Over Calls From Residents, Township, OCUA Refuses to Allow Park Space at Shuttered Sewerage Site

The Ocean County Utilities Authority has turned down a request from Ortley Beach residents, as well as Toms River Township officials,...

County Agency to Consider Request to Turn Former Sewerage Facility Into Park

Ortley Beach residents are planning a second trip in less than a month to a meeting of the Ocean County Utilities...

What Will Ortley Beach’s Future Look Like? Residents Share Ideas

A Toms River officials get ready to hear comments from residents on their master plan Wednesday night, Ortley Beach residents have been gathering...

Beach Etiquette: Ortley May Ban ‘Leafleting’ on the Sand

It’s off the table for the rest of this season, but after Labor Day, Toms River officials may reconsider amending the...

Toms River Plans to Repave ‘Entire Island’ Under Its Jurisdiction

Streets in Ortley Beach and the North Beach portions of Toms River Township will be receiving a full repaving, officials said...

Ortley Beach Residents Will Rally to Have 6.5 Acre Tract Turned Into a Park

Ever wonder what that massive, blocks-long fenced-off area in the middle of Ortley Beach is? It is a former water treatment...

Ortley Beach Badge Sales Have Recovered Least Among Local Towns Since Sandy

A testament to the lack of a federal beach replenishment project that was to have, by now, rebuilt the neighborhood’s beaches,...

State to Host Sandy Assistance Information Session Tuesday

A state Department of Community Affairs information session will be held Tuesday at the Toms River Township municipal building on the mainland,...

Parking Fees in Downtown Toms River Are Rising

Visitors to Toms River town hall and the downtown area will have to reach farther into their pockets to park...

Officials Tackling Raccoon Invasion on Ortley Beach Street

An unwelcome summer visitor has the residents of one Ortley Beach street worried for their safety. “A family of raccoons moved...