Female Body Found at Former Long Branch Mayor’s Home, Ruled Suicide

FREEHOLD – An early morning call reporting an unconscious and bleeding female at a residence on Norwood Avenue in Long Branch has been determined to be a suicide, announced Monmouth County Prosecutor…

New Jersey News·Police Blotter

Planning a Staycation at Home This Spring and Summer? This Company Can Help You Prepare Now

Last week, New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture announced that lawn care and landscaping services are now an essential service during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic to allow homeowners to continue to maintain their…

Business News·Community News·Ocean County News

256 New COVID-19 Cases Reported in Monmouth County

FREEHOLD, NJ –Monmouth County Freeholder Director Thomas A. Arnone and Freeholder Deputy Director Susan M. Kiley have announced that, as of April 3, the State is reporting 1,743 positive cases of COVID-19 in…

Health and Wellness·Monmouth County News

Vicari to Gov. Murphy: Stop Parkway Toll Hike During Coronavirus Pandemic!

TOMS RIVER-Freeholder Joseph Vicari has a reputation for not being afraid to stand up for the people of Ocean County and now, he’s challenging Governor Phil Murphy as the first local or…

Government News

Political Pandering Alert: McGuckin, Catalano Call for Cease of Toll Hike Hearings Weeks After they Happened

TRENTON-On March 19th, 2020, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority held a hearing amid the coronavirus pandemic to increase toll hikes on New Jersey’s two major toll roads, the Garden State Parkway and…

Government News·Ocean County News

What’s Open and What’s Closed Along the Oceanfront in Ocean County

TOMS RIVER-While the common theme among mayors and towns along the Jersey Shore has been “Stay Out”, some services and beaches do remain open. Here’s a list as of today of what’s…

Ocean County News

New Jersey State Police Colonel: Acts of Anti-Semitism During Coronavirus Will Not Be Tolerated in Ocean County

TRENTON-Colonel Patrick Callahan of the New Jersey State Police said on Friday that he will not tolerate acts of Anti-Semitism against the Orthodox Jewish community in and around Lakewood Township. This comes…

Health and Wellness

As Coronavirus Outbreak Soars in Lakewood, Police Break Up Another Wedding

LAKEWOOD_Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that on Thursday, March 26, 2020, members of the Lakewood Township Police Department were dispatched to a residence on Wayne Street for a report of…

Breaking News·Police Blotter

Ocean & Monmouth County Heat Map – Coronavirus – As of March 25, 2020

Ocean County Town Name Number of Cases Lakewood 141 Toms River 40 Jackson 35 Brick 22 Berkeley 17 Point Pleasant Borough 13 Manchester 11 Barnegat 10 Lacey 10 Stafford 5 Little Egg…

Health and Wellness

You Won’t Believe What Jersey Shore Restaurant Featured on Chef Ramsay’s To Hell and Back is Doing During the Coronavirus Pandemic!

MANASQUAN-Blend on Main, one of two Jersey Shore restaurants featured this year on Chef Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back has found a new purpose during the coronavirus pandemic. Chef…

Business News·Monmouth County News

Rifts Between Jersey Communities Starting to Form as Coronavirus Fears Intensity at the Jersey Shore

LAKEWOOD-There are now two distinct rifts growing between communities here at the Jersey Shore as we are midway through the second week of a state-imposed self-quarantine and shutdown aimed to stop the…

Community News·Ocean County News

39 Cases of Coronavirus Confirmed in Monmouth County and Growing

FREEHOLD, NJ –Monmouth County Freeholder Director Thomas A. Arnone and Freeholder Deputy Director Susan M. Kiley have announced that, as of 9 a.m. this morning, the New Jersey Department of Health is…

Community News

Out of Work with Nothing to Do? Ocean County Parks Offering Social Media Programming

Coming live from the Nature Center at Cattus Island County Park in Toms River will be Nikki Vernachio, senior park naturalist, who will talk about the Box Turtle. “We encourage everyone to…

Government News

Report: North Jersey Residents Flocking to Shore Homes to Escape Coronavirus

A News12 report claims many North Jersey residents living in areas with higher concentrations of the Coronavirus are flocking to their Jersey Shore summer homes to try to escape the growing pandemic.…

Community News·New Jersey News

Ocean County Operated Golf Courses and Nature Centers Closed

TOMS RIVER – With social distancing strongly encouraged by health officials, Ocean County Parks and Recreation will be keeping its 27 parks open to the public, but closing the visitor and nature…

In the News

On The Ropes in Ocean County, Kate Gibbs Wants 100% Vote by Mail Election

TOMS RIVER-After suffering a critical campaign defeat in Ocean County, Burlington County candidate for Congress in CD-3, Kate Gibbs is calling for a total vote by mail primary election in June. Gibbs,…

Government News·Politics

Ocean County Parks to Remain Open…Get Out and Get Some Fresh Air!

TOMS RIVER – With social distancing strongly encouraged by health officials, Ocean County Parks and Recreation will be keeping its 27 parks and two golf courses open to the public, but closing…

Community News·New Jersey News·Police Blotter

Amato, Vicari Say No to Parkway Toll Hikes by Murphy Administration

TOMS RIVER-The New Jersey Turnpike and Parkway Authority are gearing up to once again raise tolls along both major state highways, the Garden State Parkway and the New Jersey Turnpike. Mayor Carmen…

Ocean County News·Police Blotter

In Burlington County, Man Finds Out 14 Year Old Girl Was Actually Undercover Cop

Somerset County Man Charged with Trying to Arrange Sexual Encounter with Detective Posing as a 14-Year-Old Girl Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a 29-year-old South Bound Brook man was arrested…

Community News·Politics

Get Ready to Pay More for Getting to Work at the Jersey Shore

TRENTON-It has been eight years since the New Jersey Turnpike Authority hit the state’s drivers with a toll hike, but that grace period could soon be ending. The authority announced it will…