Brick Little League Celebrates 40+ Years At Opening Day Brick Little League Celebrates 40+ Years At Opening Day

By Alyssa Riccardi

BRICK – Honoring its history and traditions, Brick Little League has returned to the baseball diamond to celebrate opening day.

Despite the rainy weather, players, coaches, volunteers and community leaders came out on April 1 for the start of a new season. The league commemorated its long history at one of its oldest sports complexes in the township, Edmund Hibbard Park, which includes four NJ State Baseball Championships and over 40 years

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BlueClaws To Go

Cashless As They Announce Season

By

Christopher

Jersey Shore

Beach Sweep

Rescheduled To April 15

By Bob Vosseller

OCEAN COUNTY – Area

- major event venues, will be a cashless and fully digital venue beginning this season. This includes transactions involving tickets, food and beverage, merchandise, parking, (BlueClaws - See Page 6) beaches were set to be cleaned as part of the annual Beach Sweep but an April Fool’s Day prank by Mother Nature had them be washed instead.

Clean Ocean Action had scheduled sweeps throughout the area on April 1 but now they have been rescheduled for April 15. Information on them can be found at cleanoceanaction.org/beach-sweeps. Another is scheduled for October 21.

On the morning of April 1, volunteers arrived at Ortley Beach and started to set up for the day. They decided the mission would continue on, at least in Ortley Beach. They were joined by some dedicated volunteers who ignored the rain.

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