• ‘Fiscally conservative’ budget calls for 4.2¢ school tax hike

    Solar panel project comes in $1 million under budget BY DANIELLE MEDINA Correspondent Brick Township Board of Education members recently adopted the 2009-10 that calls for a 4.2-cent hike in the school tax rate, the board’s lowest increase request in six years. Under the district’s proposed $136,528,176 budget, a taxpayer with a home assessed at…

  • Sports Shorts

    The 34th annual Ocean County fishing contest will be held rain or shine May 2. Registration will take place from 8 a.m. to noon at Lake Shenandoah County Park, Lakewood. Prizes will be awarded at 2:30 p.m. for the largest fish in a variety of categories. The fee is $2 for children and $4 for…

  • Proposed municipal budget down $2.6M over last year

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer The 2009 Brick Township municipal budget is a “budget of firsts” in more ways than one, Mayor Stephen C. Acropolis said. This year’s operating budget is down $2,600,531 million, or 3.3 percent, from 2008. It’s the first time the total budget amount has dropped in the township’s history, the…

  • Brodeur making his mark at Duke University

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer BRICK TOWNSHIP — Andrew Brodeur, a “regular” at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions in his four years at Brick Memorial High School that ended last spring, has made some great first impressions at Duke University. But they haven’t come easily. “It’s even competitive within the team,” Brodeur said. “You’re only…

  • NRC vote guarantees Oyster Creek license renewal

    Nuclear plant’s foes weighing their options BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission has given the oldest nuclear plant in the country another 20 years of life. PLANT PHOTO PROVIDED BY EXELON The Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station seen here off Route 9 south in Lacey Township will run until 2029,…

  • Mustangs’ Staub headed to Springfield College in fall

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer BRICK TOWNSHIP — Brick Memorial High’s baseball team heads down to Florida on Monday for three games in Fort Pierce. And one player who will really enjoy the trip and some time to relax is Brian Staub. The three-sport athlete recently decided on Springfield College (Mass.), his top choice from…

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN While Thuy, portrayed by Justine Hahn, and Kim, portrayed by September Oliveros, struggle, Engineer, portrayed by Melanie Jacob, appeals for help during the Brick Township High School musical theater’s production of “Miss Saigon” on April 5.

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    ERIC SUCAR staff Brick Township’s Kourtney Pike (left) tries to sprint past Toms River North defender Kelly Williamson (right) during the second half of the game held at the Drum Point Sports Complex in Brick on April 2.

  • Boys golf teams looking to add more wins this season

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer BRICK TOWNSHIP — “Play ball” resonated on ball fields across the state this past week, but two hearty teams of boys from Brick Township and Brick Memorial high schools had another catchword: “Fore.” Golf season got under way recently and both teams share inspired but conservative optimism as they embark…

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