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    ERIC SUCAR staff Fourteen-year-old Mitch Altamura (l) and his mother, Donna, lend a hand during Save Barnegat Bay’s annual Herring Point spring cleanup on March 28. Another photo, page 3.

  • Brick Mem. soccer team’s seniors moving on to college

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer It’s a typical spring for Brick Memorial High School’s girls soccer team, where returning players are preparing for next season and the seniors are preparing for college careers. Seven players graduating from the team all are set for college, led by Caitlin Conway, a midfielder, who is headed for Rutgers,…

  • Reader questions Obama’s financial acumen

    Our rookie president can’t seem to get his numbers straight without the aid of a teleprompter. Now we see a larger one in the rear of the sitting audience. What next? Watching him blabber is like watching a tennis match. A good example of Obama’s manipulation of numbers to fit into his hocus-pocus style of…

  • Some schools should close as enrollment falls

    In last year’s school budget, it was presented that because of declining enrollment in Brick Township schools (projected to be reduced by approximately 250 students — figures that the then-superintendent prepared), the district would close three schools. This was in addition to reductions in enrollment since 2003 of nearly 1,000 additional students. These students would…

  • Friend’s tribute to former Mayor Daniel F. Newman

    I knew Dan Newman for 44 years. He was a friend. We served together on the Board of Education many years ago and on the Brick Township Municipal Utilities Authority more recently. You either liked Dan Newman or you didn’t. But whether you did or did not, no one can deny that Dan was a…

  • Where’s the help for New Jersey small businesses?

    The financial crisis that began on Wall Street and spread to Detroit and corporate America has officially found its way to Main Street. The tsunami battering our economy has now breached the largest and most important segment of our economy — America’s entrepreneurs. Small-business owners are hunkering down, worrying about sales, cutting back on investment…

  • A mother-and-son moment to remember

    Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH Spring break. The very mention of the words conjures up images of college kids running amok on beaches, partying in the streets and showing up on “Girls Gone Wild.” It’s enough to cause great apprehension in the hearts of moral-teaching parents worldwide. Luckily enough for us Clinches, our…

  • Josephine (Zichelli) Isganitis

    Mrs. Isganitis, 83, of Clifton, died March 5, 2009. Prior to her retirement in 2000, she was employed as an order clerk for the Popular Club Plan in Garfield for over 40 years. Mrs. Isganitis was predeceased by her husband, Edward J. Isganitis; two brothers, Frank and Jerry Zichelli, and a sister Nikki Michalchik. She…

  • Elizabeth M. Adenhart Crawford

    Mrs. Crawford, 75, of Eatontown, died March 24, 2009, at home. She is survived by her husband of 59 years, Lloyd L. Crawford; a son and daughter-in-law, Alan and Janice Crawford of Tinton Falls; a daughter and son-in-law, Lori and Steve Phillips of Brick; a brother and sisterin law, James and Miranda Adenhart of Mount…

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