• Summer day trips offered by OCC

    Ocean County College, (OCC), Toms River, is offering the following day trips. • A Day in Philadelphia: National Constitution Center, Liberty Bell, Independence Hall and lunch on the Moshula, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. July 2. The fee is $119. • Cape May Coastal Tour with a tea luncheon at the Physick Estate, 9:30 a.m.…

  • Eye Openers seeks volunteer drivers

    The Eye Openers of Point Pleasant/Brick, a support group for the blind and visually impaired, is seeking volunteers to drive members to and from semimonthly meetings in Point Pleasant Beach. To volunteer, call George Brown at 732-892-5117 or Anne Moran at 732- 785-5527.

  • BTV will now take garage sale ads

    Township residents looking for help in spreading the word about their garage sale can now place an announcement on Brick Township’s municipal television station, BTV. Any resident who obtains a garage sale permit can place a free announcement on the BTV bulletin board. Residents are asked to send an email to [email protected] with “Garage Sale…

  • Parking permits, beach badges on sale

    Season beach badges and season parking permits for summer 2009 are now on sale in the Brick Recreation Department. The price for season badges is $30. The price for season parking is $30 for Brick residents and $40 for nonresidents. Children 12 and under are free. Checks or money orders only will be accepted for…

  • Photo

    ERIC SUCAR staff A 22-foot Jersey Sea Bright Skiff, built in 1906, is on display at the New Jersey Museum of Boating in Point Pleasant. The museum’s latest exhibition is titled “Pound Fishing,” which was once a very popular industry on the Jersey Shore.

  • Kidz-4-Kidz expands to Monmouth County

    At the age of 3, Ashley Lauren Vermeulen of Brick Township was diagnosed with Wilms Tumor (kidney cancer). Vermeulen is now 21 years old and studying dance in college, and the cancer survivor uses her talent to give back to the community. Vermeulen co-founded Kidz-4-Kidz, a group that uses dance and theatrical performance to raise…

  • Sun shines on Traders Cove in more ways than one

    DEP commissioner presents $4.4M in checks to mayor for waterfront park BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Above: One family wasted no time taking advantage of the sunshine and improvements at Traders Cove Marina & Park on June 25. The bulkheading along the sandy section is new, and picnic tables…

  • Wolf: School board ‘dismantling’ BTHS football coaching staff

    High school social studies job never posted, superintendent says BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Warren Wolf sat patiently at the recent Brick Township Board of Education meeting, waiting his turn to speak at the microphone during the public portion of the meeting. And when it was his time, the man who founded and presided…

  • Hrycenko: Now is the time to act on school referendum

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Brick Township school officials are preparing for a Sept. 29 referendum to take advantage of state grants and loans before the money runs out on Dec. 31. Superintendent of Schools Walter J. Hrycenko said the four-question referendum will be held on Sept. 29. But Hrycenko said Monday that he…

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