Search Continues in Toms River for Missing Elderly Woman
by Ralph Stocco, TRPD TOMS RIVER-On October 5th at 6 pm the Toms River Police Department was alerted that a 79 year old Holiday City woman had left her residence earlier in…
March Madness in Ocean County: Top Craziest News Stories You Might Have Missed
2017 has been a very strange year here in Ocean County in the news. Here’s our list of the top 10 craziest stories in case you missed them. Million Dollar Heroin Man…
Jackson Township Mayor Reina Supports League Of Municipalities Opposition of Bail Reform
JACKSON-Jackson Township is a rural suburb nestled at the edge of the New Jersey Pinelands. It’s New Jersey’s third largest town by size in area, with over one hundred square miles. It’s a…
Toms River Senior Blasts New Jersey Newspaper Public Notices, Fire Elections
TOMS RIVER-A Toms River senior this week blasted New Jersey’s firefighter elections. William McPhail said his local fire department, “Doesn’t know my address to mail a ballot, but know it when they…
Dem. Council Prez to Elderly Female Trump Voter: We don't want to know who you voted for
BRICK-Greenbriar senior community resident Anne Coll came to the December 20th Brick Township council meeting with season’s greetings, but wanted to let the township know she was upset about how the township…
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…
Shore Area Swindler Indicted For $388,000 Con Job
An Ocean County man captured by police in 2014 for defrauding potential tenants of a Howell Township home of security deposits through Craigslist has been indicted by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office today.…
49ers Send Care Package to Homeless Man Paid to Pour Coffee on His Head
SAN FRANCISCO-As a massive winter storm approached, Ron Leggat, the Ocean County, New Jersey homeless man was hunkering down in a softball field dugout. That was a day after he was promised a…
Weekly Police Blotter – Lacey Township Police Blotter – February 9th thru February 15th, 2016
Weekly Police Blotter February 9th thru February 15th, 2016 . . Theft – On Monday, February 15, 2016, at 8:28 p.m., Officer Andrew Slota responded to Applebee’s, 404 Route 9 South in…
Editorial: How Jackson Can Strengthen No Knock Laws and Still be a Good Neighbor
Jackson Township, like our neighbors in Howell, Brick and Toms River is experiencing a real estate market boom. That boom is driving the prices of homes upward in the eastern portion of…
Weekly Police Blotter – Lacey Township Police Department – February 3rd thru 8th, 2016
Weekly Police Blotter February 3rd thru February 8th, 2016 . . Drug Possession and Distribution (Arrests) – On Wednesday, February 3, 2016, detectives of the Lacey Township Police Department obtained a search…
Crime Alert (UPDATE) – Arrest on Burglary Warrant – Lacey Township Police Department – Thursday, February 4, 2016 at 10 p.m.
Burglary Warrant (Arrest) – Detective Keith Pearce has been assisting Detective Robert Surtees with a continuing investigation into multiple incidents of thefts from unlocked vehicles which occurred in Lacey Township in both December and…
Weekly Police Blotter – Lacey Township Police Department – January 19th thru 25th, 2016
Weekly Police Blotter January 19th thru 25th, 2016 . . Extortion via the Internet – On Monday, January 25, 2016, at 12:41 p.m., Lacey Township Police responded to a Lanoka Harbor address…
Chabad Hearing Postponed; Petition Gains Over 4,000 Signatures
TOMS RIVER-After postponing a zoning board hearing to hear testimony on an application by the Toms River Chabad to use their existing residential structure as a religious school and community center, the…
Widening Route 9 Not an Immediate Option Presented to Local Officials During NJTPA Planning Session
by Phil Stilton, Toms River Magazine TOMS RIVER-A meeting was held recently between state and local officials about future improvements to the Route 9 corridor through Toms River and Ocean County. …
