Category: Brick Bulletin News

Al Santoro pleads guilty in latest Operation Bid Rig investigation BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Is the U.S. Attorney’s Office finished with its corruption investigation in Ocean County? Maybe. Maybe not. “Our overall Operation Bid Rig investigation is continuing,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Gramiccioni, who could not confirm or deny whether other…

CHRIS KELLY staff A Brick Memorial High School student braves the snowy weather to cheer on the Mustangs as they face East Brunswick during the NJSIAA’s Central Jersey Group IV championship game on Dec. 5 at The College of New Jersey. See pages 4 and 29. CHRIS KELLY staff

CHRIS KELLY staff Ocean County Vo-Tech Brick students Zach Bauer, 17 and Mike Dodd, 18, work on their robot during Ocean County College’s annual Tech-Prep Consortium, held on Dec. 4. Local high school students competed by building, programming and racing robots made out of Legos. CHRIS KELLY staff

PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Above: Members of the Brick Memorial Marching Band lead the Mustangs football team to face off against East Brunswick during the NJSIAA’s Central Jersey Group IV championship game on Dec. 5 at the College of New Jersey. Right: Brick Memorial’s Jihaad Howard’s emotions show after the Mustangs fell to East…

BY Bill MILLER Staff Writer BRICK TOWNSHIP — The Guild Theatreworks will offer three days of holiday cheer starting tonight as they present “A Christmas Carolette” at the Bob Anstett Cultural Arts Center, 515 Herbertsville Road. The production, which runs Dec. 10-12, tells the famous tale of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” in which the…

Residential recycling is expected to get more convenient in 2010 as Ocean County and its municipalities gear up for single-stream recycling. “Recycling paper got easier in Ocean County last year when we moved to a new program allowing residents to place all paper items including newsprint, junk mail, magazines and cardboard in one container for…

JEFF GRANIT staff Brick Memorial High School quarterback Mike DiGuilmi (6) finds some running room against Howell High School during the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV semifinal football game in Howell on Nov. 21. Brick won, 31-28. JEFF GRANIT staff

BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Brick Township officials and the police union have agreed on a contract after nearly a year of sometimes contentious negotiations. “I think it’s a pretty good contract,” Mayor Stephen C. Acropolis said at the Nov. 24 Township Council meeting. “It’s not all we wanted, and I’m sure it’s not…

Properties in town currently assessed under market value BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Residents can expect their new home assessments in the mail over the next few weeks, provided that the county tax board approves the preliminary numbers. The letters will go out sometime over a two- to three-week period in December, Brick Township…