Police, Fire & Courts
Seaside Park Police Blotter: Family Phone Drama, Riding on Rims, ‘Canoodling’ In A Car
Seaside Park police have released their weekly blotter, containing a sampling of calls to which the department responded over the past week....
Boating & Fishing
Fishing Boat Raised From the Deep and Docked in Point Pleasant, But Will Be ‘Re-Sunk’
A stricken commercial fishing vessel has been raised from the depths of the Atlantic Ocean after a year submerged off Point Pleasant...
Government
Lavallette Introduces New Beach Badge Fees, Holiday Sales, Accessible Mats for 2025
Lavallette officials have introduced the fee schedule for beach badges for the 2025 season, while also planning additional accessible mats for beach...
Seaside Heights & Seaside Park
Dramatic Water Rescues Occur in Seaside Park As Rip Current Warning Remains in Effect
Ortley Beach & North Beaches
Abandoned Private Island ‘Mansion’ in Barnegat Bay Poised for Demolition
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Government
/ 9 months agoLavallette Introduces Regulations on Outdoor Kitchen Construction
Lavallette officials this week introduced an ordinance that would govern the construction of outdoor kitchens in the borough, a growing trend...
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Boating & Fishing
/ 9 months agoManasquan Inlet Dredging Continues Both Day and Night: Here’s What’s Happening
Maintenance dredging is ongoing at Manasquan Inlet this week, with the dredger Murden performing the work. Murden is owned and operated...
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Government
/ 9 months agoSeaside Heights Plans to Add Pickleball Courts to Town
Seaside Heights is the latest Shore community to embrace the pickleball craze. Borough officials on Wednesday unanimously approved an application for...
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Government
/ 9 months agoNew Business Chosen to Occupy Former Dunkin’ Donuts, Coffee Shop on Boardwalk
Seaside Heights officials on Wednesday awarded a five-year lease to a new business that was the successful bidder to occupy the...
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Government
/ 9 months agoBitter 5G Court Battle Between Lavallette, Verizon Gets Underway
An anticipated court federal court face-off between Verizon and Lavallette’s municipal government over the borough’s denial of six additional “small cell”...
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Government
/ 9 months agoLavallette Introduces ‘Cat Ordinance’ to Boost Trapping Program
Lavallette officials say a “Trap, Neuter, Release” program initiated by a group of local volunteers has worked wonders in the borough’s...
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Boating & Fishing
/ 9 months agoLarge Waves, Beach Erosion Forecast Thursday Despite Sunshine
The National Weather Service alerted Shore residents to potential beach erosion and heavy surf on Thursday despite it being an otherwise...
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School News
/ 9 months agoVote to Combine Seaside Heights, Toms River School District Set for March 12
After some doubt was cast on the feasibility of holding a referendum on the Toms River Regional school district subsuming the...
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Ocean County
/ 9 months agoBed & Breakfast Approved at Toms River ‘Victorian Mansion,’ Tour Planned Next Week
The township’s planning board recently memorialized its decision to grant approval to a local entrepreneur seeking to open a Bed and...
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Boating & Fishing
/ 9 months agoNew Pumpout Boat to be Added for 2024 Under County-Funded Program
A third pumpout boat will patrol the northern portion of Barnegat Bay and adjacent waters this summer as part of Brick...