Ocean County Surpasses 5,000 COVID-19 Cases; Toms River Nearing 1,000

TOMS RIVER-According to today’s figures released by the Ocean County Health Department, the number of COVID-19 cases in Ocean County has passed 5,000, far below an early March doom and gloom prediction…

Ocean County Nearing 5,000 COVID-19 Cases, 253 Dead

TOMS RIVER, NJ – The Ocean County Health Departments’ latest figures show an increase of COVID-19 cases, making the total cases 4,990 countywide. Lakewood Township has the most reported and confirmed cases…

Rodrick Says No to Mo Hill Plan to Give Huge Campaign Donor Huge Contract

TOMS RIVER-At the April 14th, 2020 Toms River Township council meeting, Councilman Dan Rodrick (R) opposed a plan hatched by Mayor Mo Hill, township Democrats and Hill’s off-shoot Republican running mates to…

Ocean County Leaders Grumble Over Chairman’s Hiding During Pandemic, Call for National Guard in Lakewood

KANSAS-Ocean County’s Republican Party leaders are continuing to grumble over a monthlong hiatus by Ocean County GOP Chairman Frank Holman. Holman, a Lacey Township resident, escaped the COVID-19 virus-infected state of New…

Toms River Workers Furloughed; Council Drops Salary; Mayor Hill Keeps $75,000 Paycheck

TOMS RIVER-According to a report today in the Asbury Park Press, all of Toms River’s seven elected council members have opted to forfeit their $8,900 part-time salaries they receive from the municipality…

19 Dead In Ocean County Overnight, County Sheriff Warns “It’s not over!”

TOMS RIVER-A spike in the daily volume of COVID-19 positives today reversed a downward trend that started this past holiday weekend has shown that Ocean County is not yet at the peak…

Mayor Hill to Buy $4,000,000 Fleet of Vehicles for Public Works Department; Announces Furloughs

TOMS RIVER-As the Toms River Township financial budget crisis gets worse, Toms River Mayor Maurice B Hill and his administration are asking taxpayers to begin upgrading vehicles in the Department of Public…

149 Dead in Ocean County As COVID-19 Cases Still Increasing; 149 Dead

TOMS RIVER-A weekend downturn in COVID-19 cases in Ocean County could have been just that. With Passover and Easter on Saturday and Sunday respectively, there was a drop in reported cases this…

Coronacrime: People Now Being Robbed of their Unemployment Cards

LACEY-It’s not Venezuela in New Jersey quite yet, but the crimes are starting to make it look that way. In the past, people would rob each other of their valuables. Now, people…

New Coronavirus Cases Down for Third Consecutive Day in Ocean County

TOMS RIVER-For the third straight day, new cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus have decreased across Ocean County. The total count for Ocean County is 3,395 confirmed cases. Lakewood Township still leads the…

Lakewood Breaks 1,000 Coronavirus Cases, New Cases Down in Ocean County

TOMS RIVER- The number of daily coronavirus cases in Ocean County took a large dip on Friday, according to the Ocean County County Health Department, dropping under 150 new cases per day…

Nearly 1/3 of All Ocean County Covid-19 Cases Are From Lakewood

TOMS RIVER-According to the Ocean County Health Department’s daily COVID-19 figures, nearly 1/3 of all infections are in Lakewood Township, followed by Toms River who has 508 cases. Lakewood now has 987…

Lakewood Nears 1,000 Confirmed Cases as County Releases Daily Coronavirus Report

TOMS RIVER-The Ocean County Health Department has released today’s COVID-19 figures and Toms river and Lakewood continue to lead the county in positive infections. Lakewood now has 936 cases and Toms River…

Reported COVID-19 Cases in Ocean County Down for Second Consecutive Day

TOMS RIVER-It could be optimistic news, but Daniel Regeneye, the Public Health Coordinator for the Ocean County Health Department warns about being overly optimistic as Ocean County’s rate of new COVID-19 cases…

Coronavirus Cases Down Today in Ocean County

TOMS RIVER-On Sunday, the Ocean County Health Department figures released regarding coronavirus positives decreased by nearly 300. This comes as testing has continued at a drive thru facility at Ocean County College.…

Toms River, Lakewood COVID-19 Cases Outpacing Rest of Ocean County

TOMS RIVER-The Ocean County Health Department’s latest figures show Toms River is starting to make gains in the total COVID-19 outbreak data released today by the Ocean County Health Department. While Lakewood…

Rodrick Votes No to Awarding Campaign Donors Pay to Play Contracts in Toms River

TOMS RIVER-The Toms River Township Council has voted to approve the dissolution of the in-house legal counsel team by means of a township ordinance to remove the town’s “Department of Law” and…

Ocean County Coronavirus Heat Map 3-29-20

Town Name Number of Cases Lakewood 371 Toms River 106 Brick 81 Jackson 77 Berkeley 45 Manchester 33 Point Pleasant Borough 22 Barnegat 20 Lacey 18 Stafford 11 South Toms River 8…

McGuckin, Catalano Complain About Murphy Jail Inmate Release

LACEY TOWNSHIP-New Jersey Assemblyman Gregory McGuckin has a lot to worry about, especially when it comes to low-level offenders not being put in jail. Today, McGuckin and John Catalano, called by some…

Ocean County Coronavirus Heat Map 3-28-20

Town Name Number of Cases Lakewood 236 Toms River 69 Jackson 57 Brick 46 Berkeley 33 Manchester 26 Point Pleasant Borough 20 Barnegat 15 Lacey 14 Stafford 7 Little Egg…

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