Category: Brick Bulletin News

  • Hospital offers advice to fight bug bites

    Stinging and biting insects are one of the drawbacks of summer. But, heeding some very basic warnings can help to avoid becoming a target for seasonal pests. "Wearing protective clothing when outdoors and in wooded areas is just good common sense," said Brian Kubiel, director of safety management at Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood. "The use…

  • Jersey Shore Audubon Society plans fall trips

    The Jersey Shore Audubon Society will sponsor the following bus trips this fall: Aug. 30, Arts and Crafts Festival at Historic Cold Spring Village, Cape May. The cost is $45 per person. The bus will depart at 8:30 a.m. Sept. 11, Old Bethpage Village Restoration, Long Island, N.Y. The cost of $55 per person includes…

  • Light the Night walk planned for FirstEnergy Park

    LAKEWOOD — The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society will hold its signature walk-event, Light The Night, on Sept. 20 at FirstEnergy Park, at 7 p.m. Registration will start at 5 p.m. The Southern New Jersey/Shore Region Chapter is seeking participants and volunteers to raise money toward the society’s mission of finding cures for leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s…

  • Group battles PKD one step at a time

    Brick woman helps organize 5K walk to raise fundsfor kidney disease researchCorrespondent By melissa cifelli Group battles PKD one step at a time Brick woman helps organize 5K walk to raise funds for kidney disease research Correspondent Tammy Pausz was only a child when her mother was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease (PKD), a serious…

  • Mangione SummerFest debut Thurs.

    Mangione SummerFest debut Thurs. Chuck Mangione will make his Sum­mer­Fest debut tomorrow at Windward Beach Park. This free concert will start at 7:30 p.m. Con­certgoers are encouraged to arrive at Windward Beach Park as early as 5 p.m. and dance to mu­sic broadcast by WJRZ Oldies 100, the official radio sta­tion of SummerFest 2003. Chuck…

  • Brick man charged with Washington Drive burglary

    By karl vilacobaStaff Writer By karl vilacoba Staff Writer BRICK –– Police credit a resident’s watchful eye as partly responsible for an arrest in connection with a home burglary last week. Top Sale Drive resident Anthony Columbo, 21, was charged with burglary, theft and being under the influence of a controlled dangerous substance in connection…

  • BTMUA stresses need for voluntary conservation

    Plans under way for upgrading fire hydrants; audit results discussed By danielle medinaCorrespondent Plans under way for upgrading fire hydrants; audit results discussed By danielle medina Correspondent BRICK –– The township Municipal Utilities Authority (BTMUA) continued to stress the importance of water conservation last week, especially in preparation for filling the new reservoir in the…

  • Town ready to move on park-and-ride

    By Joyce BlayStaff Writer By Joyce Blay Staff Writer JACKSON — The Planning Board will hear a formal application for the construction of a permanent park-and-ride facility on land included in the township’s deal to purchase the former Kalian at Jackson residential development. Board members were initially undecided as to how to treat the application.…

  • Pete’s Pets rebounds from deadly winter fire

    Owners say community By karl vilacobaStaff Writer By karl vilacoba Staff Writer Pete’s Pets specializes in small animals, like this Texas collared lizard. Around 11 p.m. Feb. 17 — the height of the Presidents Day storm — authorities called Colin Clauss, owner of Pete’s Pets, at his Toms River home and told him the store…