Recent Headlines

N.J. shore towns calculate loss from coastal storm as officials head to region

Published: 11/16/09
with video, photo gallery of cleanup

Last week’s devastating coastal storm left $89 million worth of damage in Ocean City alone and an estimated $31 milli…

Happenings

Published: 11/13/09

Southern

Barnegat Light restaurant closes briefly after electrical fire

Published: 11/13/09

BARNEGAT LIGHT - Mustache Bill's Diner closed briefly Friday after a small electrical fire started sho…

Ex-Eagle Runyan may seek Adler's seat

Published: 11/13/09

Longtime Philadelphia Eagle Jon Runyan will choose between professional football and political football over the next f…

Police ID Barnegat Twp. man killed in Ocean Twp. crash

Published: 11/13/09

From Press staff reports

Lacey bicyclist seriously injured when hit by SUV

Published: 11/13/09

From Press staff reports

Police ID Barnegat man killed in crash

Published: 11/12/09

OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Police identified Thursday the man who died after his car hit a tree Wednesday night off Wells Mills…

Lacey bicyclist seriously injured when hit by SUV

Published: 11/12/09

LACEY TOWNSHIP — A Forked River man was severely injured Thursday afternoon when the bicycle he was riding collided w…

Battered dunes keep water from homes in Harvey Cedars

Published: 11/12/09

HARVEY CEDARS - A battered dune system held back the ocean Thursday from damaging beachfront homes at …

Townsend Inlet bridge closed until next week after barge accident

Published: 11/12/09

Townsend Inlet Bridge connecting Avalon and Sea Isle City will be closed for repairs until the end of next week.

Barnegat Township man dies in one-car accident in Ocean Township

Published: 11/12/09

OCEAN TOWNSHIP - A 44-year-old Barnegat Township man was killed Wednesday evening when his car went off Wells Mills Roa…

Christie transition team includes two from southern New Jersey

Published: 11/11/09

TRENTON - Gov.-elect Chris Christie announced Wednesday his 10-person transition team, which includes …

Feds order redo of emergency exercise at Oyster Creek

Published: 11/11/09

State police did not follow up with some municipalities during an emergency preparedness exercise held at the Oyster Cr…

Copper stolen from Route 72 site in Stafford

Published: 11/10/09

STAFFORD TOWNSHIP -- More than $5,000 in copper plumbig material was stolen from a Route 72 construction site on Nov. 1…

Stafford police looking for source of counterfeit $20 bills passed at store

Published: 11/10/09

STAFFORD TOWNSHIP--Police say someone passed counterfeit $20 bills at a WaWa convenience store  here last Thursday and…

'It's a summer day for us,' locals say ... in November

Published: 11/10/09
With a gallery of people out and about in the warm weather.

We didn't see any high-temperature records Monday, but all that sun and warmth did stir up thoughts of summer for some …

LBI Health Department to hold walk-in clinic Thursday for H1N1 shots

Published: 11/09/09

LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP - The Long Beach Island Health Department has received a shipment of injectable and nasal mist H1N1…

Dee'z 'Dirty Water' Dogz is moving 10 miles up Route 9

Published: 11/09/09

BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP - With her hopes of operating her hot dog trailer in town dashed in August, Dale "Dee" Hage hung a si…

Stafford Township Council calls off next Tuesday's meeting

Published: 11/09/09

STAFFORD TOWNSHIP - The Township Council meeting scheduled for next Tuesday has been cancelled because several official…

Happenings

Published: 11/09/09

Southern Ocean County

Lacey Township memorial service honors fighter pilot killed in crash

Published: 11/08/09

LACEY TOWNSHIP - Leigh Giglio spoke brightly and steadily, as though toasting her fighter-pilot husban…

Fish and Wildlife to allow limited Mullica River oyster harvesting next week

Published: 11/07/09

PORT REPUBLIC - The state Division of Fish and Wildlife will open two oyster beds at the mouth of the Mullica River on …

Bridge work to close Hammonton Road in Bass River Township

Published: 11/06/09

BASS RIVER TOWNSHIP - Hammonton Road will be closed for about a month starting Monday as crews repair …

Failed write-in campaign exposes rift on Ocean Township Committee

Published: 11/06/09

OCEAN TOWNSHIP - A local candidate's unsuccessful write-in campaign in Tuesday's election for Township…

Harvey Cedars gets easement to allow beach replenishment to progress

Published: 11/06/09

HARVEY CEDARS - Let there be sand.

Ocean County Health Department scheduled four more H1N1 vaccine clinics

Published: 11/06/09

TOMS RIVER - The Ocean County Health Department has received an additional 10,000 doses of injectable …

Ocean County receives 10,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine

Published: 11/06/09

TOMS RIVER-The Ocean County Health Department has received an additional 10,000 doses of injectable H1N1 vaccine. The s…

Bass River bridge to close for one month

Published: 11/06/09

BASS RIVER - Hammonton Road, also known as County Road 542 will close for about one month, beginning Monday, Nov. 16.

Long Beach Township woman injured in Garden State Parkway accident

Published: 11/06/09

STAFFORD TOWNSHIP - A Long Beach Township woman was taken to Southern Ocean County Hospital and then airlifted to anoth…

Pagans defendant pleads guilty

Published: 11/06/09

Associated Press

H1N1 nasal spray clinic draws no crowds, chaos

Published: 11/05/09

TOMS RIVER - The swine flu nasal spray-vaccine clinic Wednesday at the Ocean County Health Department was not as crowde…

Christie's popularity helps Republicans tighten grip on Ocean County

Published: 11/05/09

There were 71 different positions up for election in Ocean County on Tuesday.

No wait for swine flu clinic in Ocean

Published: 11/04/09

TOMS RIVER - Unlike recent swine flu clinics across the region, crowds are not assembling at the Ocean…

Beach Haven residents vote to change government form

Published: 11/04/09

From Press staff reports

Ocean County incumbent freeholders win re-election over Democratic challengers

Published: 11/04/09

TOMS RIVER - Republican Freeholders John Bartlett Jr. and Gerry Little overwhelmingly won re-election …

Incumbents win big in Barnegat Township

Published: 11/04/09

BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP - Incumbent Republicans Mayor Jeffrey Melchiondo and Deputy Mayor Al Cirulli won re-…

Stites, Midgley keep seats in Little Egg Harbor Township

Published: 11/04/09

Little Egg Harbor Township Republican incumbents Mayor Scott Stites and Committeeman Arthur Midgley defeated Democrats …

Gubernatorial campaigns are over, now it's up to the voters

Published: 11/03/09

TRENTON - After all the rallies, signs, speeches and position papers, the time has come.

Timing of N.J. teachers convention a boon for baseball fans

Published: 11/03/09

As a Phillies fan, Kenneth Ye has had a hard time going to sleep for the past week before his team's World Series games…

Beach Haven residents vote to change form of government

Published: 11/03/09

BEACH HAVEN - For the second time in 10 years, voters here have opted to change their form of government.

More area hospitals limit visits to slow spread of flu

Published: 11/03/09

It's not a quarantine, but visitors to some local hospitals are being turned away in order to slow down the spread of t…

Stafford Township boy arrested for theft after mother notifies police

Published: 11/03/09

STAFFORD TOWNSHIP - A concerned mother turned in her juvenile son to police Sunday after finding items…

New Jersey sues to halt Army Corps dredging project

Published: 11/02/09
Read the lawsuit New Jersey filed Monday against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other past correspondence.

New Jersey sued the U.S. Army Corps on Monday to stop the Corps from deepening the Delaware River shipping channel.

Long Beach Island Health Department expects more H1N1 flu vaccine soon

Published: 11/02/09

LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP - The Long Beach Island Health Department announced Monday that additional shipments of the H1N1 fl…

E. coli-tainted beef recalled, 2 dead

Published: 11/02/09

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Meat sold at Acme Markets last month is part of a nationwide recall of more than a half-million pound…

Ocean County General Election

Published: 11/02/09

General Assembly (vote for two)

LoBiondo to deliver copies of health care reform bill to county libraries Monday

Published: 10/30/09

Saying he wants southern New Jersey residents to know more about the health care reform bill, U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo …

Obama gets bill that funds land buys for local refuges

Published: 10/30/09

Congress approved the spending of $3.1 million to acquire additional land at two national wildlife refuges in southern …

Oyster Creek plant gets more scrutiny

Published: 10/30/09

LACEY TOWNSHIP - The Oyster Creek Generating Station faces more inspections from federal nuclear regulators after havin…

Ocean freeholder incumbents run on record, challengers allege complacency, poor budget

Published: 10/29/09

The Democratic challengers for the Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders say their opponents are secretive and uneth…