CHRIS KELLY staff Brick Memorial's Michael Stopen (21) tries to chase down Middletown South's Tyler Ralph (12) during the Handchen Cup Championship Game at the Red Bank Armory on Feb. 27. See Sports. More...
Council expected to OK pact for four-year contract with union
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer
Brick Township and the Transport Workers Union are close to resolving their longstanding contract impasse. "I am hopefully optimistic that this will be the end of a very difficult period," Mayor Stephen C. Acropolis said. More...
The Brick Township Garden Club will meet 7 p.m. March 9 in the Cultural Arts Center, Herbertsville Road, Brick. The president will conduct a short business meeting to discuss upcoming events and trips for the club. The committees for the annual garden tour will also give reports. More...
While the new policies on dumping at Ridge Road do not sit well with me, I am also part of a conundrum. I am not only a home improvement contractor but a new homeowner as well. Here's my story. The former residents left everything they owned in the house I bought. I had to empty all of their possessions before I could even begin to repair the damage in the place. More...
It was with great amusement that I read the recent letters written by former Councilman and Scarpelli teammate Fred Underwood. What was it that caused him to suddenly wake up? Now he is claiming that something is wrong in town hall? His letters question shared services with Toms River, a town that borders Brick Township. More...
Iget a lot of reader response to this column. Sometimes, I opine about something that rubs some people the wrong way, and I hear about it. Once in a while, though, I write something that strikes a positive chord with readers, and I hear about that, too. More...
Cinderella apparently found the glass slipper, as Middletown South nosed out Brick Memorial, 4-3, in the Handchen Cup final on Friday night at the Red Bank Armory. "They were truly a Cinderella story," Brick Memorial coach Chip Bruce said, referring to Middletown South. "They won two regular-season games and then came on at the end. More...