Sunday, May 19, 2013
Mike Dalton band performing and lots of raffles and prizes
The Second Annual Point Borough PBA #158 fundraiser will be held at Jack and Mike's Brickhouse Bar and Grill from 1 to 5 p.m. today (Sun., May 19). The event, at 979 Cedarbridge Ave., will feature "top shelf open bar, hors d'oevres and an all you can eat buffet," according to the promotional flier (see attached). There will be raffles, with prizes and T-shirts awarded to winners, and the Mike Dalton Band will perform. Tickets are $60 per person. Proceeds will go to Special Olympics, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, local scholarships and other local, worthy causes, police said. The PBA has already donated this year, as in past years, to Point Borough High School Project Graduation. For more information, contact Rob Wells (848) 448-5143 or…
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Ocean Medical Center tops Community Medical Center and state average in six categories as ER expansion project continues
A study shows that the wait times at emergency rooms at two local hospitals beat the state average. In our chart above, you can compare the two nearest hospitals for Brick residents in six key measures, such as how long the average patient with a broken bone waited to receive pain medication. (Note: you can scroll down to the other comparisons by clicking within the chart.) The figures were released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in April. Ocean Medical Center, Brick, and Community Medical, Toms River, both scored better than the state average in every category, with Ocean Medical Center coming out on top. Improvements in wait times at Ocean Medical Center have come over the past several years thanks to a plan that …
Monday, April 8, 2013
Sammy will move to a foster home, hospital staff says
The cocker spaniel who authorities charge was brought to an animal shelter by his abuser was released from a Monmouth County animal hospital Monday. "Sammy," estimated to be about 13 or 14 years old, was brought to the Monmouth County Animal Shelter by Keith Morgan, 56, of Brick, who told staff that he and his wife, Shauna Ewing Morgan, 43, found the dog in a garbage bag on the side of Belmar Boulevard in Wall. But authorities later said an investigation showed the couple owned the dog, who was covered in feces and urine and encased in its own matted fur, unable to walk. Less than a month later, Sammy walked out of the Red Bank Veterinary Hospital on his own, a social media post from the hospital said Monday. "It is with happy tears that…
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Expert: DiGilio's boat had right of way; prosecution: lack of lights made him forfeit right of way
Anthony DiGilio's guilt or innocence on charges of vehicular homicide and assault by vessel will likely hinge on a few specific issues: whether his boat's navigation lights were on at the time he collided with another boater, and whether his speed was reckless given the conditions on the water at the time. The accident took place after 1 a.m. Aug. 3, 2008 near Gunner's Ditch, the area where the Metedeconk River and Barnegat Bay converge in Brick Township. The trial of DiGilio, a Brick resident, began Wednesday, over four years later. Senior Assistant Ocean County Prosecutor Hillary Bryce said in an opening statement in Superior Court in Toms River on Wednesday that she will present witness testimony from a security guard at the Wharfside …
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Death under investigation by Ocean County and Brick police.
The Ocean County Prosecutor's Office and Brick Police are investigating an "unattended death" that occurred Saturday morning in one of the Tip Top Cabin efficiency units on Route 88 in Brick, just west of the Point Borough border. Ocean County Assistant Prosecutor Michel Paulhus said the body was located at 2214 Route 88. He said the investigation into the death is in the "preliminary stages." An autopsy was conducted early Sunday afternoon. According to Paulhus, the manner and cause of death remain unknown, pending results of toxicology tests. He did not speculate as to the cause of death. The crime scene at a series of white cabins on Route 88 was cordoned off with yellow police tape and Brick police and the county Criminalistics …
Thursday, March 21, 2013
3-year-old Cocker Spaniel named Aby appeared to be in 'decent shape'
Authorities have removed a second dog from the home of a Brick couple suspected of abusing a 13-year-old Cocker Spaniel, then claiming they found it on the side of the road. The couple was charged in connection with the physical abuse of Samurai, or "Sammy," now improving with care and treatment at Red Bank Veterinary Hospital. The dog removed Thursday afternoon was a 3-year-old Cocker Spaniel named Aby, said Victor "Buddy" Amato, Chief Humane Law Enforcement Officer for the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The dog was voluntarily handed over to officers by Keith E. Morgan, 56, and Shauna Ewing Morgan, 43, of Sawmill Road, who have been charged with abusing another dog named Samurai. "We were getting …
Monday, March 18, 2013
"Sammy'' responding to treatment at vet hospital
The Brick Township couple, who brought a nearly dead dog covered in its own excrement to a Tinton Falls animal shelter claiming it was found on the side of a road, have officially been charged with three counts of animal cruelty, authorities said Monday. Keith E. Morgan, 56, and Shauna Ewing Morgan, 43, of Sawmill Road, have each been charged with abandonment, failure to provide sustenance and causing unnecessary suffering, said Charles Webster, Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office spokesman. Additionally, Keith Morgan is charged with interfering with an investigation, Webster said. The charges, disorderly persons offenses, carry a maximum of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine, Webster said. An investigation is ongoing, Webster said. …
Project part of multi-road maintenance plan
Ocean County will reconstruct and resurface a portion of Herbertsville Road later this year, officials have announced. The busy county road in the northern portion of Brick will be improved from the Monmouth County border to Lanes Mill Road, the county said in a statement. Herbertsville Road is one out of seven roads county-wide to be resurfaced as part of a larger project that also includes roads in Toms River, Jackson and Long Beach Township. In all, 5.75 miles of roads will be replaced. All of the roads will be milled and resurfaced with new signage added, Freeholder Jack Kelly said. As part of the resurfacing, pedestrian sidewalk ramps will be upgraded to meet the latest federal Americans with Disabilities Act requirements, he added. …
Monday, March 11, 2013
Robert "Paul" Cook released from Ocean County jail after arrest in Brick car crash
A Point Pleasant Borough man is out of jail for now, but could wind up right back in for up to 10 years if convicted of causing the death of a Brick woman in a car crash, authorities said on Monday. Robert P. Cook Jr., known as "Paul," 28, Mossbank Road, posted bail on Sunday, according to the Ocean County jail website. Cook had been lodged in the county jail on $100,000 bond, no 10 percent option, Executive Assistant County Prosecutor Michel Paulhus said. Cook is charged with second degree death by auto, drunken driving, reckless driving and failure to maintain lane, in connection with a Saturday afternoon car crash on Jordan Road near Colonial Drive, Paulhus said. Cook allegedly drove his Honda at about 3 p.m. into a car driven by Jane…
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Fr. Marukudiyil C. Velan, 64, indicted on seven counts
A Roman Catholic priest from Brick Township who was arrested in July 2012 on sex charges has been indicted on those allegations, as well as in two additional incidents – one of which includes a third victim. The seven-count indictment against Fr. Marukudiyil C. Velan, 64, was handed up by an Ocean County grand jury Feb. 7, court records obained by Patch show. Velan, who was known as "Father Chris" to parishioners at Visitation Roman Catholic Church on Mantoloking Road in Brick, where he last served, was arrested July 14, 2012 and charged with a single count of criminal sexual contact against an adult victim, and one count of criminal sexual contact plus one count of endangering the welfare of a child against a victim who was a minor. At …
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9:28 pm on Thursday, May 9, 2013
I like to know what happens when you file a complaint or concern within the hospital?? Nothing I imagine. My mother, many years ago, went into the ER, seen by a doctor at Community, who told her he looked at her chest x-ray and that she had BRONCHITIS.No way,wrong again,it was LUNG CANCER!! Then, seven months later, not feel really great, she went to the neighborhood doctor, a walk in clinic, and… more ›