Category: Brick Bulletin News
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CHRIS KELLY Michael Tetrault takes advantage of the Christmas snowstorm’s remnants by riding on a sled at Windward Beach Park Thursday afternoon.
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Council wraps up 2002 with final Friday morning meeting
Ordinance passesto encourage aesthetically pleasing cell towers By Karl VilacobaStaff Writer Ordinance passes to encourage aesthetically pleasing cell towers By Karl Vilacoba Staff Writer The Brick Township Council ended 2002 with a final Friday morning meeting that served to wrap up a series of business items. The majority of the council’s final 12 resolutions were…
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Soldier’s WWII experiences focus of author’s first novel
Brick native Jack Sharkeyspent five years writingand editing manuscript By Joyce BlayStaff Writer Brick native Jack Sharkey spent five years writing and editing manuscript By Joyce Blay Staff Writer PHOTO BY VERONICA YANKOWSKI Author Jack Sharkey of Jackson is enjoying the success of his first book War Comes Home. The Brick native has already finished…
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Students combine culinary work with holiday spirit
Vocational schoolprepares 235 mealsfor county hunger reliefCorrespondent By Virginia tavis Vocational school prepares 235 meals for county hunger relief Correspondent JERRY WOLKOWITZ Fran Wessels, 17, of Jackson, carves a turkey Thursday at the Ocean County Vocational Technical School, Chambers Bridge Road. Culinary arts students worked with Ocean County Hunger Relief in a joint effort to…
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Citizens group forms to oppose Home Depot
Concerned Citizensof Brick hires attorney,circulates petition By Virginia tavisStaff Writer Concerned Citizens of Brick hires attorney, circulates petition By Virginia tavis Staff Writer Plans to redevelop the vacant Foodtown site, Route 70, as a Home Depot will be opposed at Brick Planning Board hearings by a grass-roots group of locals represented by a land use…
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BLOOPERS
ADELEYOUNGAnnual column ADELE YOUNG Annual column ‘bares down’ on the lighter side of the news Our annual bloopers column is our attempt to interject a little levity in the sometimes depressing world of news coverage. It’s a collection of typos and grammatical and usage errors compiled from everything that crosses our desks on their way…
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Asperger families face public misunderstanding
Poor social skills asymptom of little-known autism spectrum disorder By karl vilacobaStaff Writer Asperger families face public misunderstanding Poor social skills a symptom of little-known autism spectrum disorder By karl vilacoba Staff Writer Shawn Hoey (r) with brother Kyle. BRICK — Diane Hoey recalled once joking to her son that if he ate any more…
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Residents wake up to ruined holiday displays
By elaine van develdeStaff Writer Residents wake up to ruined holiday displays By elaine van develde Staff Writer BRICK — Christmas displays and lawn decorations were destroyed and scattered around neighborhood yards in a recent rash of vandalism incidents that took place in the Mantoloking Road area. Police received about a dozen complaints of criminal…
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Township reports high rate of unpaid municipal taxes
By karl vilacobaStaff Writer By karl vilacoba Staff Writer BRICK — Township officials recently reported a significant drop in the percentage of property taxes collected this year compared with recent years. Payments are between $2 and $3 million behind from this same point last year, and officials are now making an end-of-the-year push to urge…
