Environment & Weather
Ortley Beach Replenishment Set to Begin in February, North Beaches in Summer 2025
The years-long wait for a beach renourishment project that will see millions of cubic yards of sand pumped onto local beaches, plus...
Ocean County
Study: County-Run EMS Squad Would Provide ‘Undeniable’ Benefit to Barrier Island
A study by a consulting firm hired by Ocean County to study whether a county-run emergency medical squad found that such a...
Police, Fire & Courts
Ocean County Sheriff Establishes Drone Command Center Amid New Video Over Bay, Barrier Island
The Ocean County Sheriff’s Department has deployed a mobile command center to Seaside Heights where it will center its drone investigation going...
Police, Fire & Courts
Toms River Police Officers Convince Man Not to Jump From Hospital Parking Garage
Police, Fire & Courts
Catalytic Converters Stolen From 6 Cars in Toms River; 12-Car Burglary String Reported
Police, Fire & Courts
ICE Detainer Holding Toms River Kidnap, Assault Suspect in Jail
Environment & Weather
Seal Pup Found Stranded on Local Street During Nor’Easter is On the Mend
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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...
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Police, Fire & Courts
/ 1 year agoOff-Duty Toms River Cops, EMTs, Lifeguards Save Life at the Gym
It’s been said that first responders are never truly “off duty,” and if a recent incident at a Toms River gym...