HS WRESTLING: Toms River North Defeats Freehold Borough 41-31

Omar Farouk earned a win by technical fall over Robert Meyers at 132 pounds Wednesday as the Toms River North High School wrestling team defeated host Freehold Borough, 41-31. The teams were…

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Don't Let the Cold Weather Keep Your Golf Game from Being Up to Par

Up to Par Golf Center provides expert and novice golfers of Ocean County with the total golf experience at its indoor facility at One South Main Street in downtown Toms River. No…

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3 Arrests in Christmas Eve Slaying

Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato and Lakewood Township Police Chief Robert Lawson announced Tuesday arrests in the death of Miguel Rivera of Lakewood, found dead in his home on Christmas Eve.…

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JCP&L, Not NSA, Homeland Security, Police Flying Low, Checking Power Lines in Toms River

The Haverfield Corp. will be performing Comprehensive Visual Inspections (CVI’s) on the 230kV transmission lines in the JCP&L Region starting January 4th 2016. The CVI patrols on these lines are expected to…

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Teen Shot at Toms River Apartment Complex in Apparent Robbery Attempt

On January 5,the Toms River Police Dispatch center received several phone calls from people who believed they heard a gunshot. Officers responded to the parking lot of Winteringham Village, located on Route…

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Jan. 16: Free Rabies Shots in Toms River

TOMS RIVER – The Township of Toms River is sponsoring a free rabies clinic from 10 a.m. to noon Jan. 16 at the Toms River Animal Facility, 235 Oak Avenue. Dog and…

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Woman Strikes Multiple Vehicles After Hijacking Car at Valet in Atlantic City

On January 1, 2016 at 3:05am, uniformed Officers responded to the Tropicana Hotel and Casino valet area in reference to a vehicle striking multiple parked vehicles. Officers arrived to find that Tropicana…

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Community Mourns Loss of Brick Police Officer

BRICK- Patrolman Kristopher DeMarco of the Brick Township Police Department lost his fight against cancer this weekend. “The Brick Township Police regrets to announce the passing of Patrolman Kristopher DeMarco following his…

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Newark's last homicide of 2015, first of 2016 come just hours apart

NEWARK — Authorities here are investigating the death of a 36-year-old man who was was killed during a domestic altercation after midnight on New Year’s Day. Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray’s…

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Obama Considers Bypassing Congress to Increase Gun Control

United States President Barack Obama has indicated he may bypass Congress in his bid to increase gun control in the final year of his presidency. In his weekly radio address on Friday,…

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Several Injured in New Years Crash

A New Years morning crash along Route 1 hospitalized at least six people and left two Ocean County teens in critical condition, according to NJ.com. A seventh passenger was treated and released.…

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Jan. 7: Small Business Workshop in Toms River

TOMS RIVER – A small business workshop focusing on business communication skills will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 7 at the Toms River Branch of the Ocean County Library.…

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Toms River Dog License Renewals Available Through Jan. 31

TOMS RIVER – Toms River dog owners are reminded that all dogs over seven months of age must be licensed each year, according to state law. To avoid a late fee, dog…

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Christmas Tree Recycling Available at County Parks

TOMS RIVER – Christmas tress can be dropped off at many Ocean County Parks for recycling through the end of January. “For many years now, we have accepted discarded Christmas trees for…

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Missing Girl Found in Brick

A 15-year-old girl missing since the day after Christmas has been safely found in Brick Township – a half hour from where she’d last been seen, in Barnegat. Dessie MacHugh was last…

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Man Found Sleeping in Car with Arsenal

Police in Brick Township rousted a man found sleeping in his car Wednesday night, only to discover a cache of high-powered weapons and ammunition inside the vehicle. Antonio Perez of Elkhart, Indiana…

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Pharma is a B-tch; Man Who Inflated Life-Saving Prescription Pills to $750 Each Arrested in Manhattan

Price gouging pharmaceutical man-boy Martin Shkreli has been arrested on securities fraud charges, according to a Bloomberg report today. The 32 year old is suspected of plundering the life-saving drug Retrophin to…

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Anti-Six Flags Solar Coalition Wages Battle Against Grass Seed Mixtures

JACKSON-“What is native grass?” That was the question that remained largely unanswered during the four hour long Jackson Planning Board hearing Monday night of a controversial application by Six Flags to install a 69 acre solar…

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How a Grisly Murder Shaped Toms River's No-Knock Ordinance

TOMS RIVER-It was a sunny and warm June morning in 2004 when criminal investigators were canvassing the Dover Township neighborhoods around Chestnut Street that would eventually lead to Toms River’s enacting of a…

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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…

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