Manhunt in Wake of Cop Death; Officer Was Howell Grad, Manchester Native

Suspect fled toward Howell; officer was engaged to be married; served in Manasquan, Long Branch and Freehold

Police continue to hunt for a suspect in the Friday shooting death of a beloved Lakewood police officer from Manchester who was a Howell High School alumnus. The tributes for Chris Matlosz, a 27-year-old officer who was engaged to be married, also continue to pour in. The law-enforcement community, as well as many people who knew him personaly, are paying respects to Matlosz, whose fiance was at the hospital when he died. He is survived by his brother and mother. Read an update to the story here: http://patch.com/A-dskD. Additional information on this matter can be found at Patch's Jersey Shore news site and Jersey Shore Patch Twitter site. A tribute page was set up for Matlosz at http://tinyurl.com/4kof5o4. Facebook tributes to the …

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The Slow, Sad Song of Snow

Is this the best time of year?

Is the snow season really the happiest season of all? "Sara C." said she didn't get a Brick plow until 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. The snow fell on Sunday. Her husband missed three days of work because he was too busy clearing it all out. "What do we pay taxes for?" she wrote. "No one cares about the people who live behind the 7-Eleven off of Chambersbridge Road in Brick." "Kelly," another Brick resident, said she had to walk through four feet of snow drifts to be picked up for work on Midstreams Road. "I saw a plow on the next street over on a plowed road - I begged him to go one street over and plow my road," she said. Did it work? "His plow would not be able to move the snow since it's so high!!!!!!" And it's not just in Brick, where a litany …

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Catherine Galioto

2:16 am on Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Hi Kevin, definitely check out our video and photos from that very intersection among the storm coverage on Toms River Patch. Some stories to check out are here: http://patch.com/A-cS2K | http://patch.com/A-cPlw | http://patch.com/A-cNQH The last one in particular has some great shots of Route 37 and Vaughn.   more ›

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Shoreview: A Brick Story

It's Good to Be Back in Brick Township

Beyond the tree-lined roads and horse farms, and far away from the traffic that routinely packed the Laurelton Circle, my father made his living, one day at a time. It wasn't always easy getting out of bed at 5 a.m. every day, for 20 years, and facing a few hundred chatty kids who packed the small classrooms of the aging Herbertsville Elementary School. Stan Davis was a teacher, then principal of a school that was so crowded, there wasn't enough room for an all-purpose room. Gym class and lunch were always held in the classrooms, right at the students' desks. But my father got up every day, anyway, for 20 years, and he didn't really ever want to let go of the old-fashioned simplicity that long defined the Herbertsville section of Brick. "…

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