TOMS RIVER – Ocean County officials are urging the State of New Jersey to reject a proposed $450 million settlement agreement with 3M unless counties are granted direct control over how the funds are ...

Two listening sessions will be held for officials to hear from residents on whether they want to annex the South Seaside Park section of Berkeley. The first meeting will be held Monday, November 10 at ...

The October 22 meeting of Barnegat Township’s Rent Leveling Board will most likely be its last. For residents of Pinewood Estates, the board’s final actions resulted in a much better outcome than they ...

Friends and colleagues are stepping up to support a longtime emergency medical technician who has spent nearly a decade serving the community and now needs help reaching her goal of becoming a ...

When a marching band takes the field, they are playing a variety of instruments. Horns blare and drums pound, but it all comes together into a cohesive song and performance. Similarly, two schools’ ...

It was two years ago during a special evening meeting of the Board of Education on Election Day that Superintendent John Berenato was removed from his position. Last week, the Board reinstated him ...

A Howell man has admitted responsibility for a deadly off-road crash that claimed the life of a passenger nearly five years ...

Two political newcomers, Chris Pollak and Alfred Couceiro sought one council seat on the township council in the November 4 ...

LAKEWOOD – Two Seaside Heights men are facing multiple weapons and drug charges following a joint law enforcement investigation into the illegal possession and sale of firearms in Ocean County, ...

MANCHESTER – Election night wasn’t good for the incumbents in the local Board of Education race. Four candidates sought two, three-year terms. Incumbents Gayle Mount (the board president) and Fay ...

A voting location in Toms River was one of several that received threatening emails on election day, sources said.

Patients and doctors across Ocean County and the state are scrambling for answers as Optum, a health provider owned by UnitedHealth, prepares to shut down dozens of medical offices statewide by ...