Category: Brick Bulletin News

  • ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ says hello to Brick audiences Friday

    Cast finds greatfriendships, experience working in theater groupCorrespondent By danielle medina Cast finds great friendships, experience working in theater group Correspondent BRICK –– Heather Campagno began staging plays in the basement of her township home when she was just 11 years old as way to keep herself and the kids her mother baby-sat busy. Twenty…

  • Bill Haley’s Comets pass through Brick for first time

    Correspondent By melissa cifelli BRICK –– Large crowds assembled as early as 5 p.m. Thursday for a glimpse of some of their favorite oldies bands who were coming to the township as part of the SummerFest concert series. Although one of the scheduled bands, the Dubs, was unable to make the concert, Bill Haley’s Comets…

  • Lauren Kelly selected as final Democratic candidate

    By karl vilacobaStaff Writer By karl vilacoba Staff Writer Lauren Kelly BRICK –– Former Board of Education member Lauren Kelly was chosen last week as the final member of the Democratic ticket for the fall Township Council elections. Kelly steps in for Leon Mowadia, who was appointed July 8 to fill Steven Cucci’s vacated council…

  • Advances at Kimball noted as Hindenburg is recalled

    More lives would havebeen saved with today By Joyce BlayStaff Writer More lives would have been saved with today’s emergency technology By Joyce Blay Staff Writer LAKEWOOD — In 1937, a spark ignited the rear section of the hydrogen-filled airship Hindenburg as it attempted to land at Lakehurst after a trip from Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany. The…

  • Brick Police Camp teaches basics of law enforcement

    Program for ages 10-13 emphasizes respect,discipline and teamwork By karl vilacobaStaff Writer Program for ages 10-13 emphasizes respect, discipline and teamwork By karl vilacoba Staff Writer PHOTOS BY FARRAH MAFFAI Kevin Brennan, 10, calls in a license plate number at the Brick Police Camp. An off-duty Brick police officer was arrested on an outstanding warrant Thursday…

  • Ocean County residents warned about rabies

    Ocean County residents warned about rabies That cute little raccoon spying you from the corner of your back yard or near your Pine Barrens campsite could have rabies, warns Dr. Ella Boyd, community health services coordinator for the Ocean County Health Department. Boyd, a veterinarian, said that so far this year, 11 animals have tested…

  • Greater Media ad director wins national honor

    Sandy Theo onathan (Sandy) Theophilakos, ad­vertising director for Greater Media Newspapers, Freehold, has been named Advertising Director of the Year by Suburban Newspapers of America, a nonprofit professional trade association based in Traverse City, Mich. Member­ship includes approxi­mately 2,000 sub­urban newspapers throughout the United States and Canada. The annual award is presented to an advertising…

  • 144 units proposed for Brick Boulevard

    Eleventh Venture, LLCseeks approval forsenior apartment complex By Karl VilacobaStaff Writer 144 units proposed for Brick Boulevard Eleventh Venture, LLC seeks approval for senior apartment complex By Karl Vilacoba Staff Writer Brick officials say a proposal to build a 144-unit senior citizen apartment complex on Brick Boulevard is too intense and too large for its…

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    CHRIS KELLY Brick’s Michael Zaccarine, 9, competes in a sprinting event at the 16th Annual Special Olympics games at Brick Township High School July 15.