Tom Mongelli
New Round Of DWI Checkpoints In Ocean County
Warmer temperatures signal higher shore traffic volume. Ocean County law enforcement aims to see that everyone behind the wheel is sober.
Donation Means Second Chance For Troubled Shore Youths
A program that helps teens and older children at the shore overcome disdvantaged surroundings and build better futures gets a $25,000 boost to reach its goals.
Ocean’s Harbor House of Toms River was given the grant by the OceanFirst Foundation for Project LEAP, which focuses on youths age 10 to 19.
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Oyster Creek Mulled For Possible Cancer Study
Do people who live near nuclear power plants run a higher risk of cancer than those who don’t? If a study recommended by a Washington DC group is undertaken, the region around Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant in Lacey Township is one of seven targeted for analysis.
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Brush Fires Erupt Near Parkway
Five brush fires that broke out along the Garden State Parkway just north of the shore points are quelled, but the warning continues for extreme caution through our extensive rainless streak aggravated by gusty winds.
New Jersey State Police say that the blazes erupted in spots near Woodbridge, Clark, Cranford and Union within a 20-minute span just after 9 AM...
Toms River Tax Rate Up In Proposed Budget
They’ve got a rope around spending, and they’ve shrunk the size of government. But Toms River officials are asking homeowners to pay about $78.86 more per year under the municipal budget introduced Tuesday.
The public hearing and vote on the spending plan is scheduled in a special meeting May 1, at 6 PM in the municipal building.
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Kyrillos To Challenge Menendez In Twitter Town Hall
U.S. Senator Robert Menendez will likely meet his potential election rival in cyberspace today.
Toms River Budget Unveiled
Toms River officials introduce their spending plan for 2012 with the average tax bill expected to rise about 79 dollars a year.
Shore Hunger Fighters to Start Month-Long Food Drive
Renewed efforts to to meet the demands of the jobless, the homeless and the needy families of the shore start Tuesday in Neptune.
Can Artificial Islands Help Revive Barnegat Bay?
Once it seemed absurd to dunk outdated subway cars in the ocean to provide fish habitats. Now there are dozens strewn from Sandy Hook to Jones Beach. Similarly, Ocean County officials hope to convince state environmental regulators that man-made islands in several of their parks can do the same for Barnegat Bay.
Bayville Stabbing Under Probe
A stabbing inside the Bayville ShopRite this morning is the object of a police investigation this afternoon.
Runyan, LoBiondo Join Shore Fishermen Protest In DC
A figurative sea of fishermen reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in Washington DC marked the start of a protest over Congressional inaction on the law that governs catch limits.
The Recreational Fishing Alliance’s “Keep Fishermen Fishing” rally is aimed at easing restrictions in the Magnuson-Stevens Act that they say are hurting commerical enterprise, tourism, boaters and affiliated businesses that
Lacey Goose Control Measure Stirs Protest
Animal advocates plan a Thursday protest in Lacey over goose population controls that the Township Committee hasn’t yet solidified.
Members of Animal Rights Activists of New Jersey say they’ll rally in front of the Municipal Building at 6 PM, an hour before the governing body’s public meeting...