• Plaintiff lauds ruling on govt. records requests

    The Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court ruled on May 21 that people requesting access to government records under New Jersey’s Open Public Records Act (OPRA) are not required to obtain, fill out or submit government agencies’ official request forms. To be valid, the request need only be in writing, including letters, faxes…

  • Et tu, Brute?

    FRANK GALIPO Shakespearean actor Steven Peacock performs a scene from “Julius Caesar” during the Guild Theaterworks’ June 10 production of “Shakespeare under the Stars” at the Cultural Arts Center off Herbertsville Road.

  • Wish life would just slow down? Attend a T-ball game

    Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH Idon’t know that I’ve ever had the desire to make an hour seem like six days. But if I did, I know just how I’d do it – I’d sit on a bench and take in a T-ball game. Turns out, there is nothing that makes the passage…

  • A game of strategy

    FRANK GALIPO Chess player Kevin Kellinsky, 15, Brick, plays two games at once with Remington Dean, 11, Brick, and Rob Rinaldi, Tinton Falls, at the Brick Township branch of the Ocean County Library during Chess Night last week.

  • Sports complex at BTHS is a contender in national contest

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer BRICK TOWNSHIP — The Warren Wolf Sports Complex behind Brick Township High School is one of the semi-finalists in Kellogg’s National Field Renovation contest. Thirty of the 100 semifinalists will be awarded $15,000 to use for athletic field renovation, company spokesperson Susanne Norwitz said. Residents in each town could…

  • .Attorney gives Dem council hopeful a tongue-lashing

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Brick Township Attorney Jean Cipriani recently lambasted a Democratic candidate for council for the way he submits his requests for information under the Open Public Records Act (OPRA). Cipriani said that Joseph Lamb owes employees in the Township Clerk’s Office an apology for the way he speaks to them…

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    FRANK GALIPO Shakespearean actor Jeffery Cahill (left) performs a scene from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” during the Guild Theaterworks production of “Shakespeare Under the Stars” at the Cultural Arts Center off Herbertsville Road last week.

  • Twp. Council approves ’09 budget 5-1

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Brick Township Councilwoman Kathy Russell seemed satisfied when she voted along with the rest of the council members to introduce the township budget at the March 31 council meeting. “Mr. Mayor, you did an excellent job presenting the budget to the council,” she told Mayor Stephen C. Acropolis after…

  • Major changes in store for Rte. 70 & Chambers Bridge Rd.

    New project gets under way on June 23, should ease congestion, officials say BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Relief is on the way for motorists tired of waiting for the lights to change on traffic-choked Route 70 and Chambers Bridge Road in Brick Township. “We’ve had traffic problems on Route 70 for many, many,…

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