County Freeholders Seeking $500,000 For Walking Trail Project Through South Toms River

PRESS RELEASE FROM Ocean County Board of Freeholders In anticipation of constructing a segment of the Barnegat Branch Trail that would run through South Toms River and serve as the trails northern…

Government News·Ocean County News

New Jersey Police Detective Speaks Out Against Bail Reform

After our coverage last week regarding the problems associated with New Jersey bail reform, many police officers have contacted us thanking us, but very few would go on the record criticizing the…

Government News·Jersey Shore News·New Jersey News·Police Blotter

Fake News? Associated Press Publishes Bogus Visa Claims

The Associated Press ran an “explainer” story about the federal H-1B visa program on Tuesday afternoon that experts say includes highly questionable, even debunked, claims about the guest worker program. The controversial…

In the News

Fake News Alert: NY Times Says Trump is Outraged UC Berkeley Canceled Event

The New York Times today tweeted that President Trump was outraged that UC Berkeley canceled a speech by Milo Yiannopoulos. However, failed to provide any evidence that the President ever said that.…

In the News

Tom Kean to NJ Democrats: Spend More Time Fixing New Jersey, Less Time Protesting Donald Trump

TRENTON-Democratic lawmakers nationwide have been fixated on Donald Trump since his inauguration and have all but abandoned their responsibilities at the local level as they participate in protests and organize rallies against…

Government News·Politics·US and World News

Trump's Busy First Week as President of the United States Summarized

WASHINGTON, DC- Much to the dismay of his liberal opponents, but to the pleasure of the other half of America who supported this new president, Donald Trump’s administration outlined the President’s first…

Government News·Politics

Trump Executive Order Green Lights Keystone XL Pipeline

WASHINGTON, DC – President Donald J. Trump today signed a series of Executive Orders and Presidential Memoranda in keeping with his promise to reduce the burden of regulations and expedite high priority…

US and World News

NJ 2-1-1 Participating in NJCounts 2017

NJ 2-1-1 Participating in NJCounts 2017 (East Hanover, NJ) – On January 25, 2017, all New Jersey counties will participate in NJCounts 2017, a state-wide Point-In-Time Count of sheltered and unsheltered homeless…

Community News

Toms River Officials: 75% of beach dunes lost in Nor'easter

A news release has been published by the Township of Toms River. It reads: The Township Department of Public Works and Engineering have been monitoring conditions at our beaches following last night’s nor’easter.…

Community News·Jersey Shore News·Police Blotter

Trumps Signs His First Three Executive Orders

President Donald Trump today signed three executive orders including the United States’ withdrawl from the Trans-Pacific Partnership and an immediate federal government employee hiring freeze. “A great thing for the American worker,”…

Politics·US and World News

New Jersey Tries to Collect 25 Year Old $106 Debt from Ex-Resident

The long arm of New Jersey’s tax collectors can extend across time and state boundaries. A former Howell Township resident this week received a notice from the New Jersey Department of Labor…

Community News·New Jersey News·US and World News

New Jersey legislator fighting to save Columbus Day

TRENTON-Senator Joe Pennacchio (R-26) announced a Senate resolution supporting the preservation of Columbus Day as a federal and state holiday. The resolution will be formally introduced at the next Senate session. “New…

Politics·US and World News

Ocean County Freeholders Weigh in on Joint Base Tanker News

Press Release from the Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders The announcement to locate a new generation of military fuel tanker aircraft at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst has been met with full support…

Politics

Fact Checking Councilman Ken Bressi's Slanderous Assault Against JTOWN Magazine

Editorial from JTOWN Magazine editor Phil Stilton Government doesn’t get to decide what is a newspaper and what isn’t, but when the government declares a publication by ordinance to be a newspaper,…

Politics

Ocean County Beach Replenishment Project Awarded to Weeks Marine

by Debra Hoover, NJDEP TRENTON-The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, working in partnership with the Department of Environmental Protection, has awarded a contract to construct long-awaited engineered beaches and dunes for the northern…

Community News·Jersey Shore News·New Jersey News

Seaside Heights, Feds Investigating Laser Pointer that Struck Joint Base Plane

FORT DIX – The flight crew of a military transport aircraft had more to contend with than clouds and a dark night Friday – the light from a laser pointer hit the…

Police Blotter·US and World News

Prosecutor: Drug Dealer Busted at Howard Johnson Motel

by Al DellaFave, OCPO TOMS RIVER-Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato and Toms River Chief of Police Mitch Little announced today the culmination of an investigation by Detectives from the Prosecutor’s Special…

Police Blotter

New Jersey Could Soon Require Background Checks for In-Home Day Care Providers

by Phil Stilton TRENTON-Those running family day care centers out of their homes in New Jersey may soon be subjected to federal background checks if a law moving through the state assembly…

Community News·Police Blotter·Politics

Berkeley Island Park Begins Rebuilding After Being Damaged During Sandy

by Phil Stilton BERKELEY TOWNSHIP-More than four years after being critically damaged by Superstorm Sandy, the Berkeley Island County Park is finally being rebuilt. In November, the county announced a $6.9 million construction contract…