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August 3, 2006

Local lifesavers earning their water wings

50 saved from rip currents in 2-week span

BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer

Lifeguarding might seem like just a day at the beach, but the township's lifesaving squad has been so busy recently that a desk job might seem like a cushier position. More...

Internat'l Trucks owners, salesman indicted

Feds allege former DPW director took cash gifts in cigar, cigarette containers

BY KAREN E. BOWES & COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writers

Operation Bid Rig officially spread into Ocean County Friday when a grand jury handed down another indictment charging illegal payoffs between local government officials and contractors. More...

Local officials respond to truck dealers' indictments

Mayor: Brick will no longer do biz with International Trucks

BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer

BRICK - Trips to boat races, bribes stuffed in cigarette packs and cigar tubes, and a padded award package that ripped off township taxpayers. More...

Corzine calls for cap on property tax increases

Outlines proposals for reform in address to Legislature

BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer

TRENTON - Gov. Jon Corzine compared the state's property tax system to "the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" Friday, saying increases for homeowners need to be capped at 4 percent per year. More...

What's bitin'

COLLEEN LUTOLF Nicole Mossbacher (l) and Caycee Emanuele, both 13, of Brick, cast their lines off the new fishing pier next to the Mantoloking Bridge July 26. More...

•	Camp teaches preteens what the fuzz is all about

•	Team saves rafters pulled out to sea

•	Plazas may be included in police patrols

•	In the Service

•	Temporary library cards available for visitors

•	Corzine enacts tan ban for minors

Letters

•	Resident praises schools superintendent for time change decision

The Midstreams and Drum Point schools have changed their school days from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. to 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. If this news is a shock to many parents, it should be. More...

•	Resident gives alternative to failed strategy

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Editorials

•	Eminent domain a big business tool

Ar t S holty Guest Column The two things we have to do in this world is die and pay our taxes. This is a constant that never changes. However we can now add something new to this equation, something that rather disturbs me greatly and it's the term that is being used quite frequentl More...

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Sports

•	Boca U23 team loses in MSSL Cup semifinals

Team completes one of the best summer seasons in club history

LAKEWOOD - The Jersey Shore Boca U23 men's soccer team advanced to the semifinal game of the Mid-Atlantic Summer Showcase League (MSSL) Championships on Sunday afternoon at the John F. Patrick Sports Complex in Lakewood before losing a 2-1 heartbreaker to West Chester (Pa.) United, completing their More...

•	Brick National Juniors falls short in Section 3

•	Resilient National 13s second in District 18

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