Social Inequality Rears its Ugly Head After Wealthy Rumson Violators Get a Pass for Violating Pandemic Orders

RUMSON-Rumson is an affluent Jersey Shore community located in Monmouth County where the median home value is around $1,200,000. It’s where the wealthy sea-faring executives usually end up hanging their hat. In…

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Man Shot Multiple Times, Left Along Side of Road in Ocean County

LITTLE EGG HARBOR-A 23-year-old was found bleeding, lying on Center Street in Little Egg Harbor Friday night with several gunshot wounds to his body. Police said the man is now in…

Community News·Ocean County News·Police Blotter

Police Break Up Illegal Coronavirus Gathering, Called “Nazi’s”

The Rumson Police Department tonight reported a large “Corona” party hosted by middle-aged adults watching a live Pink Floyd coverband acoustic concert on a front lawn in the town. “This evening the…

Community News·Ocean County News

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…

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Salvation Army Seeking Food Donations to Feed Workers at Ocean County COVID-19 Test Facility

TOMS RIVER-During the first week of testing for coronavirus at the Ocean County College drive-thru testing facility here, the Ocean County Health Department said today the Salvation Army has been an integral…

Health and Wellness·Ocean County News

Jackson Business Owners Donate Protective Personal Equipment to Lakehurst Police Department

JACKSON-The Lakehurst Police Department today thanked the Flemming family of Jackson Township, including Marty Flemming, Jr and his brother Timothy Flemming who operate a business in that town. The Flemming family are…

Business News

Pillow Talk: The Separation of Church & State

As we turn the corner, swinging into April and soon Holy Week, the COVID-19 Wuhan Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 Virus (crisis) is taking a horrible toll on the World and United States. Many people…

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At Height Of Coronavirus Outbreak Toms River Mayor Poses Police for a Photo Op

TOMS RIVER-As the police officers from Toms River Police Department squad 5 readied to work their shift amid the ongoing COVID-19 global coronavirus pandemic, Mayor Maurice “Mo” Hill them pause for a…

Breaking News·Ocean County News·Police Blotter

Prosecutor: Lakewood Mourners Charged for Violating Murphy Ban on Large Gatherings During Coronavirus Pandemic

LAKEWOOD-Over 60 individuals gathered on Wednesday in Lakewood Township, where COVID-19 infections have spiked in recent days to attend a funeral. Police in Lakewood said the gathering was in violation of Governor…

New Jersey News·Police Blotter

Prosecutor: 10 Charged in Lakewood for Violating Stay-At-Home Order

Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Lakewood Township Police Chief Gregory Meyer announced that on Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at approximately 4:30 p.m., Lakewood Township Police were dispatched to a residence…

New Jersey News·Police Blotter·Politics

Monmouth Senator Wants Stiff Penalties for “Selfish” COVID-19 “Party” Violators

OCEAN TOWNSHIP – Senator Vin Gopal will introduce legislation directing law enforcement officers to issue penalties for individuals who attend social gatherings in violation of a Governor’s executive order during a state…

Monmouth County News

Brick Township Latest to Close Parks and Beaches

In light of the continuing spread of Coronavirus in Brick Township and Ocean County and at the urging of Mayor John G. Ducey, Brick Township Police Chief James Riccio is amending his…

Community News·Government News·Ocean County News

Avalon Mayor: Stay Out or be Fined $1,000

AVALON-As towns become countries on their own during the global coronavirus pandemic, closing beaches, parks and boardwalks to outsiders and telling vacation homeowners to stay at their primary residence. Now, one shore…

New Jersey News

5 Things that Can Land You in Coronavirus Jail in New Jersey

NEW JERSEY-New Jersey isn’t quite the epicenter of America’s coronavirus outbreak, but as normal, the state is New York’s ugly step brother in pretty much everything it does, even when it comes…

New Jersey News

Two Lakewood Men Arrested for Violating Governor Murphy’s Executive Order Barring Large Gatherings

Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Lakewood Township Police Chief Gregory Meyer announced that on Monday, March 30, 2020, David Gluck, age 42, of Lakewood and Abraham Haberfeld, age 32, of…

Ocean County News·Police Blotter

Jersey Construction Workers Targeted by Vigilantes with Guns in Maine

The Knox County Sheriff’s Department responded to a home in Vinalhaven, Maine after men trapped inside the home notified the U.S. Coast Guard after armed vigilantes chopped down a tree and allegedly…

Government News·Jersey Shore News·Ocean County News

Lakewood Parents Charged with Endangering Children at Large Gathering in Violation of Murphy Order

Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Lakewood Township Police Chief Gregory Meyer announced that on Sunday, March 29, 2020, Eliezer Silber, 37, and Miriam Silber, 34, both of Lakewood, were charged…

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McGuckin, Catalano Complain About Murphy Jail Inmate Release

LACEY TOWNSHIP-New Jersey Assemblyman Gregory McGuckin has a lot to worry about, especially when it comes to low-level offenders not being put in jail. Today, McGuckin and John Catalano, called by some…

Politics

New Jersey Coronavirus Crimes Quickly Becoming an Epidemic in Itself

TRENTON – Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal today urged the public and business owners to comply with the Governor’s emergency orders – not only to keep themselves and others healthy, but to avoid…

Government News·Police Blotter

Man Arrested in Lakewood for Coughing on Liquor Store Clerk

Yesterday afternoon at approximately 12:15 pm, Officers responded to the Pine Cone Liquor Store located at 248 Second Street, after receiving a report that an unidentified male was coughing and stated that…