News from the Lakewood, Jackson, Toms River, Howell and Brick Township area and the surrounding Klal Yisroel community.
HOWELL, NJ – Police in Howell Township have reported a black bear sighting in the Candlewood section of town Saturday morning. The sighting comes just hours after a bear, possibly …
LAKEWOOD, NJ – A black bear sighting on Friday caused quite a stir near Lakewood Township’s downtown area on Friday. The bear was spotted on the campus of Georgian Court …
TOMS RIVER, NJ – The Toms River Police Department has warned its residents of a bear sighting in the area of Winding River Park on Saturday. The bear was spotted …
TOMS RIVER, NJ – Earlier this week, it was reported that a donation of 20 bulletproof backpacks was made to the Toms River Regional School District by a security company …
TOMS RIVER, NJ -Toms River lawyer Terrance Turnbach was ousted from politics by voters last November when he lost his re-election bid for township council. Today, Turnbach is running to …
TOMS RIVER, NJ – A donation of 20 bulletproof backpacks was made to the Toms River Regional School District by a security company owned by a retired Toms River police …
JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – The Jackson Township Police Department today said they will be conducting increased traffic details in an attempt to prevent motor vehicle crashes in June and July. …
TOMS RIVER, NJ – There are new divas on the diamond in New Jersey’s Little League Softball District 18. For the second consecutive year, Toms River Little League has defeated …
TOMS RIVER, NJ – If you’ve been watching the news on television this week, you might have seen Mayor Maurice Hill touting the new teen beach curfew ordinance in Toms …
TOMS RIVER, NJ – If you are under the age of 18 years old and caught walking the streets in Toms River’s beachfront communities, you can be charged and possibly …
TOMS RIVER, NJ – By the numbers, Toms River Mayor Maurice Hill’s Republican Club failed to gain the majority of seats on the important Toms River Township Republican Municipal Committee …
JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – For years, several residents in Jackson have complained to township officials over the long-term use of large construction dumpsters in residential neighborhoods. Now, the township council …
LAKEWOOD, NJ – As the Fourth of July approaches and the official start to summer draws near, Lakewood Township Mayor Ray Coles (D) says the town is experiencing a ‘large …
LAKEWOOD, NJ – Inside the Orthodox Jewish enclave of Westgate on the Jackson and Lakewood border, trouble is brewing at a local popular eatery. Yesterday, the Lakewood Scoop reported that …
JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – An ordinance that would have required realtors to pay a fee to place real estate-related signage in front of homes and land for sale was pulled …
JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ (UPDATE) – The Justice Department announced an agreement with Jackson Township and the Jackson Planning Board to settle allegations that they violated the Religious Land Use and …
JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – Five years ago, Jackson Township Mayor Michael Reina stood before a group of residents at his monthly ‘Meet the Mayor’ session at town hall and told …
TOMS RIVER, NJ – Toms River Mayor Maurice Hill is once again trucking sand into the towns’ beachfront communities such as Ortley Beach and Normandy Beach, but this time, he …
TOMS RIVER, NJ – Toms River Mayor Maurice Hill and the Toms River Council backed off a proposal to continue the pandemic teen curfew that started at 9 pm, instead …
TOMS RIVER, NJ – Toms River officials are looking into whether they can reinstate a Murphy pandemic-era teen curfew in the town’s seaside communities of Ortley Beach, Normandy Beach, Chadwick …
Toms River, NJ – Linda Valeri spent nearly two decades as a public servant in Toms River, serving primarily as the personal assistant to Mayors Thomas Kelaher and Maurice Hill. …
TOMS RIVER, NJ – A provision in Phil Murphy’s pandemic emergency order has allowed Toms River officials to enact a curfew in their Seaside communities. When Murphy’s executive orders ended, …
JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – There is good news for the hundreds of private school students living in Jackson that require transportation to Lakewood religious schools. The Jackson Township Board of …
TOMS RIVER, NJ – When the leg of the annual Special Olympics torch run made its way through the northern barrier island, it was escorted by members of the Toms …
LAKEWOOD, NJ – A kosher supermarket in Lakewood was forced to destroy hundreds of thousands of dollars in inventory after a power failure on Friday cut power to the store …
