelocalgirl.com)
• Kohr's Orange and Vanilla Swirl: A New Jersey Summer Tradition (wobm.com)

Lakewood

• PHOTOS: Full-Scale Emergency Response Exercise Held at Community Medical Center (thelakewoodscoop.com)

Ok Brick! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A jeweler sells watches and a jailer watches cells. (Thank you Jean D. for sending it in!)
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