Kelly, Acropolis to battle for mayoral seat Four council seats also up in November election BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer       Democratic Mayor Daniel J. Kelly and Republican council President Stephen C. Acropolis will face each other in the race for the unexpired, two-year term of former Brick Mayor Joseph C. Scarpelli. Acropolis, 49, Port Drive, is a registered representative with AIG-Royal Alliance, a fi... More ...      JEFF GRANIT staff Kathi Hillner, Brick, ponders which Easter flowers to buy at the Herbertsville Fire Company's annual flower sale at the squad building Friday. More ... No more pay for planners, zoners? Council members discuss ending longtime practice BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer       Brick Township could save $60,000 a year if the unusual practice of paying planning and zoning board members $51 for each meeting they attend ends. Township Council members planned to introduce an ordinance at the April 10 meeting that would eliminate the stipends board members had ... More ...      JEFF GRANIT staff Jimmy and Kathy Calderella of Brick try to decide on which Easter flowers to buy at the Herbertsville First Aid Squad's annual flower sale on April 6 at the squad building. More ... 'Sopranos' stars join in Walk to D'Feet ALS       Joined by several cast members of the HBO hit series "The Sopranos," over 750 area residents are expected to walk a three-mile route along the Seaside Heights Boardwalk to raise money and awareness for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). The 2007 Seaside Board....Walk To D'Feet ALS is schedu... More ... Rent control for mobile home parks on the table Township ordinance aims to protect town's most vulnerable BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer       BRICK TOWNSHIP - Rents at the two mobile home parks in the township could rise no more than 5 percent a year, according to an ordinance the Township Council plans to introduce soon. Landlords must give tenants 30 days notice that they plan to increase the rent and provide the calcu... More ... Nydam still feeding feds info one year after plea New sentence date scheduled for later this month BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer       BRICK TOWNSHIP - Former Public Works Director John "Jack" Nydam's sentencing date has come and gone several times over the past year. Nydam's latest date before Superior Court Judge James A. Citta is slated for 9 a.m. on April 27, said Assistant County Prosecutor William Porter. More ... Hearing on mayoral lawsuit on tap tomorrow BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer       BRICK TOWNSHIP - Lawyers for both sides in the mayoral appointments spat are slated to appear before state Superior Court Judge Frank A. Buczynski Jr. tomorrow at 9 a.m. Buczynski scheduled the pretrial hearing during the last court date on the matter. More ... Shade Tree Commission to provide Arbor Day kits       The Brick Township Shade Tree Commission will be supplying each of Brick Township's 13 public schools with Arbor Day Kits. Each kit consists of four seeding trees, which have been growing in the commission's care, planting instructions and an Arbor Day guidebook. More ...