Captain Mary Nelson has been appointed interim police chief. Not only is she the township’s first female interim chief, she was also the first female lieutenant and captain. A statement posted to the ...

TOMS RIVER – Many point to Ocean County’s homelessness crisis and argue that the missing piece is a year-round shelter. While shelters are designed to provide emergent refuge, participants at a recent ...

A Lakewood man has been sentenced to state prison for eluding police while intoxicated and for causing a separate high-speed crash that seriously injured an off-duty police officer, Ocean County ...

An Ocean County grand jury has indicted a Pennsylvania woman on aggravated arson and eluding charges stemming from a house fire and a police pursuit on Long Beach Island last year, prosecutors ...

A township man will be performing with Rockin’1000  on January 31 at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.   Rockin’1000 is dubbed “the biggest band in the world.” Originally created in Cesena, Italy, ...

Members of Scouting America Troop 441 sprang into action this week after a call went out seeking help for a 93-year-old Whiting resident who needed a safe path cleared so her caregivers could reach ...

A New York woman has been charged with arson in connection with a late-night hotel fire in Toms River, authorities said. Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that Constance Koeper, ...

A Howell Township man was convicted this week on multiple felony charges stemming from a late-night shooting inside a Jackson Township home that endangered several adults and two children, Ocean ...

A pedestrian was injured late January 27 after being struck by a pickup truck whose driver fled the scene in Lakehurst, ...

A unanimous vote by the Ocean County Library Commission to keep the Pop-Up operating inside the Toms River branch through April 30 came after two very different public meetings. Ultimately, the ...

The Berkeley Township Historical Society is mourning the loss of Martin D. Schmidt, a longtime member whose dedication and ...

A Monmouth County man has been indicted on a murder charge in connection with the death of a Seaside Heights woman who was left critically injured at an Ocean County hospital in November, authorities ...