• Statistics don’t tell whole story for BTHS’s 2009 baseball season

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Brick Township High School’s baseball saved its best for last, splitting its last 10 games after winning only one game prior to that. Coach Jason Groschel pointed to the four to six sophomores who started every game with never more than three seniors in the field on a Green Dragons…

  • Brick Memorial girls soccer stars reuniting for alumnae game

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer BRICK TOWNSHIP — The Brick Memorial High School’s girls soccer program, which has nurtured players for its many state-ranked teams and who went on to compete in college, has many of them coming back for an alumnae game later this month. “We have 47 girls playing and we’re very excited,”…

  • Brick athletes hope to shine at Meet of Champions

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Three athletes from Brick were headed to the NJSIAA outdoor track and field Meet of Champions on June 3 at South Plainfield High School. Along with Group III champions Lisa Stuto in the shot put and Katie Brunner in the discus for Brick Township High, sophomore Jihad Howard of Brick…

  • Bruno looks back on a satisfying year of Brick Memorial athletics

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Success in athletics often is measured beyond wins and losses. Brick Memorial High School Athletic Director Bill Bruno can attest to that idea after being on the receiving end of two commendations recently. Brick Memorial was named Shore Conference A South Sportsmanship Award recipient. The school will receive a banner…

  • Nuclear power is the answer to energy dilemma

    Much has been spoken about the need to expand wind and solar power generation. If those two areas are expanded in a large scale, the total energy contribution for us in the USA will be far less then 5 percent of our total energy needs. Electric cars are also heralded as the savior, but we…

  • Editor has myopic view of New Jersey’s school system

    In a recent column (“Never Mind the Details, Let’s Have a Tax Revolt!), managing editor Mark Rosman has concerns about being a heretic. I assure Mr. Rosman he is not, his views are just myopic. To state that the Abbott school districts are “now the wealthy districts” shows a total lack of understanding of the…

  • Horse farm name in lawsuit results in confusion

    Regarding the recent lawsuit decision by the Appellate Division of N.J. Superior Court regarding a defamation suit in favor of your newspapers, I offer my congratulations. However, the recent onslaught of media coverage regarding constitutional rights that protect news organizations from such litigious actions has brought to our attention the fact that while we support…

  • Governor should not cut reimbursement rate to program

    My name is David Miller, regional director for Young At Heart Medical Adult Day Care with two facilities in Ocean County, one in Brick Township and one in Jackson. Medical adult day care is a day program for the frail, elderly and senior population, as well as developmentally disabled and/or mentally challenged individuals. We provide…

  • School board arrogant, misinformed, reader says

    After sitting through the last two months of Board of Education meetings I have come to one conclusion; the Board of Education does not care to take into consideration any information, comment or concern from the people who take the time to attend the meetings. There were over 300 people in attendance at the May…

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