Six Projects Planned by Toms River Mayor Hill to Turn Downtown Village Into City

TOMS RIVER, NJ – This week a sixth plan by Toms River Mayor Maurice Hill to transform the sleepy village of Downtown Toms River into a destination city was announced. Hill applied…

Residents Say Why They Don’t See Downtown Toms River as a Destination Center and What Can Help

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Toms River Mayor Maurice Hill is on a mission. He wants to turn Downtown Toms River into a tourist destination, but it has all been tried before. Rebuilding,…

State Closes Wildlife Area After Repeated Abuse, Litter, Offroading and Parties

MONROE TOWNSHIP, NJ – Police in Monroe are asking residents and visitors to stop abusing open space in the Cedar Lake Wildlife Management Area. That property, situated off Jackson Road in Monroe…

Misameach Expanding Dreams and Opportunities in Dignitary Filled Ground Breaking

LAKEWOOD, NJ – It started just over a decade ago when Lipa Schwartz began organizing events to help sick children in an attempt to brighten their day. In the time since Schwartz…

Lakewood Police to Increase Patrols in Aftermath of Buffalo Mass Shooting

LAKEWOOD, NJ – Lakewood Township Chief of Police Gregory Meyer said his department will be increasing police patrols in the community in the aftermath of the Buffalo mass shooting. After the shooting,…

Eight individuals were charged in an indictment, unsealed today in the Eastern District of Louisiana, for their involvement in an international scheme to smuggle 24 undocumented individuals from Honduras into Louisiana aboard…

Eight Defendants Indicted for Human Smuggling and Drug Conspiracy Offenses

WASHINGTON – Eight individuals were charged in an indictment, unsealed today in the Eastern District of Louisiana, for their involvement in an international scheme to smuggle 24 undocumented individuals from Honduras into…

Ohio Edison Invests Nearly $22 Million in Tree Trimming Efforts to Reinforce Electric System During Severe Weather

Work includes trimming along nearly 4,800 miles of power lines in 2022 AKRON, Ohio, May 3, 2022 — Ohio Edison, a FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) electric company, is conducting tree trimming and…

Newark Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Role in Drug Trafficking Organization

NEWARK, N.J. – A Newark man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy, U.S. Philip R. Sellinger announced. Rahim Jackson previously pleaded guilty…

Congressman Smith: Anti-Semitism Must be Defeated

LAKEWOOD, NJ – New Jersey Republican Congressman Chris Smith today declared the Department of Justice hate crime case against Manchester Township resident Dion Marsh as a small victory in the war against…

Crumbl Cookies to Open in Holmdel

HOLMDEL, NJ – Those delicious giant-sized, soft cookies of delicious goodness are making their way to Holmdel. Crumbl Cookies is a bakery franchise that is now making inroads into New Jersey. In…

Hundred Acre Development Proposed in Holmdel

HOLMDEL, NJ – A residential development called Heavenly Estates went before the Holmdel planning board on Tuesday, seeking to build a new housing project of 18 homes on approximately 98 acres of…

Case Concludes Involving Organized Fraud Ring in Detroit

The last of eight members of an organized fraud ring based in Detroit has been sentenced, concluding a multi-year prosecution that originated with a twenty-three-count indictment alleging conspiracy to commit wire fraud,…

Yeshiva World, America’s Largest Jewish News Service Launches Lakewood Centric Online News Platform

LAKEWOOD, NJ – The Yeshiva World, one of America’s largest and most prominent news sources catering to the Orthodox Jewish community has announced the launch of a Lakewood-centric online news platform to…

Neptune man killed in a head-on collision in Howell

HOWELL TOWNSHIP, NJ – One person was reported dead after a multi-vehicle collision on Route 33, west of Colts Neck Road. According to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey, on Friday, at…

New Jersey seeking legislation to curb school bus driver shortage

LAKEWOOD, NJ – School bus shortages are a major problem facing hundreds of thousands of New Jersey families and students since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nowhere in the state is…

South Jersey lawmakers open mobile offices to for better access to constituents

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ – Atlantic County residents will now have easier access to state legislative offices after Senator Vince Polistina, Assemblyman Don Guardian, and Assemblywoman Claire Swift announced the opening of two…

Road rage leads to overturned vehicle, brick being thrown at car at the Jersey Shore

BARNEGAT, NJ – A road rage incident in Barnegat Township escalated between two men that ended with a crash and one of the vehicles overturned. Police said one of the victims later…

U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force Arrests Fugitive Wanted for Scranton Shootings

Scranton, PA – Today, United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Jonathan Rohan Diaz, an 18-year-old Scranton man. On August 2, 2021, at about 11:30 p.m., the Scranton Police…

Lead defendant sentenced to 12 years in prison for invading homes of Dayton-area drug dealers

DAYTON, Ohio – A Columbus, Ohio, man was sentenced in federal court today to 144 months in prison for his role in multiple home invasions that took place in the greater Dayton…

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