Ocean County
Portion of Hooper Avenue to Close in Downtown Toms River Saturday
A maintenance project near the Ocean County courthouse and administration building will necessitate the closure of Hooper Avenue for most of the...
Boating & Fishing
Fishing Boat Raised From the Deep and Docked in Point Pleasant, But Will Be ‘Re-Sunk’
A stricken commercial fishing vessel has been raised from the depths of the Atlantic Ocean after a year submerged off Point Pleasant...
Police, Fire & Courts
Toms River Man Drops Gun in Point Pleasant Beach Church, Lands in Jail
A Toms River man dropped a gun at a Point Pleasant Beach church, leading to a police investigation that resulted in his...
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/ 4 years agoCops: Lakehurst Man Fondled Himself in Front of Children
Police have charged a Lakehurst man with two counts each of sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child after...
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/ 4 years agoLakewood Man Charged in Shooting of 4-Year-Old Girl
A 27-year-old Lakewood man has been charged in the shooting of a toddler in Asbury Park. Prosecutors in Monmouth County on...
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/ 4 years agoHow Cops (And a Mechanic) Saved A Missing Toms River Alzheimer’s Patient
Ocean County was gripped last week with the search for Marilyn Balzer, an 80-year-old Toms River woman suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease...
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/ 4 years agoNew 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...
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/ 4 years agoPolice: 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...
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/ 4 years agoPolice 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...
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/ 4 years agoIt’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...
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/ 4 years agoOcean 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...
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/ 4 years agoT.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,...
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/ 4 years agoToms 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...