U.S. Marshals Service Arrests Times Square Shooting Suspect

Jacksonville, FL – The suspected gunman wanted in connection with the May 8th Times Square shooting, which left a 4-year-old girl and two others injured, was arrested today by federal, state and…

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GONZALEZ: Privileged Are The Social Justice Warriors

GONZALEZ: Privileged Are The Social Justice Warriors Pedro Gonzalez on March 1, 2022 Quintez Brown is a Black Lives Matter activist whose saga is illustrative of who has privilege in America and…

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Remembering Bill Mullen, Toms River’s first television star

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Long before the MTV beach house and the self-proclaimed guidos of Jersey Shore, there was another local television star in Toms River. He was watched faithfully by man…

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Mo Hill announces Toms River Boy Scout Property Religious Services Will Continue

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Toms River Mayor Maurice “Mo” Hill has announced the Hugh Clayton Jersey Shore Boy Scouts Council Center will be rented out for religious services going forward. The property,…

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Ocean County GOP dumps Trump, unanimously endorses Chris Smith for Congress and incumbents

TOMS RIVER, NJ – The Ocean County GOP screening committee has unanimously endorsed Chris Smith, ignoring former President Donald J. Trump’s call to blacklist the longtime ally of the President. Smith, who…

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Maplewood Police Blotter: Here’s what’s happening

MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The town of Maplewood has been plagued these past few weeks with vehicle break-ins and stolen vehicles, according to the Maplewood Police Department. Between January 23rd and February 5th,…

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Viral Video Shows Kids Celebrating The End Of Forced Masking

About twenty young children celebrated the end of forced masking in Nevada school in a viral video shared Thursday. “Starting tomorrow we don’t have to wear masks anymore,” a woman behind the…

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Nevada Gov. Sisolak Drops Mask Mandate Ahead Of ‘Toss-Up’ Gubernatorial Race

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak ended the state’s mask mandate Thursday ahead of a tight gubernatorial race. The Democrat justified his policy change in a lengthy Twitter thread, noting that daily COVID-19 cases…

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Inattentive driver slams into parked car, killing pedestrian in Toms River, police say

by Jillian Messina, TRPD press secretary TOMS RIVER, NJ – On Tuesday, February 8, 2022, at approximately 10:25 PM, police units were dispatched to the intersection of Bay Avenue and Twin Oaks…

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Virginia Dems Flip On Masks One Week After Blasting Governor For Going Maskless

Virginia Democrats changed their tune on mandatory masking just days after shaming Gov. Glenn Youngkin for not wearing a mask in a grocery store and supporting Northern Virginia’s fight to keep universal…

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11-year-old boy shot Sunday morning in Bridgeton

BRIDGETON, NJ – An 11-year-old boy was shot in both legs after he and two other children exited their home on Falcon Street to see what the disturbance was in the nearby alley.…

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One dead during crash on Red Bank’s Coopers Bridge

RED BANK, NJ – The Red Bank Police Department has reported one death in an accident on Coopers Bridge, one of the main entry points into downtown Red Bank. A driver of…

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Crash in Marlboro shuts down road

MARLBORO, NJ – Police in Marlboro reported a motor vehicle crash that damaged a utility pole, forcing police to close the road for several hours on Sunday. Dutch Lane Road between Randolph…

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Two teens arrested for January double homicide in Monmouth County

FREEHOLD – Two Bayshore men have been arrested and charged in connection with the double homicide that took place in Neptune Township last month, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced Friday.…

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In the 1980s, shooting tourists with water pistols and drive-by water gun shootings was a big problem in Seaside Heights

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NJ – Imagine when the biggest disturbance for police officers in a seaside resort town was the local teenage and young adult population shooting people randomly with water pistols, mostly…

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Ocean County hit hardest by weekend blizzard, here’s how much snow each town recorded

TOMS RIVER, NJ – A weekend winter nor’easter with blizzard-like conditions ravaged the Jersey Shore Friday night into Saturday. The storm brought high winds, large snowdrifts, coastal flooding and made a nightmare…

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Catalano tells Murphy, stop hiding school funding formula

Brick, NJ – John Catalano, a Republican assemblyman out of Brick Township today called on Governor Phil Murphy to release the state’s school funding formula and stop a costly court battle that…

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First Black NHL Player Ever Set To Receive Congressional Gold Medal

The first black player in the history of the National Hockey League (NHL) will receive a Congressional Gold Medal after the House unanimously voted in favor of the award Wednesday. The House…

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Ocean County’s oldest commissioner facing younger Republican challenger in 2022

TOMS RIVER, NJ – When Ocean County Republicans compete in the 2022 GOP primary election, the Board of Commissioner’s elder stateswoman, Virginia Haines will be wiping the icing clean from her 76th…