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    ERIC SUCAR staff Kids of all ages get in the groove at the first Summerfest event of the season at Windward Beach on July 2. The event included food, local vendors, live music and fireworks. More photos, pages 3 and 20.

  • Brick American pounds Brick National, 10-0, in tourney

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer WARETOWN — A third showdown this season between Brick National’s Nick Zbranak and Brick American’s Kyle Cala was expected to be another close game. But Cala made sure it wasn’t close in the opener of the Cal Ripken District 2 tournament for 12-year-olds on the evening of June 27, when…

  • Brick National Reds take Cal Ripken senior division

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer The Reds’ determination helped them go from a second-place finish a year ago in the Brick National Cal Ripken Senior Division to the top spot this year. “They all played together as a team and never gave up,” said Brick National manager Ricky Popp of the division for 13- to…

  • Brick American A cruises to 3rd straight sr. div. championship

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Brick American’s Cal Ripken program moved back the outfield fences to 350 feet in dead center to accommodate the Brick Memorial High School baseball team for night games there. But that didn’t slow down the unbeaten Brick American A’s, who hit only one home run as a team, from rampaging…

  • Brick teams hoping for good showing in Cal Ripken games

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer BRICK TOWNSHIP — Three more Brick baseball teams advanced to the Cal Ripken state tournament in their respective age groups by winning District 2 championships, joining Brick National’s 9-year-olds and Brick American’s 8-year-olds that won District 2 titles earlier. Brick American’s 12-year-olds won their second straight Majors District 2 title,…

  • BTHS’s Goble looking forward to All-Star classic and college

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Joe Goble thought he was playing his final game of competitive football last Thanksgiving before heading to the University of Maryland this fall to pursue a career as a pharmacist. It was a great finale for Goble’s career at Brick Township High School. He scored three touchdowns to lead the…

  • Brick American preps for Cal Ripken state tourney

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Things are falling into place for Brick American, which will host the Cal Ripken Majors state tournament for 14-year-olds, starting July 17 and ending July 24. Well, almost everything. “This is the one thing we always wanted (to host) and never did when we were with Little League,” Brick American…

  • To bee or not to bee, there’s really no question

    After years of alarmingly bad news, New Jersey’s honeybees may finally have something to buzz about! Although not native to New Jersey, European honeybees have become integral to the Garden State’s farms. The N.J. Department of Agriculture estimates the state’s 9,000 bee colonies enable production of $200 million worth of fruits and vegetables annually, not…

  • The good news is, it’s over for another year

    Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH Summer’s here and the living is easy. Last week was nothing but hot days, warm nights and quiet evenings enhanced by the sound of ringing ears brought on by pop bottle rockets and firecrackers. Some say the Fourth of July doesn’t start until around one o’clock on the…

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