SEAN BRADY Dominick DeLeo, 3, Brick, takes a shot at the ring toss with some help from Ken Souchek at the Ocean Medical Center booth during the Brick Municipal Alliance Committee's "Brick Circles the Globe" event at the Drum Point Sports Complex on Saturday. More ... State OK needed for Ocean Ice Palace deal Township may or may not sell Civic Plaza, mayor says BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer       The final vote on the $9.9 million bond ordinance to buy the Ocean Ice Palace property could come within the next two weeks, Brick Township Mayor Stephen C. Acropolis said. But township officials still must have the financing plan approved by the state Local Finance Board before Brick can move fo... More ... Running for Roman: Woman laces up for boy BY DANIELLE MEDINA Correspondent       BRICK TOWNSHIP - With all that Roman Merlo and his family have been through since he was diagnosed with bone cancer, JoAnne Jeffries knows she wouldn't want to walk a mile in their shoes. But Jeffries, 45, ismore than willing to lace up her sneakers and run 13 miles on behalf of the 4-year-old b... More ... Historic Herbertsville landmark slated for upgrade BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer       The paint is peeling from the battered white clapboards of the old Hulse homestead on Herbertsville Road. The wooden floors in the barn-red pheasant houses in the back of the property near Sawmill Creek sag with age. More ... Kristi Shay boss arrested for writing bad checks Ongoing probe involves Brick, FBI, state police and Prosecutor's Office BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer       BRICK TOWNSHIP- Police arrested a well-known area developer recently and charged him with issuing $281,150 in bad checks over the past year and a half. Samuel J. Reynolds, 44, the owner of Kristi Shay Construction, Brick, was arrested at his Channel Drive home onApril 20, Detective William J. Ruo... More ... 'Brick Circles the Globe'      PHOTOS BY SEAN BRADY Left: Frankie Cimino, 9, Brick, takes a slide down the giant octopus attraction at the Brick Municipal Alliance Committee's "Brick Circles the Globe" celebration at the Drum Point Sports Complex on Saturday. Right: Kids strut their stuff in the game "Dance Dance Revolution." More ... Brick Morning Rotary hosts mayor, GSE Team       On April 9 the Brick Morning Rotary Club hosted Mayor Steve Acropolis and the Group Study Exchange Team (GSE Team) from Australia at their breakfast meeting. Mayor Acropolis presented Michael MacQuillan, the team leader and a member of the Rotary Club of Chatswood, Australia, with the key to the t... More ... Local man charged in car thefts BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer       BRICK TOWNSHIP- Police arrested a Brick man suspected in a number of motor vehicle thefts, after he was reported peering into car windows in the commuter parking lot off Lanes Mill Road recently. Tracey S.Waldheim, 36, Barbara Lane, fled the scene on his bicycle and was eventually apprehended in ... More ...