• Brick youth football teams aiming for playoffs

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer While the Brick Dragons Pee Wee team won against Jackson, 14-12, to clinch the Jersey Shore B South title and a playoff berth, the Junior Midgets bounced back from their first loss of the season for a 22-0 triumph over that weight division Jackson team. The Dragons Junior Midgets (6-1)…

  • Aaaah … early fall!

    Green Scene Iplan out my gardening chores like army maneuvers, inching up, day by day, to the final battle scene: fall cleanup. Predictably, our mature trees give us a bountiful harvest of leaves and most of them, in the early stages of autumn, will end up upon the mulch mountain in the back. But suddenly,…

  • Mustangs look to bounce back after blowout loss

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Ayear ago, Brick Memorial High School’s football team lost to Toms River High School North, 35-7, and then won six of its next seven games to claim the NJSIAA Group IV, Central Jersey championship. Now, as they prepare to play at Manalapan High School on Oct. 16 at 7 p.m.,…

  • Advocate for ‘voiceless victims’ honored in D.C.

    BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer The chief law enforcement officer for the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MCSPCA) was honored in Washington, D.C., recently for his continued dedication to what he calls the “voiceless victims” of senseless violence. Buddy Amato Victor “Buddy” Amato, chief humane law enforcement officer for the…

  • Taking the shot

    Brick Memorial High School junior Jordan Downs takes a shot against Jackson Memorial High School during a girls varsity soccer game on Oct. 8 in Jackson.

  • Local Dems deny any dissension in party ranks

    Acropolis says Township Council candidate unofficially off Dem ticket BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer There is no truth to the rumor that the Brick Democratic Club is no longer supporting Township Council candidate Joseph Lamb, party officials said. “That’s not true,” said party Chairman Michael Blandina. Blandina said he was not aware of any…

  • Lacey Township clobbers Green Dragons, 31-0

    Brick’s offense still struggling with running the ball BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Brick Township High School’s Green Dragons football team slipped to 2-3 after falling to the Lacey Township High School Lions, 31-0, in a Shore Conference Constitution game on Oct. 10 “We have to get better at tackling,” firstyear coach Patrick Dowling. “Field…

  • Things that go bump in the night spur record ‘Eakfest’

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer It began as a simple family Halloween celebration, bobbing for apples in the backyard and hayrides in a utility trailer. Christopher Fretto, Bellport, N.Y., mans his post on the “Haunted Trail” at the annual Eakfest held at the Pioneer Hose Fire Company on Oct. 10. More than 100 volunteers…

  • Photo

    Brick Memorial High School drum major Jennifer Meyer salutes the judges during the 11th annual “Bayshore Band Competition” hosted by the Matawan Regional High School Marching Huskies and the Matawan Music Parents Association on Oct. 11. More photos, page 20.

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