• Cheer/Nationals update

    Brick Dragons Midget Dance and Cheer teams are slated to step into the spotlight at the Pop Warner National Championships on Dec. 10 and Dec. 11 near Orlando, Fla. Midget Dance head coach Cathy Lindenbaum and her four assistant coaches were scheduled to leave on Monday night and the 13 girls on Tuesday morning. They…

  • End of a good run

    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…

  • Holiday cookie walk slated for Dec. 12

    Annunciation Orthodox Church will hold its annual holiday cookie walk from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 12 at the church complex, 360 Van Zile Road, Brick. A variety of homemade candies and cookies will be available, as well as homemade nut rolls and poppy seed rolls. Cookie trays may be customized and are priced…

  • Lake Riviera girls soccer coach reflects on season

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer BRICK TOWNSHIP — While a losing season is not the norm for the Lake Riviera girls soccer, coach Bill Brunner has high expectations for next year. The team’s 5-7 record this year was only the second time in 20 years Lake Riviera finished with more losses than wins. Brunner wants…

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    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

  • Ocean Medical Center plans tree lighting

    The Ocean Medical Center will hold its annual holiday tree lighting 5 p.m. Dec. 13 in front of the hospital at 425 Jack Martin Blvd., Brick, and then move indoors to the atrium lobby. All community members are invited to attend. There will be entertainment by the Brick Memorial High School Chorale, and refreshments will…

  • Sports Shorts

    Bill Winters and Chris James, two college quarterbacks from Brick, garnered individual conference honors. Bill Winters, of Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Park, was named to the Middle Atlantic Conference All-Conference first team. The former Brick Township High School quarterback finished his career as the most prolific quarterback in FDU history. On the season, he went 136…

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    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

  • Annual winter craft fair slated for Dec. 12

    The Brick Marching Dragon Caravan annual winter craft fair will held 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Dec. 12 at Brick Township High School, 346 Chambers Bridge Road. A wide variety of crafts will be sold, including handmade jewelry, painted glass, wooden items, clothes, art and food. There will also be a silent auction of gift baskets and…

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