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6 Lakewood fraud defendants apply for program to avoid conviction, report says

TOMS RIVERS – Six Lakewood residents charged in a government benefits fraud sweep in June have applied for a pre-trial program for first-time offenders that would allow them to avoid conviction, according…

September 28, 2017

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2 killed in Parkway crash

Police Blotter

TOMS RIVER –The driver and a passenger died when the car they were travelling in overturned on the median of the Garden State Parkway Tuesday afternoon, Trooper Alejandro Goez of the State…

September 27, 2017

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MTA worker who got lung disease after 9/11 cleanup awarded $369K

Community News·Ocean County News·Police Blotter

A New Jersey man who developed lung disease after working around Ground Zero following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has been awarded $369,000, according to a report. James Delman, now 63, of…

September 26, 2017

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Officials: Woman Drowned in Rough Surf Off Seaside Park on Sunday

Jersey Shore News·Ocean County News·Police Blotter

A lifelong resident of Toms River, Joell Lanfrank passed away on Sunday after being pulled from the Atlantic Ocean in Seaside Park. SEASIDE PARK — A 44-year-old woman died Sunday after she…

September 25, 2017

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Helicopters Hovering Over Shore Towns Just Trimming Vegetation

Business News·Jersey Shore News·Police Blotter

BURLINGTON COUNTY-Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) forestry contractors will trim trees in more than 50 municipalities in September as part of its $34 million vegetation management program for 2017. The work is done…

September 25, 2017

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Police Blotter

by Ralph Stocco, TRPD TOMS RIVER-On Saturday, September 23rd at 7:20 pm police and medical units were dispatched to Whittier Avenue and Longfellow Avenue for a pedestrian that was struck by a…

September 25, 2017

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Church donation box thief arrested, cops say

Police Blotter

TOMS RIVER — Police in Toms River have arrested a 22-year-old man they say stole from a donation box at a church in town earlier this month. Vincent Passalacqua was arrested Wednesday…

September 23, 2017

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Jackson Township Council Successfully Blocks Public Eruv

Government News·New Jersey News·Police Blotter

JACKSON-The Jackson Township council on Tuesday night met to discuss an ordinance that will effectively block the construction of a public eruv utilizing existing utility poles and wires across some neighborhoods in…

September 13, 2017

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OC Politics: Report from Inside Lakewood’s Medicaid Fraud Amnesty Seminar

Government News

TOMS RIVER – The New Jersey State Comptroller’s Office on Tuesday night held an event on a controversial program that will allow Lakewood residents who knowingly defrauded Medicaid to avoid criminal charges,…

September 13, 2017

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Freeholder Vicari: Abandoned Gas Stations Must Go

Business News

by OC Board of Freeholders TOMS RIVER – Freeholder Director Joseph H. Vicari said he hopes the demolishing of a former gas station on Route 37 starts a trend. “We have dilapidated…

September 7, 2017

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Holbrook Little League’s Toddfather in Full Support of State Champs

Local Sports News

NEW YORK-Todd Frazier is often called “The Toddfather”, but to the boys of Holbrook Little League, some of whom train at his family’s Frazier Baseball Academy, he has truly become the Toddfather…

August 19, 2017

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Inspired by 4 Year Old, Little Free Library Opens in Ortley Beach

Community News·Jersey Shore News

Dominic James Borgese, a Toms River 4 year old is learning to read and write this summer and his Mom would like him to share his books with other children by putting up…

August 18, 2017

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Ex-OCC Facilities Director Mismanaged Department, Used “Sexually Explicit Innuendo,” Leaked Memos Accuse

Community News·Government News·Politics·School and Education News

TOMS RIVER – A series of leaked performance reviews and personnel memos authored by Ocean County College officials obtained by Ocean County Politics reveals allegations of mismanagement and incidents involving the usage…

August 18, 2017

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Prosecutor’s Office Calls Out Asbury Park Press Over Report on Double Murder

Police Blotter

TOMS RIVER-Al DellaFave, the spokesman for Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph Coronato today called out the local Gannett newspaper, The Asbury Park Press over claims that inside information was released to the paper…

August 18, 2017

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Two of Three Accused Heroin Traffickers Caught in Jackson Already Released from Jail

Police Blotter

TOMS RIVER-Two of three suspected heroin distributors caught by an Ocean County SWAT team just over 24 hours ago have already been released from jail under New Jersey’s reckless Bail Reform Act.…

August 2, 2017

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RNC Backs Kim Guadagno Despite "Fake News" Reports Claiming Trump Dumped NJ's Number Two

Politics

TOMS RIVER — Republican gubernatorial nominee Kim Guadagno’s Democratic rival in this year’s race to succeed Gov. Chris Christie was the primary target of a Monday night speech in GOP-rich Ocean County…

August 1, 2017

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Jackson Police Seeking to ID Illegal Off Road Riders Who Vandalized Property

Police Blotter

JACKSON-Finding a good spot to ride in the woods in Ocean County has become hard to find over the years. Finding a good spot where it is legal to ride is even…

July 27, 2017

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Jackson Township Road Construction Updates

Community News

Currently there are a few road closures and detours around town as a result of Township, County and Municipal Utilities Authority projects. Residents that do not reside in the immediate area of…

July 21, 2017

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Father of star pitcher Jason Groome arrested on drug, weapon charges in Barnegat

Police Blotter

TOMS RIVER — The father of Boston Red Sox minor league pitcher Jason Groome was arrested on drug and weapons charges on July 10 the Ocean County Prosecutors office said in a…

July 13, 2017

1 min read

Holbrook Wins District 18 Little League Championship

Local Sports News

TOMS RIVER- The Holbrook Little League All-Stars defeated Manchester Little League 18 – 5 after losing their opening game to Manchester 7-6. Holbrook blew through the tournament bracket beating Brick 8-2, then…

July 12, 2017

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