Military to go Door to Door to Ask Residents for Well Samples; Contaminated Wells Found In Manchester

JACKSON-The Department of Defense ramped up its efforts to get water samples from residents in Jackson near Joint Base MDL whose well water may have been contaminated with fire suppression chemicals over…

Fact Checking Councilman Ken Bressi's Slanderous Assault Against JTOWN Magazine

Editorial from JTOWN Magazine editor Phil Stilton Government doesn’t get to decide what is a newspaper and what isn’t, but when the government declares a publication by ordinance to be a newspaper,…

Man to police: Military hacked my phone; Retired airman's daughter is international spy

Editors Note: After obtaining the video from this encounter, we are now able to properly report this story. For the benefit of the actor involved, suffering from mental illness, we will not…

Racial and Religious Tensions Escalate to Violence Around New Jersey Jewish Orthodox Enclave

LAKEWOOD-Over the past year, racial and religious tensions between Lakewood’s predominantly Orthodox Jewish population and residents in surrounding towns have escalated, culminating in violence for the first time this week. As Lakewood…

Holbrook Little League to Recognize 43 Year Volunteer for Service at 2016 Opening Ceremony

JACKSON-Jim Furlong, who has volunteered as a manager for the Holbrook Little League Dodgers for 42 years, will be recognized by the board of Directors this Saturday at 10am at the Holbrook…

That No-Knock Ordinance is Our Only Hope…No, There was Another

Records obtained from Jackson Township show that Jackson’s new no-knock ordinance removed several components of the original 1995 ordinance that regulated peddling and door-to-door solicitation in the township that are now being requested…

Howell Home Damaged in Overnight Fire

Release by Southard Fire Department: Just before midnight last night (2/25/16), the Southard Fire Department was dispatched to a residence on Dantley Drive for a reported structure fire. Shortly after being dispatched,…

Flags At Half Staff for Fallen Officer

The governor’s office on Saturday ordered flags flown at half staff at all state buildings following the tragic death of a Jackson Township native and Port Authority officer. Officer Earmonn Mautone died…

BREAKING: Brick School District Professionals Executed at Reorg Meeting

BRICK-Led by education insider John Lamella, a Jackson Township School District Administrator, the newly seated Brick Township Board of Education members lined up all of the school district professionals and executed an…

Christmas Tree Recycling Available at County Parks

TOMS RIVER – Christmas tress can be dropped off at many Ocean County Parks for recycling through the end of January. “For many years now, we have accepted discarded Christmas trees for…

Anti-Six Flags Solar Coalition Wages Battle Against Grass Seed Mixtures

JACKSON-“What is native grass?” That was the question that remained largely unanswered during the four hour long Jackson Planning Board hearing Monday night of a controversial application by Six Flags to install a 69 acre solar…

Lakewood Realtors Approved for Canvassing of Northern Neighborhoods of Toms River

TOMS RIVER-Four Lakewood based realtors have applied for canvassing permits to knock on doors to ask homeowners to sell their property this past week in Toms River. This is according to Toms…

Inside an Ocean County Sheriff's Foreclosure Sale

Staff Report TOMS RIVER-Each Tuesday in downtown Toms River, a high-stakes bidding war takes place, quietly tucked away in room 119 at the Ocean County Administrative Building. It’s where real…

ABC NEWS: Head of Influential New Jersey Political Lobbying Firm Assaulted Blind U.S. Army Veteran

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…

Manchester Mayor Says No Plan to Close Landfill in the Near Future

MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP, N.J. – What was once expected to be the final chapter for the Ocean County Landfill has instead become another extension of one of New Jersey’s largest waste disposal facilities.…

Trump-Pardoned Payroll Tax Cheat George Gilmore, 77, Unanimously Re-Elected Ocean County GOP Chairman

Toms River, NJ – George Gilmore, the aging 77-year-old chairman of the Ocean County Republican Organization who received a presidential pardon from Donald Trump after his federal criminal convictions, was unanimously re-elected…

Imminent Threat Alert Issued for New Jersey: Life-Threatening Danger in Lakewood, Toms River, Ocean County

LAKEWOOD, NJ – The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Warning for northeastern Ocean County and southeastern Monmouth County, urging residents to avoid travel as heavy thunderstorms continue to produce…

Update: Ocean County GOP Chairman Soundly Defeated in Plumsted Republican Primary Election

Gilmore-Aligned Republicans Routed in Plumsted as Grassroots Faction Takes Control A Republican primary reshaped the political landscape in Plumsted Township, where candidates aligned with a grassroots organization captured most county committee seats…

Lakewood Families Face Busing Cuts After State Monitor Cuts 500 Children from Non-Mandated Services

More than 500 children in Lakewood could lose access to school transportation for the 2026-2027 school year after new age-based eligibility rules sharply narrowed which students qualify for busing, according to notices…

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Teen’s tragic hit-and-run death prompts Brick police to increase patrols around schools

BRICK, N.J. — Brick Township police announced increased patrols and traffic enforcement around local schools following the death of 15-year-old Jackson Mueller, a Brick Memorial High School freshman who was killed while…

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