Ocean County Preserving J&J Coronavirus Vaccine Doses As Demand Eases

Ocean County will maintain its stock of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccination while concerns over rare side effects are ironed out...

Toms River Awards $438K Contract for Beach Repairs, Trucked-In Sand

Toms River officials on Tuesday night awarded a $438,525 contract for repairs to the township’s beaches, which were heavily damaged by...

Busy Hurricane Season Ahead, Experts Warn; Environmentalists Say N.J. Isn’t Ready

Meteorologists from the institutions most renowned for their pre-season prognostications on hurricanes are uniformly forecasting a busy hurricane season for 2021...

Ocean County Providing Free Rides for Seniors, Disabled to Receive Covid-19 Vaccination

Ocean County officials said this week that they were beginning a new program to provide door-to-door rides for senior citizens to...

Island Beach State Park 4×4 Permits Sold Out Until October

New Jersey parks officials this week said Mobile Sportfishing Permits, the formal name of the sticker that allows with four wheel...

Operation BBQ Relief to Serve 500 Hot Meals to Needy Residents in Toms River This Saturday

Operation Barbecue Relief will be back in Toms River this Saturday, April 10, 2021, to serve 500 hot meals to needy...

Bottle Caps, Cigarette Butts, Masks Among Most Common Trash Left on N.J. Beaches, Report Finds

New Jersey has a littering problem. Despite a statewide smoking ban on public beaches, some beachgoers continue to use the sand...

Toms River to Distribute Free Seedlings to Residents April 24

Free tree seedlings will be available to Toms River residents in the month of April as part of the New Jersey...

Cops: Toms River Man Stole Cans of Paint to Draw ‘Thin Blue Line’ in Support of Police

The story of a Toms River man arrested last week in a bizarre case in which he allegedly stole a truck...

Authorities Arrest 7 Local Residents in Alleged Heroin Distribution Ring; 3,000+ Doses Seized

A group of seven individuals have been arrested and charged in connection with a heroin storage and distribution operation that was...