HS Softball: Liberty Defeats Toms River North 19-7
TOMS RIVER-The Toms River Mariners jumped to an early 2-0 lead in the first inning at home against the Jackson Liberty Lions, but the Lions took the lead in the second inning…
Jersey Assassins Win 2018 USSSA Cabin Fever 14u Fastpitch Softball Tournament
LAWRENCEVILLE-The winter weather in New Jersey held off just long enough Easter weekend to allow for the opening of the 2018 United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA) travel softball season. Weather threatened…
POLICE: Man and Woman Left Four Kids in Truck in Freezing Temps to Play Pool Inside Bar
JACKSON-On Saturday March 24, 2018 at approximately 9:45 pm, Police Officers Matthew Buono and Phil Minissale responded to the parking lot behind Brook Plaza for a welfare check. It had been reported…
Canadian Electrical Crews Staged at Great Adventure for Snow Storm Repairs
JACKSON-Hundreds of line workers assembled today at Six Flags Great Adventure in anticipation of storm-related power outages. “Crews from Canada-based Hydro-Québec are lined up at our staging site at Six Flags Great Adventure in Ocean County, and…
Jr Custom Landscaping Property Up For Sale? What’s Next?
JACKSON-The property owned by JR Custom Landscaping in Jackson has been listed for sale by Lakewood based realtor Esther Klein of Re/Max Real Estate. The asking price for the 6.5 acre parcel which…
Ocean County Prosecutor Coronato Announces One of Largest Drug Ring Busts in Ocean County History
Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato announced today the culmination of a cooperative multi-jurisdictional narcotics investigation conducted by the Prosecutor’s Special Operations Group, US Drug Enforcement Administration Ocean/Monmouth High Intensity Drug Trafficking…
Council Recap: Cheer Champs Recognized by Township
JACKSON-The February 27, 2018 meeting of the Jackson Township Council began like any other meeting, as Council President Ken Bressi kept the room standing after the pledge of allegiance for recognition of…
Trumped? Six Flags Raising Employee Wages $2 Per Hour in 2018 at Jersey Park
JACKSON-Six Flags isn’t exactly crediting President Trump with a new employee pay hike, but the company has just announced it will be increasing the wages of seasonal jobs at its Great Adventure…
Local Graverobber Who Stole, Melted, Sold $175,000 in Bronze Grave Markers Arrested
MANCHESTER-An Ocean County man has been charged in connection with the theft of approximately 500 bronze grave marker vases from Whiting Memorial Park. John H. White, 46, with addresses in Manchester, Jackson,…
Two Suspected Drug Dealers Charged, Released on Summons
JACKSON-On Saturday afternoon, Jackson Police Officer Michael Kelly conducted a motor vehicle stop with a 2005 Lexus on Cross Street for observed violations. While speaking with the driver and passenger, the officer…
Former Holbrook Little League Board Members Charged for Taking $118,000 From League
by Al DellaFave, OCPO JACKSON-Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato today announced the arrest of the two Holbrook Little Executive Board Members. League President Anthony M. Del Vecchio, 63, and League Treasurer…
Toms River Democrats Attack Silverton EMS Volunteers and Funding
TOMS RIVER-In American politics, nothing is unbiased any longer, especially the media. This weekend, a blog website run by Toms River Democrats under the auspices of being a neutral media website criticized…
Six Arrested in Brick Drug Raid
Published by Brick Police Department On January 31, 2018, at approximately 8:30pm, the Brick Township Special Emergency Response Team executed two court authorized search warrants within the Township of Brick. A lengthy…
Donald Trump’s Message to America’s Mayors Who Stayed for the Meeting
Some Democratic mayors of America’s sanctuary cities boycotted today’s meeting with mayors at the White House, but here’s what those who stayed for the speech heard from the Commander-In-Chief in a private…
Mayor’s Meeting Opens with 4 NJ Mayors in Washington
WASHINGTON-The 86th winter meeting of Mayors in Washington, DC started at noon today with a kick-off meeting of mayors. Just four of the 109 mayors invited to meet with President Donald Trump…
OCVT Hosts Open House February 1st
Thursday, February 1st is the OCVTS District Open House from 6:30-8:30PM at the Brick, Jackson, Little Egg Harbor, Toms River and Waretown centers. OCVTS offers over 30 career programs for high school…
Police: Bomb Threat at Prosecutor’s Office Traced to 48 Year Old Woman
FREEHOLD – Investigators have charged a Long Branch woman with calling in a false bomb threat to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office on Friday. The 48-year old woman now faces a 10-year…
DEP Suggests Howell Waste Facility Could Bring Hazardous Waste to Township
HOWELL-As the Monmouth County Solid Waste Advisory Committee prepares to green-light a plan to build a 1,500 ton solid waste processing facility to Randolph Road, the U.S. Department of Environmental Protection warns…
Township to Continue Leaf Pickup After Resident Complaints
JACKSON-Residents took to social media during January’s winter storm to ask why the township has yet to finish the fall leaf pickup in many areas of town, which began . In an…
Board Declares Pool Privacy Curtain in Violation of Township Zoning Laws
JACKSON-A Jackson Township homeowner on White Road was summoned before the township zoning board to discuss a privacy barrier he erected around his family’s swimming pool. Shneur Verschleiser, was told by the zoning board…