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Winters brothers hope to make their mark at Fairleigh Dickinson
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Winters to Winters. It’s a passing connection that folks in Brick anticipated of the two former Brick Township High School football standouts who went on to Fairleigh Dickinson University Florham Park. Bill Winters, two years older than brother Mike, is looking to establish a distinguished career with the Jersey Knights,…
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Brick Memorial hoping for a repeat of last year
Despite loss of Staub and other starters, coach says seniors are doing a ‘phenomenal job’ BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer The 2009 Brick Memorial High School football season officially kicked off Monday with the team’s first practice. And there’s still some residual excitement from last season’s NJSIAA Group IV Central Jersey championship, coach Walt Currie…
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Crunch time for Brick Am. in Cal Ripken World Series
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Peter Papcun of Brick American’s Majors All-Star team imagined a bull’s-eye on the left center field fence during the Cal Ripken World Series in Aberdeen, Md., on Aug. 16. With every field at the sprawling complex fashioned like a major league ballpark, the 12- year-olds were playing in a crowded…
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Dowling filling holes on offensive line
Coach looks forward to the 2009 season BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Amid debate and controversy surrounding the early days of his tenure, Patrick Dowling launched a new era of football at Brick Township High School when official practices began earlier this week. “Everything’s great,” said Dowling, who succeeded the legendary Warren Wolf, who coached…
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Residents should nix all four referendum questions
The Brick Board of Education is ignoring today’s economic climate. They will be asking voters on Sept. 29 to approve $172 million to renovate our schools. This could add over $200 a year to my real estate tax for the next 25 years, plus the normal Board of Education increases each year. What happened to…
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Public urged to get ready for hurricane season
With hurricane season underway, State Police Superintendent Colonel Rick Fuentes, Director of the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management (NJOEM) would like to remind all New Jersey residents, as well as first the responder community, to plan and prepare for potential tropical summer storms. The hurricane season usually runs from June 1 through Nov. 30.…
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Reader slams drivers who litter, use cell phone, text
Ihave to commend Mayor Stephen Acropolis’ stand on litter, cigarette butts, etc. This town is too beautiful for people who believe that the world is their private garbage can or ashtray. It truly offends me to be stopped at an intersection and see hundreds of disgusting cigarette butts discarded by ignorant and lazy people who…
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Does a little sand void the warranty?
Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH There are folks out there who would gaze upon my cell phone and think that it’s a technological marvel. Sadly enough, most of them have been connecting with their peeps via a desktop rotary dial for the past 10 years. Although I think that my cell phone is…
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Community service a hallmark of team
Guest Column • Mike Moran Daily newscasts are filled with pictures and graphic details of human tragedy, political unrest and stories of gloom, doom and disaster. One of the shining lights that lifts our spirits and breaks through the media storm clouds is the involvement of our local sports heroes with causes that benefit less…
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