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/ 3 years agoN.J. Pledges $740K Toward Normandy Beach Flood Prevention, Street Raising
Brick and Toms River townships, months after agreeing to partner on addressing flooding issues in the shared Normandy Beach neighborhood, have...
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/ 3 years agoOrtley Beach Streets, Business District May Be Getting A New Look
Toms River officials are looking to move quickly on a streetscape project that is aimed at improving the streets, landscaping and...
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/ 3 years agoSurf Club Purchase Debate Leads to Squabble at Toms River Council Meeting
A debate over Toms River Township’s handling of the potential purchase of the former Joey Harrison’s Surf Club property pitted several...
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/ 3 years agoOrtley Beach Residents Expected Lobby for Surf Club Purchase After County Decision
Ortley Beach residents are planning to converge upon the Toms River township council meeting Tuesday night to urge the council to...
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/ 3 years agoFreeholders Spar Over Open Space Tax Policy That Opponents Say Creates A ‘Political Piggybank’
The Ocean County freeholder board on Wednesday narrowly rejected a revision to the Open Space Master Plan that would have allowed...
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/ 3 years agoToms River Councilman: Towns Should Share Burden of Sheltering Homeless This Winter
A Toms River councilman has expressed concern over the possibility that Toms River could shoulder the responsibility of taking in essentially...
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/ 3 years agoToms River Sets Aside $5M for Emergency Radio Frequency Switch
Toms River officials on Tuesday night voted to bond $5 million to purchase equipment in order to switch the township’s emergency...
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/ 3 years agoKim Declares Victory, Becoming First Democrat to Retain NJ-3 Seat Since Civil War
U.S. Rep. Andy Kim declared victory in his race to retain one of the nation’s most hard-fought congressional battles, securing another...
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/ 3 years agoMurphy Orders Restaurants, Casinos to Stop Serving Indoors After 10 p.m.; No Bar Seating
Gov. Phil Murphy ordered new restrictions upon the restaurant industry Monday due to what the administration has identified as an uptick...
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Environment & Weather
/ 3 years agoMurphy Signs Law Banning BOTH Plastic and Paper Bags
In what the Murphy administration has described as the “strongest bag ban in the nation,” New Jersey’s governor on Wednesday signed...