Two Decades After Tragic DWI Crash, Ocean County to Re-Launch Billboard Campaign

Ocean County residents who came of age in the late 1990s and early 2000s will recognize the sign immediately. It features...

Seaside Heights Boro Hall Closes for Cleaning After Employee Tests Positive for Covid-19

The Seaside Heights municipal complex on Sherman Avenue is closed Monday after a borough employee tested positive for Covid-19, officials said....

Local Man Known for Climbing Roller Coasters Jailed for Allegedly Threatening to Kill Cops

A man whose residency straddles Toms River and Lavallette and is best noted for climbing the former Jet Star roller coaster...

Former Funtown Pier Owner Seeking Approval of Showers, Food Vending at Beach Club

The owner the former Funtown Pier property, destroyed in the Sept. 2013 boardwalk fire, is asking Seaside Park officials for permission...

Proposal Would Convert Ortley Beach Home Into New Restaurant and Apartment

The Toms River planning board next month will hear an application that, if approved, would pave the way for a new...

Pt. Pleasant Beach Arrests Skyrocket, Police Face Daily Disrespect As Council Passes New Beach Rules

Point Pleasant Beach officials on Tuesday night introduced a new ordinance regulating behavior on the borough’s boardwalk and both public and...

Toms River Police: Island’s North Beach Curfew Is Working

Toms River police said this week that the township’s curfew in the North Beach neighborhoods is having a positive effect on...

N.J.’s Coronavirus ‘Quarantine List’ Expanded to 31 States; Del., Md. Va. Now Added

New Jersey officials on Tuesday expanded the state’s list of locations from which travelers must quarantine for 14 days once arriving...

Lavallette Imposes Juvenile Curfew After Weekend Unrest

Just over a week after Toms River officials enacted a curfew in its North Beach neighborhoods following weeks of increased vandalism,...

Seaside Heights Considers Reducing Maximum Number of Beachgoers

Seaside Heights officials are debating this week whether to reduce the maximum number of people allowed on the borough’s beaches following...