• United Way to fund EITC through a grant

    United Way of Ocean County is funding a free income tax preparation program called Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) through a grant to encourage financial stability. Through EITC, individuals with a low income can receive up to $4,800 from the federal government and up to $1,000 from the state. In order to receive income tax…

  • Boy Scouts to hold all-day scrapbooking event

    Boy Scout Troop 47 of Brick will be holding a scrapbooking fundraiser from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. March 7 at the Herbertsville Firehouse, 601 Herbertsville Road. The $30 fee will include food, snacks and beverages. There will also be vendors for shopping, a door prize and a gift auction. Scouts will be on hand…

  • BlueClaws FanFest to be held March 7

    With less than two months left until Opening Day, the Lakewood BlueClaws have begun their countdown to the 2009 season by announcing that their annual FanFest will be held on March 7 from noon to 5 p.m. at FirstEnergy Park, New Hampshire and Cedar Bridge avenues, Lakewood. The BlueClaws are the single A affiliate of…

  • Tynan brings Irish heritage to Strand

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Ronan Tynan LAKEWOOD — Irish eyes will be smiling and so will the eyes of everyone else who will be attending a concert to be performed by Ronan Tynan at 6:30 p.m. March 28 at the Strand Theater. Tynan said his concert will feature Broadway tunes, Irish favorites and contemporary…

  • Activist chronicles fight for equal pay

    BY LORI ANNE OLIWA Correspondent Lilly Ledbetter MIDDLETOWN — She is the face of equality, her story personifying the struggle of generations of women in their war on gender-based pay discrimination. She was the second woman to dance with President Barack Obama at the inaugural Neighborhood Ball and one of the few chosen to make…

  • Sports Shorts

    The Amateur Baseball Association of New Jersey (ABA), an adult men’s (18 and over) recreational baseball league, is looking for baseball players and teams. There will be multiple wood and metal skill-level leagues. In 2008, the league had over 150 teams. For more information, e-mail [email protected] or call 201-873- 3349. The Amateur Baseball Association of…

  • Valentine’s Day more than candy at St. Dominic School

    BY DANIELLE MEDINA Correspondent DANIELLE MEDINA On Valentine’s Day, first-graders at St. Dominic School prepare to give Steve Brigham — a local minister who helps the homeless — gift boxes full of toiletries they collected and helped pay for. BRICK TOWNSHIP — The first-graders at St. Dominic School celebrated Valentine’s Day in all the traditional…

  • Brick Memorial headed to Handchen Cup finals

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer BRICK TOWNSHIP — For the second straight year, a Brick hockey team has made it to the Shore Conference Handchen Cup finals. Defenseman Tom Lindquist scored two power play goals, including the go-ahead score, and goalie Mike Vincent made 15 saves as Brick Memorial beat Monsignor Donovan, 3-1, to advance…

  • Finding U-boat a lesson in ‘mortality and morality’

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer The German U-boat that once prowled the waters around New York and New Jersey lay undetected for more than 45 years just 60 miles off the Jersey coast. ERIC SUCAR staff Demitasse cups from the Andrea Doria are just some of the artifacts Richie Kohler has accumulated from the…

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