• Ocean Medical Center celebrates 25-year community milestone

    PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Above: Four-year-olds hit the pavement during a children’s race on Jack Martin Boulevard during the celebration for the 25th anniversary of Ocean Medical Center. Right: Henry Sloan (2), of Keyport, tosses a ball to knock over milk bottles during the celebration Saturday.

  • Summer fair to feature princess-superhero contest

    Is your little one a pretty princess or a ready-to-rescue superhero? State Fair Meadowlands at Giants Stadium Fairgrounds in East Rutherford will host its third annual Prettiest Princess and Superhero Contest on June 28, during this summer’s fair, which will run from June 25 through July 12. Event organizers are looking for girls and boys,…

  • New Jersey’s mission of honor

    Veterans claim abandoned brothers and sisters in arms BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Until recently, New Jersey had a heart-wrenching secret. The cremated remains of hundreds of American veterans lay abandoned, stored on shelves inside dusty cardboard boxes and canisters. ERIC SUCAR staff Members of the Navy fold an American flag on behalf of seaman…

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    ERIC SUCAR staff A group of young men take part in a volleyball match during the annual Brick Relay for Life program held at Brick Township High School on May 30.

  • Smokers in for a few rough nights at SummerFest

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Butt out. It’s going to be white-knuckle time for smokers who attend some of this year’s upcoming SummerFest events. The Brick Township Council unanimously passed a resolution at the May 26 Township Council meeting that forbids smoking anywhere in the Windward Beach area on three of the seven scheduled…

  • Coalition challenges Oyster Creek relicensing in court

    Groups not giving up fight to shut nuclear plant down BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Acoalition of citizens groups has filed suit in federal court, seeking to overturn the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s recent relicensing of the 40- year-old Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in Lacey Township. “We are appealing the decision because the…

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    ERIC SUCAR staff Activities chairwoman Cori McNichols (center) laughs after she’s hit by a water balloon during a spontaneous fight at the annual Brick Relay for Life event held at Brick Township High School on May 30. The two-day program featured a wide variety of events to help collect pledges and donations for the American…

  • Sport Shorts

    The Ocean County Department of Parks & Recreation will be sponsoring a bus trip June 21 to see the Chicago Cubs vs. Philadelphia Phillies baseball game. The trip to see the Cubs and the World Champion Phillies at Citizen Bank Park in Philadelphia will depart from the gates of Ocean County Park at 4 p.m.…

  • BTHS alumnae Hahn and Boyd place in Big 10 championships

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer BRICK TOWNSHIP — Former Brick Township High School track and field star athletes DeAnne Hahn at the University of Minnesota and Ryisha Boyd at the University of Illinois scored points in the Big 10 championships at Ohio State University recently. Hahn competed in three events and got points in two…

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