CHRIS KELLY staff Members of the Guild Theaterworks Inc.'s production of "Cheaper by the Dozen" perform a scene at a matinee at the Brick Cultural Center off Herbertsville Road on Sunday. More...
Township will pay the price by going with third parties, inspector says
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer
Brick residents will lose their "home court advantage" if officials lay off eight building inspectors and go with third parties instead, a longtime township inspector said. "Our building inspectors live in town," Frank Mizer, the township building-subcode official, told the Township Council at its Nov. 10 meeting. "We are here seven days a week. More...
A complimentary Thanksgiving dinner, sponsored by the Church of the Epiphany, 615 Thiele Road, Brick, will be offered at noon Nov. 27. Transportation can be provided if needed. Free meal delivery is also available to Brick, Lakewood and Point Pleasant. For more information, call 732- 458-0220. More...
Ibelieve laying off 53 public servants is going to have a very negative impact on the quantity and quality of services here in Brick. This mayor seems to be antiunion and against civil service and is not moving forward in good faith. I hope Commissioner Cooper of the Civil Service Commission really scrutinizes the so-called restructuring plan. More...
Uncontrollable circumstances lead to painful layoffs
The past two months have been the most challenging and emotionally taxing of any during my thirteen years of elected service to our community. A number of circumstances beyond our control have put the township in the painful position of having to tell almost 50 of our hardworking employees that they will no longer have a job. More...
On Nov. 11, my wife and I attended the annual Veterans Day observance at Veterans Park at the East Brunswick OMunicipal Complex. I've attended many of these observances over the years as a reporter and observer, but this year was different. More...
Dear Greg: I'm still chuckling amiably about the way you ended a post-election e-mail to me, which I think we should share with our readers. (I'm determined to remain amiable these days, takingwhat comes my way with Falstaffian good humor. More...
Mr. DeFrancisco, 64, of Freehold, died Nov. 9, 2008, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He worked as a journeyman for 35 years, retiring from The New York Times in 2000. More...
Mustangs defeat N. Bruns; will face South Brunswick this weekend
Can Brick Memorial beat up the Brunswicks? That will be answered on Friday night when the Mustang football team heads back to that vicinity of Middlesex County to take on South Brunswick in a 7 pm. kickoff in the NJSIAA Group IV, Central Jersey playoff semifinals after vanquishing North Brunswick, 10-7, in the opening round on Friday night. More...
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