Category: Brick Bulletin News

BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer BRICK TOWNSHIP — Police recently arrested five township residents on various drug charges after a monthlong investigation, Capt. John E. Rein Jr. said. Members of the Brick Police Special Emergency Response Team executed a search warrant at 10 p.m. Jan. 7 at 57 N. Sailors Quay Drive. They seized…

Thirteen-year-old Hunter Palmer (center) tosses the ball to a teammate during a friendly football game on a cold and windy afternoon at the Drum Point Sports Complex on Jan. 2. ERIC SUCAR staff

Matthews takes over as council president for 2010 BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer The makeup of the Brick Township Council, once traditionally Democratic, is now officially all-Republican after the New Year’s Day organization meeting. “We’re not Republicans or Democrats here,” said Councilman Anthony Matthews, who was tapped to serve as council president this year.…

BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer New Year’s Day started off on a low note, with a markedly reduced employee roster, following the layoffs of 42 workers on New Year’s Eve. 2009 ended with Mayor Stephen C. Acropolis preparing to be sworn in to his first full term. The Bulletin has selected what we consider…

Matt Greenberg, 12, and friend Sean Fahey celebrate a touchdown at the Drum Point Sports Complex on a chilly Jan. 2. ERIC SUCAR staff

BY BILL MILLER Correspondent It’s the time of year to reflect on how the world has changed in the past year, and even the past decade. Imagine, then, how much it has changed in the past 50 years: the Internet, cell phones, four wars, landing a man on the moon and the election of the…

Share stories of mental decline of patients, heartache of caregivers BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Mildred “Muney” Davis is described by her son as a “real lady”: she taught her son to hold doors open and she never used four-letter words. ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE She worked for her husband Lou’s business, and volunteered her time for…

No cure yet for the most common, most debilitating form of dementia BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer (Editor’s note: The following statistics and information have been provided by the Alzheimer’s Association Greater New Jersey Chapter.) As the most common form of dementia, accounting for about 70 percent of all cases, Alzheimer’s disease affects 5.3 million…

Meridian Health, which is comprised of Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Ocean Medical Center, Riverview Medical Center and K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital, is temporarily modifying its hospital visitation policy to include recommendations to restrict visitors under the age of 18. Since the beginning of the H1N1 influenza pandemic, these hospitals have encouraged preventative measures such…