Topic: The Ocean Star
Board hires firm to assist in superintendent search
BRICK TOWNSHIP — The Brick Township Schools Board of Education unanimously voted to approve the resignation of superintendent Gerard Dalton at last Thursday’s meeting as the search for a replacement superintendent is ongoing.
The board...
Brick Presbyterian Church goes solar
BRICK TOWNSHIP — Brick Presbyterian Church switched out its electrical meter for solar panels this spring, and about 50 members of the congregation gathered to commemorate the new addition at a dedication ceremony Sunday.
The...
New VFW commander a trailblazer
BRICK TOWNSHIP — VFW Post 8867 hosted a “Homecoming Party” for the first ever female state commander of the New Jersey Department of Veterans of Foreign Wars .
Commander Barbara Kim-Hagemann, a Desert Storm veteran,...
‘Law and Order’ exhibit opens at Bay Head Historical Society
BAY HEAD — The Loveland Homestead Museum has officially opened for the season and the Bay Head Historical Society has curated a new exhibit that takes a look at the various laws residents of...
Clinch family celebrates legacy of love, family
POINT PLEASANT — When Viola Walters and Gordon Clinch married in Point Pleasant on Nov. 17, 1929, neither would have possibly thought they would be laying the foundation of a family legacy that now...
Fate of historic building in balance
POINT PLEASANT BEACH — The 113-year old Gottlieb Building located in downtown Point Pleasant Beach was once home to the influential Gottlieb family, the borough post office and a niche department store filled with...
Unique critters delight and teach
BRICK TOWNSHIP — Children and parents alike filled up an event room at the Brick branch of the Ocean County Library for an informative presentation about “Unique Creatures.”
Unique Creatures is a one-man program presented...
Bay Head celebrates Independence Day
BAY HEAD — The inaugural Family Fourth of July Bike Parade was filled with patriotic spirit as residents dressed in festive colors to ride through town in celebration of the holiday.
The parade kicked o...
Eco Patrol Boat keeps local waters clean
POINT PLEASANT — For the sixth season, teams of high school and college students are patrolling the waters o Point Pleasant, Bay Head, Mantoloking and Brick in search of plastic bottles and other debris...
Mantoloking Borough Hall returns home
MANTOLOKING — Mantoloking officially celebrated the opening of its new borough hall as a special cherry on top to the borough’s annual Fourth of July festivities last Friday.
On July 5, borough residents and several...