Category: Brick Bulletin News

  • ‘The Human Stain’ makes an indelible statement

    Film Critic BY MICHAEL S. GOLDBERGER Like so much great fiction, novelist Philip Roth’s "The Human Stain" is about everything. Culled down for feature-length film purposes by screenwriter Nicholas Meyer ("Star Trek") and director Robert Benton ("Kramer vs. Kramer"), it is only about half of everything. But when considering the superbly acted effort about racism…

  • Word on the Street

    Word on the Street Less crowded classrooms and junior parking privileges. — Robin Daniels Brick What improvements would you like to see made to your school? Cleaner bathrooms, better sports facilities and more classrooms. — Daniel Bauer Brick I’d like to see the school build a swimming facility, air conditioning in the building and better…

  • Strategists break down the sweep

    GOP tax message credited withlopsided election BY KARL VILACOBAStaff Writer GOP tax message credited with lopsided election BY KARL VILACOBA Staff Writer Tony Matthews The Brick Republican sweep was a surprise to many. The margin of defeat was a shock to all. The Democrats, who controlled six of seven council seats and held the mayor’s…

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    VERONICA YANKOWSKI staff Brick Memorial girls soccer coach Bill Caruso hugs goalie Jamie Kaiser after she made the game-winning save in a shootout against host East Brunswick on Monday. For story, see page 27.

  • Speed essential for reporting missing persons

    Brick police prepareparents, kids forabduction scenarios BY KARL VILACOBAStaff Writer Brick police prepare parents, kids for abduction scenarios BY KARL VILACOBA Staff Writer PHOTOS BY FARRAH MAFFAI staff Matthew Roads, 5, helps Patrolman Mark Begyn during the “Keep Our Kids Safe” program Nov. 6. The event was organized by the Brick Police Department and the…

  • County seeking federal funds for parkway work

    The Ocean County Board of Freeholders is requesting a $2 million grant from the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) for the interchange at West Bay Avenue. Plans call for full Garden State Parkway access from the north and south. Currently, only southbound traffic can exit in Barnegat, while only motorists traveling north on the…

  • Well-traveled flag’s last mission lies in Brick

    BY KARL VILACOBAStaff Writer BY KARL VILACOBA Staff Writer KARL VILACOBA Operation Enduring Freedom veteran Donald Smith presents a flag, which flew with him on various missions, to the Township Council. BRICK –– On the eve of Veterans Day, a local serviceman presented a souvenir from Operation Enduring Freedom to Brick as a sign of…

  • Rail survey indicates mixed signals on MOM

    Virginia firm BY CHARLES W. KIMStaff Writer Virginia firm’s work states that education on issue is needed BY CHARLES W. KIM Staff Writer A recent poll may not be the sweeping endorsement of the Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex rail proposal that officials had hoped. "They (residents) need to be educated because the majority of them are unaware of…

  • Author reconciles his

    Judaism, homosexualityCorrespondent BY Danielle Medina Judaism, homosexuality Correspondent Schimel BRICK –– Lawrence Schimel lives in two different worlds, literally and figuratively. As a native New Yorker now living in Madrid, Spain, he gets to experience big-city life at a less frenetic pace. And as a Jewish gay man, he attempts to reconcile his two identities…