Ocean County News

JACKSON, NJ – Six Flags Great Adventure will be open for spring break and the park is unveiling new restaurants and retail shops for 2021. The park will operate daily …

JACKSON, NJ – Jackson Parke South, part of a future development that includes over 1,000 homes on the heavily wooded western side of Jackson is a done deal. That comes …

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – After being cited several times for code violations a homeowner in Jackson Township has submitted plans to the Jackson zoning board to convert his New Prospect …

LAKEWOOD, NJ The largest newspaper at the Jersey Shore, the Asbury Park Press is under fire today after a photo of a Jewish nurse administering a COVID-19 vaccine at a …

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – Jackson Township may soon face federal sanctions which could include withholding of state and federal funding if the township continues stalling the ongoing Department of Justice …

Life may soon get back to normal for millions of Americans as vaccinations continue across the country, but here in New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said he is working on …

Pandemic and management problems continue to plague the Phil Murphy New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission. A legacy DMV computer system developed with a 60-year-old programming language is also failing. As …

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Change in a community is inevitable.  As time goes on things change and Toms River is no stranger to change and growth.  From a small chicken …

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Toms River Township Police Chief Mitchell Little have announced that on March 19, 2021, Carles Bryant, 34, of Millville, …

TOMS RIVER, NJ – A man and a woman have been arrested for dealing Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that detectives from the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics …

LAKEWOOD, NJ – Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that an investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Squad-Arson Unit, Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office High Tech Crime …

TOMS RIVER – Houses of Worship will now be permitted on just 2-acres.  This comes after the Council voted  6-to-1 to ditch the 10-acre requirement.  Under the new rules, smaller …

TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has extended the COVID-19 public health state of emergency order once again. This marks the thirteenth time the governor has extended the 30 …

TOMS RIVER, NJ – An Orthodox Jewish man who served time in the Ocean County Jail on domestic charges is now claiming he was mistreated by jail staff who didn’t …

TRENTON, NJ – As Governor Murphy moves to increase indoor capacity in restaurants, salons, barbers, gyms and other indoor businesses this Friday, he also gave New Jersey a stern warning.  With …

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NJ – The cap on indoor dining is increasing to 50% on Friday in New Jersey. Ahead of the upcoming summer tourism season, this year, restaurants and businesses …

LAKEWOOD, NJ – Congressman Chris Smith has announced that vaccine distribution locations in Lakewood Township will bypass the Murphy administration and begin getting their vaccinations directly from the federal government. …

JACKSON, NJ – The Pastrami House Delicatessen is coming to Jackson Township. The sandwich chain which has locations in  Matawan, Berkeley Heights, Hoboken and Lincroft is coming to the Cooksbridge …

Senator Christopher Connors, Assemblyman Brian Rumpf, and Assemblywoman DiAnne Gove called out Governor Murphy’s Administration for cutting vaccine doses to Ocean County, as the County Health Department is set to …

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – Ocean County Commissioner Virginia E. Haines has been holding preliminary and private discussions to build a county-sponsored homeless shelter on a site in Jackson where the …

POINT PLEASANT, NJ – If you check out the Amethyst Beach Motel in Point Pleasant on travel website review pages, it’s pretty much everything you would expect from a Jersey …

HOWELL TOWNSHIP, NJ –  The Howell Township Police are searching for a suspect in a pickup truck with a track record of lewdness who exposed himself to a woman at …

BRICK TOWNSHIP, NJ – Brick 70 Developers LLC  has moved forward with their 2019 approvals to build a Panera Bread and Wawa, and construction is moving ahead.  The two were …

HOWELL TOWNSHIP, NJ – When the Howell Xscape Theater opened just four years ago, it filled a much-needed theater entertainment void in the Howell, Jackson, and Lakewood area.  It became …

TOMS RIVER, NJ -Two young dogs were found in pretty rough shape near the Ocean County Mall this past weekend.  According to the Toms River Police Department, they were rescued …