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BTHS track & field a family affair for the Brunners
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer BRICK TOWNSHIP — Maybe it’s because her dad is the coach and maybe it’s because she is so flat-out driven to succeed, as shown in her latest No. 7 national scholastic ranking in the discus. And Katie Brunner of Brick Township High School was not pleased about finishing eighth for…
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Dowling picks three former Brick coaches for staff
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer BRICK TOWNSHIP — Newly appointed Brick Township High School football coach Patrick Dowling has almost all of his coaching staff recommendations in place for the Board of Education’s consideration and hopes to have his list finalized by next weekend. “We’re a little behind,” he said. “There are one or two…
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Make streets safe for all the people using them
Our nation’s transportation infrastructure is in dire need of an overhaul. Between 1993 and 2003, nearly 52,000 pedestrians and more than 7,400 bicyclists were killed in road accidents. Studies show that designing streets with pedestrians in mind may reduce pedestrian risk by as much as 28 percent. Unfortunately, many of the people most hurt by…
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Teacher questions decision to close adult school
Iam writing this letter because the Brick Township Board of Education recently decided to terminate the Brick CommunityAdult School. This program provided anyone in the community with evening classes that included job skills, crafts, dancing, sports, computers, etc. The excuse for terminating the program was budgetary. The only problem with this excuse is that everyone…
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Reader blasts ‘horrendous’ recent school board vote
Ihave read many of the news articles about coach Dowling, the new head football coach at Brick Township High School and the animosity directed at the members of the Brick School board for confirming Superintendent Hrycenko’s hiring of him. This issue has dominated the Brick community for weeks, yet I believe that the citizens of…
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Veteran moms find that counting to 3 rarely works
Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH Since the experts decided that spanking kids is not the way to go, we parents have had to get downright creative with disciplinary measures. I, for one, have been quite imaginative. Take, for example, the enjoyment of “Don’t make me count to three!” What it lost in effectiveness,…
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New block scheduling is an ‘abomination,’ parent says
Guest Column • Karyn Cusanelli At the May 28 Board of Education meeting, several concerned parents asked our superintendent how the Brick teachers will be able to teach our high school students under the new 4×4 block scheduling system. The new curriculum delivery system will have students taking four courses September through January, and four…
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In Bizarre World, movie popcorn is a bargain
Coda • GREG BEAN Iread the most curious story in the newspaper recently, and it still has me scratching my head. The national motion picture industry, which does 40 percent of its business between May and August when the summer blockbusters reach the theater, is having an unexpected boom this year, in spite of the…
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Business Briefs
The Brick Morning Rotary Club seeks participants for its third annual car show and garage sale sell-a-thon. Both events will be held June 20 at Brick High School, 346 Chambers Bridge Road. The fee for an 8-by-10 foot space at the sell-a-thon is $20. Participants must supply their own tables and no liability insurance is…
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