• Murderer’s bid for new trial nixed

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer One by one, Ocean County Superior Court Judge James Den Uyl knocked down Jack Fuller’s requests for a new trial for the 2004 murder of 16- year-old Brick Memorial High School student Brittney Gregory. Fuller’s attorney, Eric R. Foley, asked Den Uyl at an Aug. 26 hearing to allow…

  • Parade Committee will host benefit, trip

    The Ocean County Columbus Day Parade Committee has scheduled the following events: A benefit for the committee, to be held at Carrabba’s Italian Grill, 990 Cedar Bridge Ave., Brick, is beginning at 11:30 a.m. Sept. 12. Payment for the lunch, priced at $15, is due Sept. 7. A trip to the Feast of San Gennaro,…

  • Cops seek identity of skeleton found in woods

    Remains don’t match any missing persons reports so far, police say BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Afather and son searching for historical artifacts in the woods near the Havens Homestead Museum property discovered skeletal remains in the underbrush late Sunday afternoon, Capt. John E. Rein Jr. said. The two went into the heavily wooded…

  • Brick Hockey Club slated to launch Challenger hockey program this fall

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer The Brick Hockey Club is forming a Challenger hockey program for special-needs youngsters between ages 5 and 17 in Ocean and Monmouth counties as part of its celebration of 40 years of hockey. The new program is registered under USA Hockey, with 30 programs nationwide handling special-needs youths. “We’re getting…

  • Neighborhoods are no place for feral cat colonies

    Although the recently publicized neuter, trap and release program appears to be a more humane alternative to managing the feral cat population here in Brick, I believe our residents and township officials have a responsibility to further consider more of the implications of such a program before they fully commit to allocating public resources to…

  • Helen Stefanick

    Mrs. Stefanick, 83, of Howell, died Aug. 26, 2009, at Evangelical Hospital, Lewisburg, Pa. She was a grower for Olbis Nursery, Freehold Township, until her retirement. Mrs. Stefanick is survived by her husband, John P.; three sons, John Jr. of Howell, George and his wife, Mary, of Lancaster, Pa., and Steven of Jackson; three daughters,…

  • Historical society to visit Staten Island

    The Brick Township Historical Society is sponsoring a trip to Staten Island, N.Y., Oct. 17. The trip includes bus transportation, a ferry ride, a tour guide, a visit to the Snug Harbor Cultural Center, the Chinese Scholars Garden and the Alice Austin House, and gratuities for both the tour guide and the bus driver. The…

  • Photo

    ERIC SUCAR staff Five-month-old Lilybeth Brown and siblings Jude, 6, and Gus, 4, watch a monarch butterfly flutter through the Butterfly Charities exhibit off Mantoloking Road on Aug. 27. See story on page 3.

  • Brick Dragons Midgets crush Middletown 22-0 in opener

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Nick Zbranak hammered away over the summer as one of the greatest home run hitters in the history of Brick National youth baseball in the Cal Ripken program. Now he’s hammering his way through the line of scrimmage as a running back for the Brick Dragons Midget team of the…

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