Brick, NJ

PDF of print edition Winged Nuisances Will Get Taste Of Goose Runners By Catherine Snipe       It seems that Lassie can do more than just rescue Timmy from a well. This month, when Canada geese decide to hang out in township parks, a border collie may convince them otherwise. The township will pay Goose Runners of Howell up to $325 weekly in a contract to control the geese that land on tow... More ... BRICK GIRLS CHEER, CHEER, CHEER TOWNSHIP TO THE TOP By Catherine Snipe       In Florida, the girls jumped, screamed and cried in celebration. Months later, the celebration of six nationally ranked cheer and dance teams from Brick continued during the normally subdued township council meeting this week. That's where more than 100 of the girls and their coaches lined up to r... More ... Brick Gears Up For Relay For Life Annual American Cancer Society Event Raises Funds, Spreads Awareness By Catherine Snipe       Several months from now, residents will take turns walking round a track - and it will last for several dozen hours. Organizers call this less a test of extreme endurance and more a chance to remember those whose lives are touched by cancer. This test of the Relay For Life. More ... State Forces Town To Reconstruct Brick Blvd. Dams By Catherine Snipe       Two dams in Brick must be fixed, and the township accepted a $741,000 state loan in order to comply with the Department of Environmental Protection's order to fix them. The Rainbow Dam and the Lower Lake Dam, both visible from Brick Boulevard, are earthen dams. The state is requiring concrete one... More ... BlueClaws, Phillies Meet And Greet Fans At Freehold Mall By Jim McDevitt       If the lines for autographs at Freehold Raceway Mall were any indication, the baseball season is just around the corner. The Philadelphia Phillies and Lakewood BlueClaws made a stop on their annual Winter Tour at the Freehold Raceway Mall on Saturday, January 20. More ... Special Kids Of Toms River Brings Tears To Freeholders' Eyes By Bill McLaughlin       It's not often that the Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders' work brings tears to their eyes. But it happens at least once every year, as was the case at the Board's January 17 meeting, when the Freeholders had their yearly visit from the Special Kids of Toms River. More ... OCEAN COUNTY SEEKS FUNDS FOR NEW PUMPOUT BOAT       OCEAN COUNTY - Since 2001, when it first began service on Little Egg Harbor Bay and Tuckerton Creek, the Waste Watcher - Ocean County's second pumpout boat - has helped insure that more than 49,000 gallons of wastewater from recreational boaters was disposed of properly. More ...