• BTHS girls soccer earn their way to playoffs

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer The first high school soccer team to stash away its equipment in past seasons in Brick Township is this fall’s last team left standing. Brick Township High School’s girls soccer team played in the NJSIAA Group III South Jersey section semifinals on Nov. 9 at Highland Regional High School. It…

  • Website offers information regarding teenage drivers

    Anew website, NJteenDriving.com, will help increase awareness and educate parents about the risks associated with teen driving. The site was developed by the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey upon recognizing that an informed parent plays a key role in keeping teens and young adults safe on New Jersey’s roads. According to a press release…

  • BMHS field hockey falls short in playoffs

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer It was a wild scramble at the end of the season for Brick Memorial High School’s girls field hockey team, as they had to dig out their uniforms just days after collecting them. They need them to compete in the NJSIAA Tournament. Little did coach Courtney Richardson realize at the…

  • ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’

    Rehearsing for Brick Memorial High School Drama Club’s production of “It’s a Wonderful Life” are (clockwise from left) Joe Stefanelli, director; Beth Magnusson as Aunt Tilly; Ryan Gedrich as Uncle Billy; Meghan King as Mary Bailey; Daniel Conroy as George Bailey; Bridget Magnusson as Zuzu Bailey; Vicki Leta as Violet Peterson; Rachel Peace as Mother…

  • Brick’s A.J. Perrotti has memorable season

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Saturday was a special day at Gettysburg College for A.J. Perrotti of Brick. Perrotti was one of the players honored on Senior Day, Nov. 7, for the football team’s home finale against McDaniel College of Maryland. And for Perrotti, on target to graduate in the spring with a major in…

  • Operation Medicine Cabinet offers safe disposal of drugs

    BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent Start cleaning out the medicine cabinet of all unwanted, unused or expired medicine and prepare to take them to local police departments for safe and environmentally sensitive disposal during a statewide day of collection designated as Operation Medicine Cabinet on Nov. 14. More than 400 police departments are participating in Operation…

  • Sports Shorts

    Women’s Professional Soccer champion Sky Blue FC will host the 2009 WinterFest 1-3 p.m. Dec. 6 at Yurcak Field on the campus of Rutgers University in Piscataway. The free two-hour event features a free coaching clinic and season ticket select a-seat. Members of the Sky Blue FC coaching staff will be on hand to conduct…

  • N.J. voters say ‘yes’ to open space initiative

    The pipeline for the purchase of open space — with the goal of preventing that land from being developed — remains open in the Garden State. On Election Day, Nov. 3, a majority of people who went to the polls, by a count of 52 percent to 48 percent, voted to continue funding to the…

  • Brick Dragons Pee Wees win regional playoff game

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer The Brick Dragons’ unbeaten Pee Wees became what is believed to be the first team in that program’s history to win a Pop Warner Mid-Atlantic regional playoff game. The Brick Dragons Pee Wees Brick’s Joe Phillips led a 22-0 victory over the Marsh Creek Eagles of Montgomery County, Pa., 22-0,…

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