FRANK GALIPO Chess player Kevin Kellinsky, 15, Brick, plays two games at once with Remington Dean, 11, Brick, and Rob Rinaldi, Tinton Falls, at the Brick Township branch of the Ocean County Library during "Chess Night" last week. More...
New project gets under way on June 23, should ease congestion, officials say
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer
Relief is on the way for motorists tired of waiting for the lights to change on traffic-choked Route 70 and Chambers Bridge Road in Brick Township. "We've had traffic problems on Route 70 for many, many, many years," Mayor Stephen C. Acropolis said at the June 9 Township Council meeting. More...
Brick Township Councilwoman Kathy Russell seemed satisfied when she voted along with the rest of the council members to introduce the township budget at the March 31 council meeting. "Mr. Mayor, you did an excellent job presenting the budget to the council," she told Mayor Stephen C. Acropolis after his lengthy budget presentation. More...
FRANK GALIPO Shakespearean actor Jeffery Cahill (left) performs a scene from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" during the Guild Theaterworks production of "Shakespeare Under the Stars" at the Cultural Arts Center off Herbertsville Road last week. More...
The Pinelands Preservation Alliance (PPA), the environmental nonprofit, is celebrating its 20th birthday all year long and the public is invited to attend. PPA will take time this year to look back and build on its accomplishments over the last 20 years. They will hold a membersonly birthday bash at the Bishop Farmstead, Southampton Township, on July 25 (rain date of Aug. More...
There is a problem with the May 29 John Carey cartoon showing children counting the seconds until school is out. Although the cartoon depends on math to have any meaning, the math is incorrect. To calculate the seconds in a day, it is not 60 x 24; it is 60 x 60 x 24. Consequently, Mr. Carey's 18-day calculation is off by over 98 percent. More...
Now that the weather is nicer, I've been doing some home improvement and maintenance projects. And those who have been reading this column for a long time know that's about as dangerous for me as driving the wrong way down a one-way street, blindfolded. More...
Three Brick Memorial High School basketball standouts are headed off to colleges in the fall. Matt O'Brien, veteran guard who commandeered the boys basketball team to the Shore Conference A South title, its third in five years, will be playing at Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pa. More...
A game of strategy
