• A busy Oct. for Midget and Pee Wee football

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer While the Brick Dragons Midgets and Pee Wees continued in the hunt for a playoff berth in the Jersey Shore Junior Football League with victories last weekend, the Junior Pee Wee Green team bounced back from a tough loss the week before to stay in the running for the postseason.…

  • Caruso takes his team’s ups and downs in stride

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Maybe it was looking ahead to what coach Bill Caruso called a “huge” part of the schedule. Or maybe it’s just the fickle nature of young teams: play great one day and play the worst game the next. That’s what befell Brick Memorial High School’s girls soccer team as it…

  • Triathlon to benefit Dottie’s House

    Friends of Dottie’s House will hold its second annual triathlon 8:30 a.m. Oct. 11 at Island Beach State Park, Seaside Park. The event will also offer a duathlon for those that don’t swim. Last year’s triathlon sold out. This year the event will be limited to the first 350 registrants. If registered prior to Sept.…

  • Proposed ordinance limits underage drinking in the home

    BY BILL MILLER Correspondent The Brick Township Council recently introduced an ordinance that sets penalties for underage drinking on private property. “It is not like today it is OK for minors to drink on private property [in Brick],” Township Attorney Jean Cipriani said. “This just brings us up to the state standard.” Specifically the proposal…

  • BMHS triumphs in OT victory over Jackson

    Green Dragons pummeled by Toms River East, 37-7 Vin Sabba again took the spotlight as Brick Memorial High School’s football team stayed in the race in Shore Conference A South’s American Division and in the running for a return to the NJSIAA playoffs as defending state champion, with a dramatic 21-14 overtime victory over Jackson…

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    Ginni Ruppi’s cat Zoe bows his head as Deacon Rich at the Church of the Visitation on Mantoloking Road blesses him at the church’s annual Blessing of the Animals Oct. 3.

  • Officials looking for redevelopers for old landfill in Brick

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Brick Township is poised to sign a consent decree with the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that will pave the way to the closure and redevelopment of French’s Landfill. “People don’t realize what a big step that is,” Mayor Stephen C. Acropolis said. “It gives us the opportunity to…

  • New housing ordinance will speed up CO process

    Landlords and tenants will have an easier time, Toth said BY BILL MILLER Correspondent Landlords in Brick Township will soon have 60 days to obtain a certificate of occupancy prior to renting their properties, according to an ordinance the Township Council introduced recently. Currently, certificates of occupancy are only issued when a landlord has a…

  • Referendum was too much for voters in tough economic times

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer It’s doubtful that Brick Township school officials will be able to go out for another building referendum this year, Superintendent of Schools Walter J. Hrycenko said. “We have to decide 60 days before we have an election,” he said. “We’d really have to decide, like, now.” The Ocean County…

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