Man shot in the head during broad daylight attack on West North Avenue Baltimore, MD – A 31-year-old man is in critical condition after being shot in the head Friday afternoon in…
TOMS RIVER-It happened during and after Hurricane Sandy throughout the county, but how prepared are Ocean County’s fire fighters for the next natural gas fire or emergency? Beachwood’s Volunteer Fire Department…
MANCHESTER – On Saturday, September 5, 2015 at approximately 11:04 pm, members of the Manchester Township Police responded to the area of Route 37 and Colonial Drive for the report of an…
TOMS RIVER-When international cricket superstar MS Dhoni made a visit to a Toms River temple last week, it highlighted Ocean County Sheriff Michael Mastronardy’s neverending community outreach effort with the county’s diverse…
by Phil Stilton, Toms River Magazine MANCHESTER-Growing up in Ocean County, we fondly called the abandoned ASARCO mineral mining operation, the Sarco Pit. It was where we hung out on weekends…
Seaside Heights-The New Jersey State Police, Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno, Seaside Heights borough officials and other dignitaries gathered today at Breakwater Beach here to honor 48 law enforcement families representing 28 fallen New…
MANAHAWKIN,NJ-Beachbound traffic heading to Long Beach Island was slowed for 90 minutes on Sunday as crews worked to remove a small plane from the median which made an emergency landing here. At…
by Phil Stilton EAST ORANGE-ABC News this morning has reported that powerful North Jersey Democrat Party Chairman LeRoy Jones is being charged for assaulting a partially blind U.S. army war veteran after…
by Phil Stilton JACKSON-On February 8th, 2015, enforcement agents from New Jersey’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Agency (ABC) conducted an enforcement action at Brooklyn Square Pizza ahead of a planned promotional event at…
by Phil Stilton TOMS RIVER-After being called up to the big leagues of county patronage jobs by his wife’s step-uncle, Freeholder Jack Kelly, Michael J. Fromsky packed his bags and went back…
by Phil Stilton Earlier this year, Ocean and Monmouth County Democrats launched a news website geared towards supporting Democrat candidates and vilifying Jersey Shore Republicans. Last week, Berkeley Township residents Ed Olsen,…
by Phil Stilton “My question now becomes what other criteria is missing? Lack of deaths? Lack of violations issued? Time of accidents? I am not fully comprehending the thought process and most…
by Al Della Fave, Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office TOMS RIVER-Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato announced the return of the indictment yesterday (1/13/15) against Justin M. Cherry, a Tuckerton Borough Police Officer…
Police Academy Graduation – The five new police officers who were hired this past July graduated as part of the 99th Class of the Ocean County Police Academy in a ceremony held at Georgian…
TOMS RIVER-On January 14, 2015 at 6:48 am the Toms River Police Department Officer Michael Cassady responded to the area of Old Freehold Road and Dugan Lane for a reported vehicle fire.…
WALL-Point Pleasant Beach-Manasquan high school hockey coach and former New Jersey Devil Jim Dowd was absent at last night’s game in Red Bank against Rumson Fair Haven at the Red Bank Armory. Dowd,…
STAFFORD TWP-Stafford Police responded to Stafford Park Boulevard near the Garden State Parkway entrance ramp for a report of a bicyclist hit by a vehicle. The investigation shows Adam Barlow, 34 of…
FREEHOLD-The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office indicted 7 individuals on Friday in a sweeping move against child sexual predators and abusers. Two of those individuals were Brick Township residents. John A. Broskey…
BRICK-On December 24th, at approximately 8:30pm, Brick Township Police officers were dispatched to the Shell gas station located at 1 Lanes Mill Road for a robbery. On scene officers were advised by…
by Al DellaFave, Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office TOMS RIVER-On Saturday (1/10) fire investigators returned to 77 Encinitas Drive to continue their fire investigation and scene examination. Following an extensive examination, it was…
Lacey Municipal Police Foundation – As Chief of the Lacey Township Police Department, I am proud to announce the formation of a non-profit foundation designed to serve as an integral part of…
Traffic Alert (UPDATE) – As of 9:40 a.m. on Monday, January 12, 2015, Route 9 the New Jersey Natural Gas Company has indicated that repairs will continue into the afternoon hours. Route 9…
LACEY TWP-On Monday, January 12, 2015, at 7:49 a.m., Officer Jeff Slota and Frederick Anderson responded to a one car motor vehicle accident involving a telephone pole on West Lacey Road near…
On April 29, 2014, the Government Records Council (the agency that enforces the Open Public Records Act (OPRA)) ruled in Robert A. Verry v. Franklin Fire District No. 1 (Somerset), GRC Case…
by Phil Stilton LACEY TOWNSHIP-It was at the scene of an accident in Lacey Township when Lacey Reporter freelance journalist Andrew Flinchbaugh was approached by officers from the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office who…
SOUTH TOMS RIVER-Police said a man who was performing maintenance on a concrete crusher at Suffolk Contracting on Dover Road suffered fatal injurie after falling into the machine. Authorities said the man was…