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Chaya Shurkin (Photo: Ocean County Jail)

Lakewood Mother Who Left Child in Hot Car for 2 Hours Before Death Cops Plea, Will Avoid Prison

Prosecutors in Ocean County announced Friday that a Lakewood woman who left…
Pride Flag Raising, June 2020. (Photo: Evan Phalon)

Pride Month Events Abound In Toms River This June

With June recognized as Pride Month, special performances, forums and other events…
The Ortley Beach streetscape plan. (Credit: Toms River Township)

Ambitious Ortley Beach ‘Streetscape’ Project Gets Underway

Ortley Beach has gone through many changes over the last eight years…
Ortley Beach suffers damage during the Memorial Day Weekend 2021 storm. (Photo: Daniel Nee)

Ortley Beach Battered by Storm, Officials Pledge to Rebuild Beach Again

Ortley Beach, just one week after undergoing a maintenance project to return…
Clinging Jellyfish (File Photo)

Dangerous ‘Clinging Jellyfish’ Found Again in Barnegat Bay

The clinging jellyfish, a tiny-but-dangerous hydrozoan species, has once again turned up…
Gov. Phil Murphy delivers a press conference, April 2020. (Pool Photo: Rich Hundley/ The Trentonian

Toms River Regional School Board Asks Murphy to Allow Classrooms to Unmask

The coming 2021-2022 school year should be unmasked, wrote Toms River Regional…
Lawn sprinkler. (Credit: Jannerfer An/ Flickr)

Amid Dry Spell, Suez Asks Toms River to Avoid Watering Lawns

It’s time to conserve water, water utility SUEZ announced to consumers in…