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Safe!
ERIC SUCAR staff Brick Township High School’s Kelly Garrido (l) slides safely into second base before Southern Regional High School’s Ashley Buonavolonta can make the tag during the game at BTHS on May 1.
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Wolf stunned by choice of out-of-towner as new coach
Politics at work behind the scenes, he says BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer For Warren Wolf, it’s always been about his boys. He can remember every season of the 51 years he coached the Brick Township High School football team. When he was coach, he looked at every boy’s report card. If someone’s work…
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High school Challenger programs ramp up sports
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer BRICK TOWNSHIP — Special-needs high school students are getting a chance to play various sports for their schools in Ocean County. A new Challenger baseball league has taken hold at the 14 high schools around Ocean County. The schools will also play each other starting this year, in football and…
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FRANK GALIPO Junior firefighter Steven Orciuolo, of Point Pleasant Beach Co. No. 1, drags a dummy victim during the Junior Firefighter Challenge at the annual FIRE/EMS Expo at the Brick Fire Training Center on Herbertsville Road last weekend.
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Brick Nat’l, American teams ready and eager
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Despite the soggy spring that has reduced baseball schedules, Brick National and Brick American players will be ready and eager to take the FirstEnergy Park Field in Lakewood at 9 a.m. Sunday for the annual Brick Day game. “It’s always a competitive game,” Brick American President Tom Nerney said. The…
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Green Dragons softball team bound for states
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer One Brick team with strong hopes of getting into the NJSIAA tournament came into this week with its back to the ball, and another that hadn’t made it in five years secured its spot. ERIC SUCAR staff Brick Township High School’s Heather Figula hurls the ball to a Southern Regional…
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Reader predicts Democratic losses in November
Brick needs more civicminded people like John Ciocco, a person who has dedicated his time to helping our township in many ways too numerous to mention. I personally want to thank you for all your efforts, John. I have promised myself that I would not be a name caller in this letter, although I want…
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But, Dad, all the kids have cell phones!
Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH Our third child is named Lawrence. You may know him better as “the only kid in the eighth grade without a cell phone.” It was a lonely status for a child to endure. While all of the other kids were downloading their very own ringtones, selecting their five…
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Relicensing Oyster Creek nuclear plant a mistake
Guest Column • Paula Gotsch It’s been a crisis month for Exelon since federal regulators jumped the gun and relicensed the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in Lacey until 2029. Failure of a main transformer led to the shutdown of the reactor earlier this week. That followed the recent discovery of high levels of radioactive…
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