• Artistic touch

    CHRIS KELLY staff Brick’s Heather Ostartick helps Carter Damms, 4, Eatontown, with his sand art at the Ocean Township Italian-American Association’s 33rd annual Italian Festival at Joe Palaia Park on Aug. 15.

  • Residents urged to lock cars after rash of car thefts

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer BRICK TOWNSHIP — Police arrested a township man and a male juvenile in connection with a series of car thefts in the Herbertsville section of the township recently. Samuel Patriaco, 18, Brick, and a 15- year-old Brick juvenile were each charged with two counts of burglary and theft, Capt.…

  • A dream 62 years in the making for husband and wife

    John and Florence Smatusik remarry in Catholic ceremony in front of family and friends BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer They met when they were 12 on his father’s farm on Frank Applegate Road in Jackson Township. PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Florence and John Smatusik, both 82, listen to the priest who remarried them…

  • Sports Shorts

    Rowan University, Glassboro, has named the following student-athletes from Brick to the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) all academic teams: Jamie Parks, a junior, softball player and history major; Caitlin Toomey, a junior, soccer player and health and exercise science major and Brian Quilty, a sophomore, cross country/track and field player. To be eligible, a…

  • Foodtown building will come down, no matter who does it

    Township to meet with redeveloper about Route 70 site this week BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Brick Township officials plan to meet with representatives from M&M Realty Partners this week to discuss the redevelopment timeline for the Foodtown site on Route 70. “We want to make sure the timelines are being adhered to,” Mayor…

  • Charters report big results

    Fish On • RON NUZZOLO Fluke fishing remains the most soughtafter fish in the Garden State and anglers are kicking it up a notch in search of doormat. The bigger the bait, the bigger the fish, and it keeps the shorts away, sometimes. Raritan Bay: Capt. Ron Sr. aboard the Island Girl III worked the…

  • School officials urge residents to tour BTHS

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Schools Superintendent Walter J. Hrycenko and other district officials In Brick Township will meet with any group that wants to discuss the upcoming referendum. “Anybody that wants us to come out, we’ll come out to,” he said. Hrycenko will help lead tours of Brick Township High School at 10…

  • Sports Shorts

    CASA (Court Appointed Special advocates) for Children of Monmouth County and members from the Jersey Shore Running Club are teaming up for CASA’s annual 5K race and run/walk to be held Aug. 29 at Joe Palaia Park, 190 Whalepond Road, Oakhurst. Registration will begin at 8 a.m. and the 5K run/walk will begin promptly at…

  • Photo

    CHRIS KELLY staff Florence and John Smatusik, both 82, listen to the priest who remarried them in a Catholic ceremony on Aug. 14 at the Laurelton Village Care Center. The couple, who married in a civil ceremony in July 1947, had always wanted a church wedding. See story, page 3.

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