• BTHS girls softball starts off with mixed results

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer BRICK TOWNSHIP — Brick Township High School’s girls softball team wasted no time handing coach Ed Lowe his first victory, when Heather Figula’s one-hitter and Emma Erbig’s two-run homer in the first inning got the Green Dragons off to a flying start in a 9-1 season-opening victory over Manalapan last…

  • Catch me if you can

    ERIC SUCAR staff Brick Township High School’s Kristina Pike (r) tries to elude Toms River North defender Melissa Mutter during the first half of the lacrosse game held at the Drum Point Sports Complex in Brick on April 2.

  • Track, field coaches look forward to new season

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer BRICK TOWNSHIP — Brick Township High School’s girls outdoor track and field team opened its season with a 76-55 victory over Brick Memorial in a match-up of two teams with very young lineups. Brick Memorial’s boys, meanwhile, rolled to a 107-29 victory over its cross-town rivals with a lineup mixed…

  • Residents urged to spread autism awareness during April

    Autism New Jersey encourages all residents to help spread autism awareness during April, National Autism Awareness Month. New Jersey has the nation’s highest prevalence rate, 1 in 94 children, compared to the national rate, 1 in 150. While there is no known cause of or cure for autism, early diagnosis and appropriate intervention are vital…

  • Taxpayers now getting the break they deserve

    With regards to Mr. Joe Lamb’s recent article, “Brick taxpayers deserve a break, frequent critic says.” Not being happy with his repeated attacks on township officials and Mayor Stephen Acropolis, Joe Lamb is now belittling taxpaying citizens who volunteered to serve on the mayor’s transition team. He believes that he is qualified to evaluate the…

  • Racetrack slots would provide much-needed revenue

    What are the issues that matter to New Jersey residents? Time and again, voters have supported open space initiatives on the ballot. In these difficult economic conditions, new revenue sources are desperately needed. Why then, is the current administration refusing to consider the installation of video lottery terminals (VLTs), or slots, at the state’s race…

  • Reader thanks departing school board members

    Last evening at a meeting of SEPTA, Brick Township’s special education PTA, I learned that this year three candidates for school board are running unopposed. I happened to at one point had the honor of being asked to run for the board, but for personal reasons politely declined. I also declined because despite what they…

  • Critic way off base about president, reader says

    In a letter that was published in your April 2 edition, one of your most prolific contributors of letters to the editor expressed his opinion regarding President Barack Obama’s “financial acumen.” I would like to take this opportunity to perhaps answer some of the questions that were asked in the letter. I am writing this…

  • Vivian Chimento

    Mrs. Chimento, 94, of Long Branch, died March 30, 2009, at home. Born in Naples, Italy, she came to Ellis Island in 1922. She and her late husband owned and operated the Shore Hills Motel, Sea Bright Bathing Pavilion, and Sands Beach Club, retiring in 1987. She was predeceased by her husband, John, in 1987.…

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