Police: Fire at Shopping Center “Suspicious”

Manchester Township – On Sunday afternoon, October 29th, at approximately 3:30 p.m., officers from the Manchester Township Police Department responded to 108 Lacey Road, the location of Whiting Shopping Center, for an…

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OceanFirst Sand Angel Event Breaks Guinness World Record in Seaside Park

SEASIDE PARK– One thousand six hundred and nine people stood on a windy, but warm, sunny beach in Seaside Park, NJ in hopes to break the Guinness World Record for simultaneous sand…

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Mom gets $2.5M settlement from crash while dropping daughter at school

HOWELL — A Howell woman badly injured when her car was rear-ended while she dropped her daughter off at school three years ago has settled her lawsuit for $2.5 million, her attorney…

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Did this NJ Township Try to Ban Orthodox Jews?

A New Jersey town discriminated against Orthodox Jews when it barred them from a specific religious practice as part of an “archaic, fear-driven and discriminatory mindset,” a lawsuit charges. The State of…

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Hardest hit Sandy victims unhappy with N.J. recovery 5 years later, poll says

More than half of the Superstorm Sandy victims that have been tracked in the five years since the storm decimated New Jersey are still dissatisfied with the state’s recovery efforts, a new…

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Monday commute looks ugly after flooding and heavy winds

Forecasters are advising drivers to avoid standing water left on roads Monday after a coastal storm making its way up the East Coast unleashed heavy rainfall in New Jersey. The National Weather…

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Ocean County Restoring Historic Cedar Bridge Tavern

https://www.facebook.com/OceanCountyParks/videos/1602780906445142/ Ocean County Parks and Recreation is in the middle of a preservation project on the Cedar Bridge Tavern in Barnegat. Stay tuned for updates. A full history of the property is…

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State Senator at Odds with Jackson Council Over Orthodox Eruvs

JACKSON-New Jersey State Senator Samuel D. Thompson advised Jackson Township Council members and Mayor Mike Reina against waging a battle with the Orthodox Jewish population in Jackson over the installation of a…

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Freeholders Proclaim November Alzheimer’s Awareness Month

TOMS RIVER – In an effort to raise awareness that help is available for persons suffering with the devastating effects of Alzheimer’s Disease and their caregivers, the Ocean County Board of Chosen…

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Attorney General Issues Stern Warning to Jackson Township; Doesn’t Rule Out Similar Charges

TRENTON-The Office of the Attorney General on Tuesday announced charges against the township council of the City of Mahwah for practices against the Orthodox Jewish community it felt were in violation of…

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Watchdog Group Accuses Jackson Council of Wrongdoing Over Affordable Housing Ordinance

Highview Homes, LLC, will not have to go before the township zoning board to build 216 affordable housing apartment units in a 7 building, three-story apartment complex on Larsen Road courtesy of…

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Freeholders Call Upon Congress to Say No to Eliminating Federal Income Tax Deduction for State and Local Taxes

TOMS RIVER – The state and local tax deduction (SALT) has for more than a century been used by taxpayers in Ocean County and throughout New Jersey as a deduction on federal…

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NJ PBA Endorses Ocean & Monmouth County Candidates

TRENTON-The New Jersey State PBA’s lobbying arm has spoken and delivered its endorsements for political candidates in this year’s general election statewide. Robert Nixon, a lobbyist for the State PBA said, “It’s…

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Jackson Liberty Band Crowned 2017 State Champions

by Tammy Garcia JACKSON-The Jackson Liberty Marching Band are your 2017 NJ STATE CHAMPIONS! This is the first time in the school’s short history the band has held the title of State…

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Trouble Continues to Plague Jackson Zoning Board after Another Member Resigns

JACKSON-Larry Schuster was appointed just over one week ago to the troubled Jackson Township zoning board, but this week resigned, before his first meeting. Schuster, the owner of Schuster’s Car Wash in…

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Guess Who’s Back? Shady’s Back: Obama Returns to Political Areana

Barack Obama is returning to the political arena for the first time in months after keeping a low profile and avoiding direct confrontation with his White House successor. The 56-year-old former president…

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42 pimps, prostitutes in N.J. arrested in FBI child sex trafficking bust

NEWARK — Dozens of pimps and prostitutes were arrested in New Jersey as part of annual international sweep led by the FBI to crackdown on human trafficking, officials said. In what authorities…

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Toms River School Board Campaign Finance Report

TOMS RIVER-Fundraising is underway as Republicans battle Democrats for the non-partisan Toms River Regional Schools Board election. According to New Jersey Election Commission R-1 30 day candidate filings, Republicans Teri Kubiel, Ginny…

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Phil Murphy Chimes in on Eruvs

Written by Phil Murphy, Candidate for Governor, NJ Originally posted in The Times of Israel Over the course of my campaign for governor, I have been blessed to see the true wonder…

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Toms River Council Candidate: End Special Deals for Developers on Lakewood Border

by Daniel Rodrick, Toms River Special deals given to developers by the Council and their appointed boards have resulted in the construction of 1400 new units of housing on the Lakewood border.…

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Police: Fire at Shopping Center “Suspicious”

OceanFirst Sand Angel Event Breaks Guinness World Record in Seaside Park

Mom gets $2.5M settlement from crash while dropping daughter at school

Did this NJ Township Try to Ban Orthodox Jews?

Hardest hit Sandy victims unhappy with N.J. recovery 5 years later, poll says

Monday commute looks ugly after flooding and heavy winds

Ocean County Restoring Historic Cedar Bridge Tavern

State Senator at Odds with Jackson Council Over Orthodox Eruvs

Freeholders Proclaim November Alzheimer’s Awareness Month

Attorney General Issues Stern Warning to Jackson Township; Doesn’t Rule Out Similar Charges

Watchdog Group Accuses Jackson Council of Wrongdoing Over Affordable Housing Ordinance

Freeholders Call Upon Congress to Say No to Eliminating Federal Income Tax Deduction for State and Local Taxes

NJ PBA Endorses Ocean & Monmouth County Candidates

Jackson Liberty Band Crowned 2017 State Champions

Trouble Continues to Plague Jackson Zoning Board after Another Member Resigns

Guess Who’s Back? Shady’s Back: Obama Returns to Political Areana

42 pimps, prostitutes in N.J. arrested in FBI child sex trafficking bust

Toms River School Board Campaign Finance Report

Phil Murphy Chimes in on Eruvs

Toms River Council Candidate: End Special Deals for Developers on Lakewood Border

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