Lakewood Parks Reopening Today!

LAKEWOOD, NJ – Lakewood Township Mayor Ray Coles is reopening township parks later today. The announcement comes shortly after Governor Phil Murphy announced the reopening of state parks on Saturday and Ocean…

Ocean County News

Ocean County To Reopen a Just a Few Parks this Weekend, Including Two in Lakewood

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Shortly after Governor Phil Murphy recognized that the closure of parks during the COVID-19 pandemic could open a pandora’s box of alternative mental and physical health issues, Ocean…

Ocean County News

Monmouth County Parks to Reopen May 2nd

FREEHOLD, NJ – The Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders have announced that the county park system will reopen on May 2nd, following the lead of Governor Phil Murphy’s executive order that…

Monmouth County News

Jackson Township Property Owners Now Have Until June 1st to Pay Their Property Tax Bill

JACKSON, NJ – You don’t see a press release about it. There probably will not be a highlighted council meeting video clip published to promote it, but Jackson Township residents now have…

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Letter: If you were charged for using a park during unconstitutional closure, charges should be dropped

I have been reading the news over the past few weeks and I am appaled how people in New Jersey have been treated as common criminals for using public parks and practising…

Community News

Murphy Just Reopened Parks in New Jersey

TRENTON, NJ – Governor Murphy just announced the reopening of all state parks, golf course and county parks as of May 2nd. Although his authority will automatically open the state park facilities,…

Government News

In Toms River You Now Have Until June 1st to Pay Your Property Tax Bill Penalty Free

TOMS RIVER, NJ – There’s great news for Toms River residents, the mayor and council last night approved a 21 day extension to pay your second quarter tax bill, so you can…

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With All Parks Closed in Ocean County Kids Now Playing in Parking Lots and Streets

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Last month, Ocean County Freeholder Virginia Haines, 83, unilaterally made the decision to close Ocean County’s huge public park system because Orthodox Jews were reported visiting the county’s…

Community News

Wildwood Allows Boardwalk Restaurants to Open for Takeout

WILDWOOD, NJ – Nothing makes sense about how local governments are responding to Governor Phil Murphy’s especially in seaside towns with boardwalks where restaurants on one side of the road can open…

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Trump Medical Advisor: No Sports in 2020, How Does That Affect Your High School Season?

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sports fans and player alike are not taking kindly to the comments made today by President Donald J. Trump’s top medical advisor during the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci…

Local Sports News

After Murphy Shutdown Drive Through Event, NJ Tulip Farm Alive, Well and Thriving

MILLSTONE, NJ – Earlier this month, Governor Phil Murphy threatened two tulip farm owners to shut down their drive through tulip farm experience, but that hasn’t stopped Holland Ridge Farms in Cream…

Business News

Murphy Announces All-Star Team of Corporate Executives Tasked With Developing Reopening Strategy

TRENTON – Governor Phil Murphy today signed an executive order creating a commission charged with advising the administration on the timing and preparation for New Jersey’s recovery from the COVID-19 shutdown. The Governor’s Restart and Recovery…

New Jersey News·Ocean County News·Politics

Ocean City Not Opening Beach on Memorial Day

OCEAN CITY, NJ – Officials in Ocean City, New Jersey have officially closed Memorial Day, saying beaches in that resort town will not be open for Memorial Day. Ocean City is known…

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Democrat Brick Mayor Wants to Give Property Tax Amnesty; Murphy Said No

by John Ducey, Mayor, Brick Township BRICK, NJ – Earlier this month, the Township Council unanimously passed a resolution that would have extended the grace period for quarterly property taxes to May…

Government News·Ocean County News·Politics

NJ.com Report: Murphy isn’t done trying to hike taxes on N.J. millionaires

Phil Murphy’s Got This…Stay Home Until He Says Otherwise

TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy today told New Jersey, “Stay at home until we say otherwise.” Murphy shed little light on his process of reopening the Garden State or…

Politics

No COVID-19 Testing for Prisoners, But Murphy Will Start Furloughing Inmates This Weekend

TRENTON, NJ – Governor Phil Murphy said that COVID-19 testing for inmates incarcerated in the state prison system and workers of the Department of Corrections is in the works, but also said…

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Toms River School Board Discusses Graduation Ceremony

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Toms River school board members have begun openly discussing the possibility of no formal graduation ceremony for the Class of 2020 this year, but announced a possible workaround. …

Ocean County News·School and Education News

Murphy Announces COVID-19 Protection for Those Without Permanent Housing

Governor Phil Murphy and Superintendent of the State Police Colonel Patrick Callahan announced today an Administrative Order protecting access to hotels and motels for individuals without safe, permanent housing. The order clarifies…