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Cocktail party to benefit Dottie’s House
The Friends of Dottie’s House will host a holiday cocktail party 6 p.m. Dec. 10 at The Brielle River House, 1 Ocean Ave., Brielle. The cocktail party will include a buffet dinner, open bar and a silent auction. Tickets are $100 per person. Sponsorship opportunities are also available. The event will benefit Dottie’s House, a…
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Old Guard will host dance Nov. 29
The Old Guard of the Point Pleasant- Brick Area will host its next dance 1-4 p.m. Nov. 29 at the Old Guard building, 170 Duchess Lane, Brick. It will feature three hours of music by Wes Peters and the Old Guard, a 15- piece orchestra. The price of $8 includes cake, coffee and tea. Hot…
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Pioneer Hose Co. No. 1 slates food drive
Pioneer Hose Co. No. 1, located at 312 Drum Point Road, will hold a food drive Nov. 28-Dec. 13. All nonperishable items can be dropped off by the Christmas tree sales area 6-9 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. All donations will help the local families in…
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Sports Shorts
Garrett Graham of Brick continues to come up with big plays for the bowl-bound University of Wisconsin football team. The senior tight end has 35 receptions for 404 yards and caught his fifth touchdown pass of the season in a 45-24 victory over Michigan on Nov. 14, the third straight victory for the 8-2 Badgers.…
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Brick Memorial’s Goelz a bright spot
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer BRICK TOWNSHIP — Andrew Goelz, coming off a fine cross country season for Brick Memorial High School’s boys team, will join some fine prospects when indoor track and field practices kicks off on Nov. 30. Coach Al Cuthbert said that Goelz, a junior, showed “quite a bit of improvement from…
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Brodeur an asset to Duke, despite illnesses and injuries
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer BRICK TOWNSHIP — Andrew Brodeur, one of the greatest cross country runners that Brick Memorial High School ever had before he graduated two years ago, helped Duke University’s cross country team to qualify for the NCAA championships for the first time since 2001. But he wasn’t slated to compete with…
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BTHS’s new coach has a strong nucleus of swimmers
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer BRICK TOWNSHIP — There have been only a few days of practice, but Darren St. Jean is quickly getting accustomed to some different surroundings as the new coach of the Brick Township High School girls swim team. “I coached age-group swimming at the [Ocean County] Y for many years, working…
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Both high schools hope to be wrestling powerhouses again
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Wrestling often commands the spotlight during the high school winter sports season in Brick. And both high school teams might make it the state’s hotbed for wrestling after they both cracked the top 25 in the rankings last year. Practice begins on Nov. 27. Brick Memorial, the two-time defending NJSIAA…
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Bay historian memorialized a simpler way of life now gone
Robert Jahn, 62, loses battle with lung cancer, but his book lives on BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Robert Jahn’s love of Barnegat Bay was born when he was a small boy, sitting on the wooden porch of his grandfather’s home on Mantoloking Road. Author Robert Jahn in 1978, sailing down Barnegat Bay. This…
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