🌱 Patch AM: Longest Table Community Gathering In Brick Still Welcoming Registrations

Hey there, Brick! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Share a community meal at Brick's fourth annual Longest Table
• What Brick's new data center ban really means for the township

Also on today's calendar: 2-DAY EVENT: 3rd Annual Fall Rummage Sale & Book Sale and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Humid with clouds and sun, with a high of 82 and low of 68 degrees.
• Friday: Partly sunny and humid, temps: high: 83, low: 63.
• Saturday: Partly sunny and not as warm, with a high of 72 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Longest Table Community Gathering In Brick Still Welcoming Registrations (patch.com) — Brick residents are invited to the fourth annual Longest Table gathering this Saturday at the Bob Anstett Cultural Arts Center, where neighbors will share a meal and talk about the township's future. With limited first-come seating and local healthcare sponsors, the event is designed to strengthen connections that make Brick a close-knit community.
   

• Councilmember Speaks Further On Data Centers in Brick Township Open Governance (opgov.news) — Brick Township's council has adopted an ordinance that effectively bans data centers in every zoning district, with no pathway for future variances or conditional approvals. Councilman Gregory Cohen backed the measure while warning against permanent bans, citing concerns over electricity demand, groundwater, noise, wildfire risk, and industrial overdevelopment raised by the Land Use Committee.
   

📸 Around Brick

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Brick

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★ Featured events ★

Friday September 18
• 2-DAY EVENT: 3rd Annual Fall Rummage Sale & Book Sale →
  Girl Scouts Of The Jersey Shore, 1405 Old Freehold Rd, Toms River
  1:00 pm
Tuesday September 22
• Reading + Restorative: An Extra Cozy Silent Book Club →
  Pink Moon Yoga & Wellness, 1776 Hooper Ave, Toms River
  6:00 pm
Tuesday September 29
• Living Well with Lung Disease: Webinars for Patients and Families →
  Virtual,
  5:30 pm

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Other local events

Friday September 18
• Terry Cieri Band live at Brick VFW POST 8867 →
  Brick NJ
  7:00 pm
Saturday September 19
• 48th Annual Festival of the Sea →
  Point Pleasant Beach
  10:00 am
Wednesday September 23
• ACT Educational →
  Manera's Restaurant, 950 Cedar Bridge Avenue, Brick
  6:00 pm
Thursday September 24
• Jersey Shore Animal Center's Spay-ghetti and No Balls (Meat) Fundraiser! →
  Manera's Restaurant, 950 Cedar Bridge Ave, Brick Township
  6:00 pm
Friday September 25
• Linda Shields, the Jersey Shore Medium →
  1730 W Princeton Ave, Brick Township
  6:00 pm
Thursday October 1
• Ocean County NOW hosts Women's Health & Wellness Fair →
  Clarion Hotel & Conference Center Toms River, 815 NJ-37, Toms River
  4:00 pm
• Hoedown Homicide Murder Mystery →
  The Grenville Hotel & Restaurant, 345 Main Ave, Bay Head
  6:30 pm
Sunday October 4
• 15th Annual Blessing of the Animals →
  St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 714 Herbertsville Rd, Brick Township
  1:00 pm
• Blessing of the Animals. Attention Vendors!!! →
  St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 714 Herbertsville Rd, Brick Township
  1:00 pm

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• Bogota Savings Bank — 2018620660
• Renegade Heating & Cooling — (732) 569-5479
• Liberty Door and Awning — (732) 286-3667
• Klarr Transport Service Inc — (732) 905-5100

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Willow Springs Brings the U.K. to Brick Senior Center with Immersive Virtual Reality Platform —Willow Springs Rehabilitation and Healthcare Read on Patch

• Looking to get rid of 3 portable Ac that i believe don't work.
  Just the units no hoses or tubes. They are heavy and have Freon. Anyone know how to dispose of? (Nextdoor Bricktown)

• Shake Shack posted a job opening for Restaurant Team Member in Brick. Apply here.
• TJX posted a job opening for Key Carrier Coordinator in Brick. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Brick here.

🗞 Nearby News

Point Pleasant

• Local couple 'passionate about food' brings Bubbakoo's to Brockton (enterprisenews.com)
• The Best Exterior Caulk of 2026, Tested and Reviewed (bobvila.com)
• Mimi's Bagel Deli opens brick-and-mortar; New Jersey-style bagels return to Bend (bendbulletin.com)

Point Pleasant Beach

• Which NJ town is best for an autumn stroll? (nj1015.com)

Lakewood

• Lakewood To Consider Changes To $156.5M Municipal Budget Thursday (patch.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: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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