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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Featured
/ 7 years agoRemember The 19-Year-Old Who Was Ocean County’s First WW1 Fallen Hero
George Potter Vanderveer, 19, is remembered as the first soldier from Ocean County to have died from combat in WWI –...
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Environment & Weather
/ 8 years agoBeach Replenishment Dredge Still on Way to N.J.
The beach replenishment project that was supposed to have begun a month ago in Ortley Beach has been delayed yet again....
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Government
/ 8 years agoSeaside’s All-Day Party Friday, Plus Your Best Bets for Memorial Day Weekend 2017
Seaside Heights will ring in the unofficial start of summer with an all-day party along the boardwalk, while areas restaurants and...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoTRPD: Men Forced Their Way Into Motel Room, Stabbed Occupants With a Screwdriver
Two men burst into a township motel room earlier this week and attacked two others inside with a screwdriver, Toms River...
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Boating & Fishing
/ 8 years agoN.J. Fluke Season Will Begin Thursday As Planned
Despite the rejection of New Jersey’s 2017 fluke fishing regulations by a federal board, the season will open Thursday as planned,...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoProsecutor: Investigators Probing Why One Boat Cut off Another in Fatal Accident
The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office said a racing boat carrying two crew members, one of whom died and one who is critical...
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Boating & Fishing
/ 8 years agoFishing Friday: A Shorter Fluke Season Ahead; Good Signs for Sea Bass Fishing
Welcome to the return of Fishing Friday, a weekly Shorebeat column that (usually) will go over what’s happening in the world...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoToms River Library To Hold Book Sale June 1-3
The Friends of the Toms River Library will hold its spring book sale during the first week of June at the...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoMotorcyclist Dies in Fischer Boulevard Accident
A motorcyclist died in serious accident with a car that occurred Monday on Fischer Boulevard, police said...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoToms River GOP Primary Challenger: I ‘Stood Up’ to $14M Firehouse Plan
Responding to revelations that he or his followers were called “anarchists” in a memo written by a high-ranking Toms River Republican club...