• OceanFirst will begin annual food drive

    OceanFirst Bank will conduct its annual food drive Jan. 13-27. Nonperishable items may be dropped off at the bank’s following branches: Brick Branch, 321 Chambers Bridge Road; Pavilion Branch, 70 Brick Blvd.; and Adamston Branch, 385 Adamston Road. All donations will help support the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties. For more information, call 732-240-…

  • BYC offers year-round free family movies

    The Brick Municipal Alliance Committee’s (B-MAC) Brick Youth Club (BYC) will have a free showing of the movie “GForce” (rated PG, running 89 minutes) at the Civic Plaza, 270 Chambers Bridge Road, on Jan. 15. Doors will open at 6:45 p.m. and the movie will begin at 7 p.m. with free popcorn and beverages provided…

  • BCCT will hold auditions Jan. 23

    Brick Children’s Community Theatre (BCCT), a nonprofit community theater group dedicated to the children of Ocean and Monmouth counties, will hold auditions for its spring show Jan. 23 at the Brick Town Civic Center, Chambers Bridge Road, Brick. Audition times are 2:15 p.m. for ages 4-6, 3:30 p.m. for ages 7-11, and 5 p.m. for…

  • January is National Blood Donor Month

    New York Blood Center (NYBC) and its divisions in Manhattan, Long Island, Hudson Valley, Brooklyn/Staten Island, and New Jersey, are calling upon the community to donate blood in recognition of National Blood Donor Month and to help save lives. A blood drive will be held 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 23 at the Ocean…

  • Friends of the Brick Library set fundraiser

    The Friends of the Brick Library will hold a fundraiser at Barnes & Noble, 44 Brick Plaza, on Jan. 18. Purchases made while presenting a special voucher at any Barnes & Noble location on that day will benefit the Friends of the Brick Library. Vouchers can be picked up at the Brick Library, 301 Chambers…

  • Historical Society will host flower show trip

    The Ocean County Historical Society (OCHS) is sponsoring a bus trip to the Philadelphia Flower Show on March 4. The bus will depart from the OCHS, 26 Hadley Ave., Toms River, at 8:30 a.m. and return at 6:30 p.m. The cost of $55 for members and $60 for nonmembers includes admission to the flower show…

  • January’s lament: Weight loss and taxes

    Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH This may be enough to make you shake your head with a proverbial tsk tsk. But not only have I NOT adorned the abode with Valentine’s hearts, but I’ll be danged if all of the Christmas décor isn’t hanging around in every nook and cranny. I have garland…

  • Tuition caps hide more than they help

    Guest Column • Paul Shelly As it will still be a while until the next state budget is put before the Legislature, it is a good time to single out an artful Trenton creation that serves primarily a political aim: the tuition cap. Over the past decade or so, ironically coinciding with a period of…

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