Category: Brick Bulletin News

  • Chlorine leak leads to evacuation in Brick

    Chlorine leak leads to evacuation in Brick Residents of the Midstreams area were evacuated for several hours Nov. 1 due to a chlorine leak at a Brick Township Municipal Utilities Authority pump station. At approximately 6:20 p.m., residents in the area reported the smell of ammonia to the Brick Township Police Department. At approximately 7:30…

  • Health Department slates flu clinics at several sites

    County residents are encouraged to roll up their sleeves and get their yearly flu vaccination shots now, according to Dr. Ella Boyd, Ocean County Health Department coordinator at Community Health Services. "We’ve already seen flu outbreaks in several states and it is just a matter of time before large numbers of New Jersey residents become…

  • Students STRONG in face of domestic violence

    Brick Memorial High School group holds Take Back the Night vigil BY KARL VILACOBAStaff Writer BY KARL VILACOBA Staff Writer KARL VILACOBA Dr. Kasturi Das Gupta addresses the crowd outside the Brick Municipal Building during last week’s Take Back the Night vigil. BRICK –– Just a "naive" rookie cop in 1977, Brick Police Department Lt.…

  • Second appraisals ordered on five tracts

    Properties are on Brick BY KARL VILACOBAStaff Writer Properties are on Brick’s open space priority list; total 96 acres of land BY KARL VILACOBA Staff Writer BRICK –– The Township Council voted last week to have second appraisals done on five of the chief remaining targets on its open space wish list. The move places…

  • Ocean County bus ser­vice expands route

    Ocean County bus ser­vice expands route With the snip of a ceremonial red ribbon, Ocean County expanded its bus service to include a stop at a new adult community in Stafford Township. To the north, in Manchester Township, new stops took effect on the OC 1 route. Those new stops are the Pine Ridge Clubhouse…

  • Brick grants $65K to Ocean County groups

    BY KARL VILACOBAStaff Writer BY KARL VILACOBA Staff Writer BRICK — The township issued $65,300 in grant funds last week to eight organizations that Mayor Joseph Scarpelli called "the unsung heroes of Ocean County." Each year municipalities across the nation receive Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) from the federal government, which they are then free…

  • County urges caution for trick-or-treaters

    For years, threats of drug-laced candy on Halloween have spread with an urban legend-like ferocity. Yet the biggest threat to children making their annual trick-or-treating trek is not treats but automobiles. According to federal statistics, children are four times more likely to be struck by an automobile on Halloween than on any other night of…

  • Locals join protest in Washington, D.C.

    Crowds marchagainst militarypresence in Iraq Locals join protest in Washington, D.C. CHARLES W. KIM Melanie Matrejek of Union Beach and Dan Vieira of Brick hold up the middle of the group’s banner during Saturday’s protest in the nation’s capital. Crowds march against military presence in Iraq WASHINGTON, D.C. — They came by the tens of…

  • Slammin’ and Jammin’ at Brick Library

    Students earn extra credit reciting published and original poetryCorrespondent BY DANIELLE MEDINA Students earn extra credit reciting published and original poetry Correspondent PHOTOS BY SEAN BRADY Rebecca Lamhut recites some original poetry during Slammin’ and Jammin’ Poetry Night at the Brick Library Oct. 23. About 30 teenagers took time out of their busy schedules to…