A borough official told the council the state wanted both employee unions to waive grievances and lawsuits before approving the switch, a demand the borough said it could not meet.
Several parents from Emma Havens Young Elementary School asked the Brick school board for a plan to make classrooms safe, saying their emails and meetings with the school had gone nowhere.
The vacant lot on Giffordtown Lane adds to about 95 acres of county open space in an area officials describe as ecologically sensitive. Voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to raise the funding rate for the county's preservation fund.
The 3-2 vote came hours after a lawyer for a developer told the township the ordinance was unconstitutional. Residents who spoke said the new rules still don't go far enough.
The council voted 6-1 to allow a single licensed cannabis retailer, five years after it unanimously banned marijuana businesses. Several residents asked for a referendum instead.
The Age-Friendly Ocean County Text Line, available around the clock in multiple languages, points older adults, adults with disabilities and caregivers to help with transportation, meals, housing and more, county officials said.
The agreement covers all 20 Dollar General stores in Ocean County and follows a $21,000 settlement with Dollar Tree, county consumer affairs officials said.
Saturday, Oct. 31
Ocean County
This Afternoon
High 59°F
Sunny
Wind NW 5 mph
Tonight
Low 34°F
Partly Cloudy
Wind NW 0 to 5 mph
Next High tide 12:56 a.m. Sunday, 4.2 ft at Seaside Heights, ocean
Tide times and heights are predictions, in feet above mean lower low water, not observations: wind and storms change the actual water level.
Forecasts: National Weather Service. Tides: NOAA predictions.