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JEFF GRANIT staff Brick Memorial coach Dan O'Cone celebrates with his wrestlers after beating Jackson 30-29 in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV final on Friday in Jackson. It was the first title for Brick Memorial since 1999. More...
State cap, less state aid, falling enrollment to blame, officials say

If he had his druthers, Brick Township Superintendent of Schools Melindo A. Persi would have picked "Option A" to deal with a $3,515,650 budget shortfall for the 2008-09 school year. That plan called for closing the Osbornville, Herbertsville and Laurelton schools and using $37,681 more from the ... More...


Petoia says procedure not followed in hiring of freeholder

A former Municipal Utilities Authority commissioner has questioned the selection process that led to the hiring of Republican Freeholder James F. Lacey as the authority's new executive director. Lacey, who started his new $135,000 job as MUA executive director Feb. 15, has never released his qua... More...


BRICK TOWNSHIP - Board of Education member Daniel Woska remembers when the district's Primary Learning Center (PLC) was just a blueprint. And he also remembers when visitors from other school districts came to look at the PLC, which was considered a state-of-the-art facility after it opened 11 y... More...


BRICK TOWNSHIP - A souring economy may be the reason no one bid on the two available consumption liquor licenses, Township Administrator Scott M. Pezarras said. "People might not want to tie up that amount of money for a year," he said. More...


BRICK TOWNSHIP - Two township police officers were recently recognized by the Police Benevolent Association Local 230 for their work in the line of duty and their service to the community. Patrolman Kristopher DeMarco was named Brick Township Police Officer of the Year and Detective TimothyMcCar... More...


The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 16-05 of Brick will offer the "Americas Boating Course" from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on March 22, April 5, April 19, June 7 and Oct. 4 at the Brick Civic Plaza, 270 Chambers Bridge Road, Brick. More...
Iwould like to explain the "tentative" budget that was recently adopted by the Brick Township Board of Education and why it needed to be done. By law, the Board of Education has to adopt a preliminary budget that includes a viable plan for the upcoming school year. More...
Guest Column
The Jan. 31 issue of the Brick Township Bulletin opinion page contained an editorial and letters discussing the selection of the new executive director for the Brick Municipal Utilities Authority (MUA) and other matters relating to partisan favoritism and bias. More...
Mr. Raviola, 56, of East Brunswick, formerly of the Kendall Park section of South Brunswick, died Feb. 3, 2008, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was director of the Homicide and Violent Crimes Division of the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office. More...
PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Top: Brick's Zach Jones, 17, rehearses his role as the Cat in the Hat on Sunday at the Brick Civic Plaza for the upcoming Kidz-4-Kidz production of "Seussical Jr." Above: Young members of the cast run through a dress rehearsal to prepare for their Feb. 22 and Feb. 23 perf... More...
The Kiley family name has been a familiar one in the Brick Memorial wrestling family in recent years. And it was Mike Kiley with a 2-1 overtime victory at 171 pounds - his second overtime victory of the day - that sealed Brick Memorial's 36-24 victory over Shore Conference rival Southern and Br... More...