Pride Month Events Abound In Toms River This June

With June recognized as Pride Month, special performances, forums and other events highlighting the LGBQTIA+ community are coming to Toms River....

Ambitious Ortley Beach ‘Streetscape’ Project Gets Underway

Ortley Beach has gone through many changes over the last eight years since Superstorm Sandy struck, including much in the way...

Lakewood Relatives, 19 and 31, Indicted in Roadside Slaying

Two Lakewood men – a 31-year-old uncle and his 19-year-old nephew, have been indicted in the fall 2019 killing of a...

Ortley Beach Battered by Storm, Officials Pledge to Rebuild Beach Again

Ortley Beach, just one week after undergoing a maintenance project to return sand to the oceanfront and repair beach entrances, had...

Dangerous ‘Clinging Jellyfish’ Found Again in Barnegat Bay

The clinging jellyfish, a tiny-but-dangerous hydrozoan species, has once again turned up in Barnegat Bay. The jellyfish are about the size...

Toms River Regional School Board Asks Murphy to Allow Classrooms to Unmask

The coming 2021-2022 school year should be unmasked, wrote Toms River Regional School Board to the governor on May 25. Asking...

Amid Dry Spell, Suez Asks Toms River to Avoid Watering Lawns

It’s time to conserve water, water utility SUEZ announced to consumers in Toms River and the surrounding area. There’s a dry...

Toms River Readies Township Pool for June Opening

Want to beat the heat with a dip? Just a couple weeks longer and the township pool will be open daily....

Pets Die in Toms River Condominium Fire Thursday, Residents Escape

The residents of a home on Orchid Court in Toms River were able to escape a fire without injury, however their...

Portion of Washington Street in Toms River to be Closed Beginning 5pm Thursday

Toms River officials said Friday that Washington Street would be closed between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. between Hooper Avenue and...