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Agreement in Place, But No Solid Timeline for County Takeover of T.R. Animal Shelter
Toms River has finalized an agreement with the Ocean County Health Department for the takeover of the township’s municipal animal shelter, however...
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Toms River Mayor Selects New Police Chief, Second-in-Command
The next leader of the Toms River Police Department will be promoted from within, and he will be assisted in his new...
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Louisiana Man Sentenced for Traveling to Toms River for Sex With Girl, 14
A man who traveled from his home state of Louisiana to New Jersey to have sexual relations with a 14-year-old girl he...
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Environment & Weather
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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,...
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Police, Fire & Courts
/ 1 year agoToms River Men Found Guilty of Murder in Deadly Shooting
Two Toms River men have been found guilty of murder in the shooting death of a township man in 2020. Daivon...