New York Man, A Former Local Resident, Gets Life Sentence in Toms River Murder

A 26-year-old New York man who previously resided at the Jersey Shore has been handed a life sentence by an Ocean...

Police: Missing Alzheimer’s Patient Found Safe

Marilyn Balzer, an 80-year-old woman suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, has been found after being missing for about two days, police in...

Police Looking for Lost Toms River Alzheimer’s Patient

State troopers and Toms River police are searching jointly for a woman suffering with Alzheimer’s disease who is missing in the...

It’s Official: Toms River Schools Will Start With Remote-Only Learning

The Toms River Regional school district will, indeed, begin the 2020-21 school year with no in-person learning, following a marathon two...

Ocean County Schools to be Grouped With Monmouth, Middlesex, Union in Safety Color Code Program

Schools reopening throughout New Jersey will be assigned a color-coded risk level once students return, with the state announcing that the...

T.R. Schools: 170 Staff Won’t Work In-Person, Superintendent Says School Year Must Start Virtually

The Toms River Regional school district held a meeting that lasted more than six hours, ending in the early morning Thursday,...

Toms River PD Investigations Yield Over 1,700 Heroin Doses, Guns, Cash

The Toms River Police Department’s Special Enforcement Team concluded a month long investigation into heroin distribution in Toms River and Manchester...

Toms River Council Denies Sale of $750K Land for $247K to Lakewood Planning Board Member

Tempers flared nearly out of control Tuesday at a meeting of the Toms River township council, with one councilman announcing that...

‘Sea Lice’ in Ocean County Waters: How Many Are There, and How Long Until They Leave?

Sporadic reports of “sea lice,” which are actually the larvae of the thimble jellyfish, have caused concern among some people visiting...

NJEA to Murphy: All New Jersey Schools Should Open Remotely

The New Jersey Education Association, the union representing the vast majority of the state’s teachers and much of its school staff,...