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CHRIS KELLY staff Frank Fields, 14, tries out a flight simulator from the Ocean County Vo-Tech Aviation and Aerospace Technology class at the Lake Riviera Middle School’s career day for eighth-graders on May 19.
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Sports Shorts
The third annual Bocce Invitational Tournament will be held 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Colonial Park, Mettlers Road, in Somerset, June 20. Hundreds of amateur and professional bocce players are expected to compete in the daylong event that features matches in both amateur and professional categories. The New Jersey Bocce Invitational is an Italian-American…
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2009 was up-and-down season for high school golf teams
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer The boys golf season for the two Brick high schools ended with a flourish, as both teams closed their final week with victories and some thrilling losses. Brick Memorial High School ended its season splitting a pair of matches, losing to Southern Regional High School, but beating Brick Township High…
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Faith, basketball a good mix for Memorial alumnus Jay Frank
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Jay Frank, junior guard and co-captain of The College of New Jersey men’s basketball team who reaped postseason individual honors, will be taking his talents to Guatemala and El Salvador to play a series of games for Athletes in Action. “It definitely will be cultural shock,” said Frank, a former…
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Green Dragons girls softball team shines in two wins
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer BRICK TOWNSHIP — Brick Township High School’s softball team, enjoying perhaps its greatest season ever, has added some magic to its late season stretch thanks in part to Kelly Garrido and Heather Figula. The Green Dragons played two games at home on May 19 and pulled off a pair of…
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Senate commended for passing Serve America Act
On behalf of our 1.4 million members in the Garden State, AARP New Jersey applauds the Senate for passing the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act — a bill that will strengthen and expand civic engagement and volunteer opportunities for people of all ages. New Jerseyans should know that both Sens. Frank Lautenberg and Robert…
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Scandals on both sides of aisle, council hopeful says
AMay 7 Brick Bulletin letter, “Reader predicts Democratic losses in November,” included a great deal of innuendo about the Brick Democrats and an opinion that the current mayor and council of Brick deserve a slap on the back. Nothing came of the statement as part of the document in former Mayor Joe Scarpelli’s sentencing that…
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Soldier awaits fate for refusing to kill people in battle
In a recent newspaper article it was reported that Pfc. Daniel Marble of Seaside Heights went Absent Without Leave (AWOL) after finishing basic training with the Army. His reasoning: “I am simply not capable of taking a life, I don’t want to kill someone and live with that for the rest of my life.” He…
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Parrot Heads still looking for walkathon donations
On May 9, a team of Coastal Jersey Parrot Heads (CJPHC) joined the Step Up Walkathon for the Arc of Ocean County in Pine Park, Lakewood. The Arc provides programs and services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. A record number of walkers from the community and group homes rallied in support of the…
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