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Free batteries for smoke detectors
In an effort to encourage residents to change the batteries in their smoke detectors when they change their clocks during daylight saving time, the Brick Bureau of Fire Safety and local fire companies will be supplied with a limited number of 9-volt batteries to give away. Beginning at 10 a.m. Oct. 31, the batteries will…
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OCC slates ‘Intro to Teaching’ program
Ocean County College (OCC) and New Pathways to Teaching in New Jersey are offering “Introduction to the Teaching Profession 24-Hour Program,” a prerequisite from the New Jersey Department of Education for all applications for a certificate of eligibility submitted after Oct. 30, 2009. The program consists of 20 hours of class work and a four-hour…
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Special pets sought for Hall of Fame
Nominations are now open for the 15th annual Animal Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will take place Feb. 28 during a public awards luncheon at the Hamilton Park Conference Center in Florham Park. For 14 years New Jersey’s veterinarians have been honoring special animals that make an indelible impact on the lives of the…
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Veterans open house event slated for Nov. 4
Veterans who have served on active duty since Sept. 11, 2001, can learn about the benefits of the Post-9/11 GI Bill at Ocean County College’s Veterans Open House, scheduled for 6 p.m. Nov. 4 at Ocean County College (OCC), College Drive, Toms River. Admission is free. The open house will feature information on OCC admissions…
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BMAC to hold dances, movies and more
The Brick Municipal Alliance Committee (BMAC) will hold the following events: • Oct. 30, BYC Halloween costume party dance, prizes • Nov. 6, BYC movie, “Aliens in the Attic” • Nov. 13, 6 p.m., BYC Save Your Breath Dance, • Nov. 20, BYC movie, “Abbott and Costello Meets Frankenstein,” senior dinner and movie, 4 p.m.…
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Sports Shorts
The Ocean County College sailing team cruised to first place at the McCurdy Regatta, sponsored by the University of Delaware. At the two-day regatta, sailed out of Two Rivers Yacht Basin, on the Bohemia River in Maryland, Tyler Kennedy of Pine Beach and Sarah Salter of Toms River won the A division while Bradford Wright…
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Pop Warner teams headed to Shore playoffs this weekend
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer All three Brick Dragons Pop Warner teams — Junior Midgets, Pee Wee and Junior Pee Wee White — advanced to the championship games of the Jersey Shore Pop Warner League playoffs after winning opening-round victories last weekend. And all three championship games will be held at the Drum Point Complex…
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Brick Township High School’s Taylor Nicholas tries to funnel the ball to a teammate during the first half of the game against Ranney School at Brick on Oct. 20. Left: Brick’s Jamie Hine (middle) slams the ball to a teammate.
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Girls soccer team played their hearts out, coach says
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Brick Memorial High School girls soccer coach Bill Caruso called it “absolutely heartbreaking” when his team dropped its Shore Conference Tournament round-of-16 game against unbeaten Colts Neck, 2-1, on Oct. 22. But Caruso hopes his team will bounce back for its NJSIAA opener on Nov. 3. “We like to think…
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