• Mat Rats lose to Jackson, but Matt Moore still unbeaten

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer And then there was one. Many wrestlers have enjoyed fine seasons for the Brick Recreation Mat Rats wrestling program, 15 of them competing in the state finals March 15 and March 22 at the Dunn Center in Elizabeth. But only one has not yet suffered a loss — 140-pounder Matt…

  • Jersey Shore Animal Center hit hard by loss of telethon

    Comcast layoffs scuttled plans for shelter’s biggest fundraiser of the year BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer For the past 22 years, the Jersey Shore Animal Center’s biggest fundraiser has been its annual telethon at the end of February. Homeless dogs, cats and even a few bunnies waited their turn in line during a carefully…

  • Hockey Club stumbles in quest to make nationals

    Auriemma and DePalma stepping down as head coaches BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer The Midget Majors AA team again was the last team playing into the postseason out of the Brick Hockey Club on Saturday night, when it was eliminated in the USA Hockey Atlantic District, 7-5, by the Quakers from West Chester, Pa., at…

  • TWU’s contract ratification spells end of a ‘long road’

    Council expected to OK pact for four-year contract with union BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Brick Township and the Transport Workers Union are close to resolving their longstanding contract impasse. “I am hopefully optimistic that this will be the end of a very difficult period,” Mayor Stephen C. Acropolis said. The Township Council was…

  • Brick Memorial edged out in Handchen finals

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Cinderella apparently found the glass slipper, as Middletown South nosed out Brick Memorial, 4-3, in the Handchen Cup final on Friday night at the Red Bank Armory. CHRIS KELLY staff Brick Memorial’s Michael Vincent makes a save against Middletown South during the Handchen Cup Championship games at the Red Bank…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Brick Memorial’s Michael Stopen (21) tries to chase down Middletown South’s Tyler Ralph (12) during the Handchen Cup Championship Game at the Red Bank Armory on Feb. 27. See Sports.

  • New dumping policies need some fine-tuning

    While the new policies on dumping at Ridge Road do not sit well with me, I am also part of a conundrum. I am not only a home improvement contractor but a new homeowner as well. Here’s my story. The former residents left everything they owned in the house I bought. I had to empty…

  • No common grounds in this boiling pot

    Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH Our coffee pot is on the fritz. Some would say that she still has some good months left in her. Some would contend that she still holds her own. Yet I’m here to declare that I don’t care what my husband says. The old gray mare just ain’t…

  • N.J. should appreciate role of pharmaceutical industry

    Your Turn Guest Column • Mike Hennessey Just as the plight of the nation’s automakers threatens the underpinnings of Michigan’s economy, a slower but equally disastrous erosion has begun in New Jersey with its largest manufacturing sector: the pharmaceutical industry. While Michigan lawmakers are working to avert catastrophe, New Jersey’s government pushes policies that may…

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