Police, Fire & Courts
Machete-Wielding Road Rage Suspect Chases Victim to TRPD Headquarters
A man who police say was wielding a machete when he knocked on the window of another vehicle during a road rage...
Government
Hearing on 64-Unit Downtown Complex Adjourned in Toms River
The hearing on a proposal to build a five-story, mixed-use building that was slated to be heard by the Toms River planning...
Ocean County
Seaside Heights’ 114-Year-Old Carousel Should Be Spinning Again This Summer
As Seaside Heights officials prepare for the upcoming summer season, one of the stars of the boardwalk is poised to reclaim her...
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Government
/ 8 months agoFormer T.R. BOE President, Congressional Staffer to Represent Dems in Mayoral Race
Amidst internal disputes within both of Toms River’s major political party organizations, a consensus candidate with success achieving elected office in...
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Environment & Weather
/ 8 months agoNWS: ‘High’ Rip Current Danger Will Last Through Saturday
A high probability of dangerous rip currents that have kept swimmers out of the water at some local beaches over the...
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Environment & Weather
/ 8 months agoCheck Out These Surfers Catching Waves at Casino Pier; How Long Will Heavy Surf Remain?
A light west wind helped create some perfect small to medium-sized swells along Jersey Shore beaches Wednesday, partially driven by the...
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Environment & Weather
/ 8 months agoMega Monarch Meetingplace: Why TR’s Oceanfront Pollinator Garden Is So Important
Shorebeat recently covered the planting of blocks’ worth of native plants along the oceanfront, separating the parking spaces along Ocean Avenue...
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Boating & Fishing
/ 8 months agoLocal Man’s Accessible Sandal to ‘Walk Over The Sand’ Finds Ever-More Success
The last time Shorebeat caught up with Jim Silvester, the Seaside Park resident of 70 years was starting a fledgling business...
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Police, Fire & Courts
/ 8 months agoProsecutors: Phony Contractor Targeted Senior Community in Toms River, Approached Elderly at Bank
A 36-year-old local man has pleaded guilty to theft by deception in a case in which he posed as the relative...
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TR Life
/ 8 months agoWatch: Closing Out Saturday ‘Over Barnegat Bridge and Bay’
Little cloudy, little humid, a few lantern flies… but worth it. (Video of Our Work, shown above, may be hidden by...
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Police, Fire & Courts
/ 8 months agoCops: Toms River Man Found With 1,000 Images of Child Porn After Tip From Feds
Authorities in Ocean County charged a 53-year-old Toms River man with having more than 1,000 images of child pornography on his...
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Environment & Weather
/ 8 months agoPlan Calls For Ortley Beach Dunes to Be Moved Back 60 Feet, Replenishment Delayed to 2024
A federal beach replenishment project, now delayed for over a year, will now likely begin “sometime” in 2024, Toms River officials...
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Environment & Weather
/ 9 months ago‘It’s Likely We’re On Our Way to Court:’ State May Have Short-Changed Ciba-Geigy Settlement by Billions
The environmental group Save Barnegat Bay has organized a team of high-powered experts that deal with cases worth “hundreds of millions,...