Point Pleasant Beach Officials Hold Off on Banning Kratom Herb

Point Pleasant Beach officials on Tuesday night tabled an ordinance that would have banned the sale of kratom, a natural herb...

Ocean County May Hear F-16s Flying Overhead This Week and Next Week

The New Jersey Air National Guard squadron will conduct nighttime flight training this and next week, meaning some local residents may...

Bait and a Ballot: Ocean County Lawmaker Proposes Voter Registration at Fishing, Hunting Shops

An Ocean County legislator said Monday he is building on a program introduced last year by his colleagues that allows people...

Rep. Andy Kim: Trump Committed ‘Impeachable Offense’

U.S. Rep. Andy Kim, a Democrat representing most of Ocean and Burlington counties, including island towns, issued a statement Tuesday saying...

Proposed Solar Array at Former Ciba-Geigy Site Could Be Largest of its Kind in America

The first round of testimony at a Toms River planning board meeting Wednesday night shed more light on a proposed solar...

Ocean County to Keep Pump-Out Boats Running Into October; Demand Increased in 2019

With “local summer” now in full force, the Ocean County freeholder board announced Tuesday that the county’s fleet of free pump-out...

Ocean County Freeholder: State Should Ban Vaping Devices

An Ocean County freeholder has found himself in a rare position of agreement with state Sen. Steve Sweeney, pushing for the...

New Jersey Mourns the Death of Carol Wolfe, Dottie’s House Founder and Wife of Assemblyman

Leaders across New Jersey were mourning the passing of Carol Wolfe, the longtime CEO of Homes Now and wife of Assemblyman...

Concepts for New Chadwick Island Bridge to be Presented Next Week

The state and county will host a joint meeting and information session on the replacement of the timber-planked Chadwick Island Bridge...

U.S. House Passes Kim Bill to Crack Down on Rogue Robocallers

A bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Andy Kim (D-3) to provide relief to telecom customers besieged with “robocalls” passed the House...