• Community is called upon to donate blood

    New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of the New York Blood Center (NYBC) is calling upon the community to give blood this month. O- and B-negative blood is particularly needed immediately, but healthy people of all blood types and ethnicities are encouraged to donate today to help make certain that this region is prepared…

  • Snowstorm was epic event for portions of Jersey coast

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer “Unwarmed by any sunset light the gray day darkened into night, a night made hoary with the swarm and whirl-dance of the blinding storm” from “Snowbound” by John Greenleaf Whittier The early winter snowstorm that clobbered New Jersey recently could rank in the top 10 storms for the Shore…

  • Sports Shorts

    The 14th annual Rowan University softball winter hitting series will be held 5-7 p.m. Sunday nights, Jan. 31, Feb. 14, 21, and 28, at the Esbjornson Gymnasium on the Rowan campus in Glassboro. Rowan head coach, Kim Wilson, coaching staff and players, will provide instruction. The cost is $100 per camper. Players must bring their…

  • Mayor: Snow cleanup to cost $200K-$250K

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Brick Township Public Works Director Glen Campbell got a baptism of sorts when he coordinated his first major snowstorm over the weekend. Township streets were choked with nearly 2 feet of snow after the massive storm over the weekend. Brick officials said cars parked on the street hampered cleanup…

  • Running toward the new season

    ERIC SUCAR staff The girls varsity basketball team runs a few laps during practice at the Brick Memorial High School gymnasium on Dec. 16. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Caregiver Canines program brings comfort to homebound

    Longtime dog lover makes a new friend BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer ERIC SUCAR staff Chuck Logdon has always been a dog person. The former longtime owner and manager of the Sunset Landing restaurant in Asbury Park and his late wife, Dotty, made sure there was a dog in their Thiele Road home while…

  • Mustangs prep for spring, after successful fall baseball season

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer One group of high school students won’t be so eager to throw snowballs after last weekend’s snowstorm. Brick Memorial High School baseball players are giving their arms a bit of a rest after wrapping up a successful fall ball season that leaves Mustangs varsity coach Rich Bishop feeling optimistic for…

  • BTHS girls, BMHS boys in midst of stellar bowling seasons

    Brick bowlers continue success this season BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer It’s a typical season for the Brick Township and Brick Memorial high school bowling teams with their usual show of strength heading into the holiday break. Brick Township girls and Brick Memorial boys won the Westfield Tournament as defending state champions two weekends ago…

  • Green Dragons hockey team off to roaring start this season

    You have to go back a few years, to the days when Brick Township High School’s hockey team was a competitor in the elite Gordon Division and got off to a 5-0 start. “It would have to be quite a while,” longtime coach Bob Auriemma said. “It’s more than four years, five years for sure,…

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