• School officials pull the plug on district’s Adult School

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer For years Brick Township High School was the place to go after hours for residents who wanted to take a yoga class, computer course, learn ballroom dancing or do some crafts. But all that came to an end recently, when Superintendent of Schools Walter J. Hrycenko and school officials…

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Joe DiLaurio, 13, Brick, tries to get one through the uprights during the third annual Kick Cancer Benefit football clinic at Heavenly Farms in East Brunswick on Sunday.

  • Four left standing by end of grueling Alaska show

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Trish Bulinsky’s worst experience on the Discovery Channel’s “Out of the Wild — the Alaska Experiment” came early. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL The volunteers from the show “Out of the Wild: The Alaska Experiment” (from l-r) top row Penny Jo Johnson, Jake Nodar, Frederic Birt, John Ulmer,…

  • ‘Bricktown’ movie hits the big time with distributor’s backing

    Film is available at a number of outlets, including Amazon.com BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer For independent filmmaker Michael Kelber, there was never any doubt where he would shoot his first featurelength movie. Right in his hometown. “There’s no place like home,” said Kelber, who lives in North Hollywood now. “I grew up here.…

  • OUT OF THE CLASSROOM AND ONTO THE PLAYGROUND – Advertorial

    By Gloria Averbuch Advertorial  OUT OF THE CLASSROOM AND ONTO THE PLAYGROUND By Gloria Averbuch Sky Blue FC Collette McCallum Photo credit to: Howard C. Smith/ISIphotos.com Just as learning is not confined to a classroom, neither are sports and fitness confined to organized teams and programs. You can do a lot to promote children’s fitness,…

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    ERIC SUCAR staff Buster, the Lakewood BlueClaws mascot, greets walkers Danielle Naff and her son Steven, 10, at the Alzheimer’s Disease Walk-a-thon along the Brick Reservoir on Saturday. The event was sponsored by the Caregiver Volunteers of Central Jersey.

  • Hockey still very much a part of Jim Dowd’s world

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Jim Dowd of Brick, a popular analyst for two broadcast programs, says the Stanley Cup has gone pretty much as expected coming into this week. Dowd works on “NHL Live” on XM Sirius radio and on Fourthperiod.com on Wednesdays. The Detroit Red Wings lead the series over the Pittsburgh Penguins,…

  • Brick Memorial baseball team holds its own in tourney

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer It was just a year ago when Brick Memorial High School’s baseball team finished strong in a 14-13 season by reaching the Ocean County Tournament championship game. And this year’s team also salvaged an up and down season by going far in the Shore Conference Tournament. After beating No. 11…

  • Brick hockey headed for NJSIAA Hall of Fame

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer BRICK TOWNSHIP — The inaugural NJSIAA Hockey Hall of Fame will have a distinct Brick Township flavor when it inducts its charter class this year. The inductees include Brick’s first state championship team in 1975-76; Brick Township High School coach Bob Auriemma, who this season coached his 1,000th game and…

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