TOMS RIVER – One hundred twenty-four students from the Ocean County College Nursing Class received their nursing pins at the Annual Nurses Pinning Ceremony on Tuesday, May 21st at in the Arts & Community Center Theatre at the OCC Main Campus in Toms River. During the ceremony, special awards in Nursing were presented. The following Nursing graduates [...]
TOMS RIVER—Route 571 between Route 70 in Manchester and Whitesville Road in Toms River will remain closed to westbound traffic for approximately ten weeks according to Ocean County Engineer Frank Scarantino. The closure will create a 4.5 mile detour that will take motorists north on Whitesville Road to Route 70, where they can reconnect to [...]
The following was compiled from releases provided by the Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders. Sandy Volunteers Honored at Luncheon More than 140 senior citizens who devote much of their time volunteering to help others were honored at a special luncheon in Toms River on May 22nd. For the past 31 years, the Ocean County [...]
by Erik Weber BERKELEY TOWNSHIP – It may have been several decades since they put down their social studies notebooks and picked up their badges, but for five of the seven current police chiefs serving in Ocean County, coming back to the halls of Central Regional High School here to reminisce about their early [...]
MANCHESTER MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER OF POINT PLEASANT MAN IN LONG BRANCH MURDER FREEHOLD–A Manchester Township man is charged with the Robbery and Felony Murder of a Point Pleasant man found in the backyard of a Long Branch home, announced Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni. Alan Bienkowski, 54, of Pinecrest Manor, Manchester Township, [...]
MANCHESTER–At 1:07 pm on May 16, a two vehicle crash occurred on NJ Route 70, at mile marker 43.1. A 1994 Toyota 4-Runner, being operated by Lee R Chism 3rd (age 30) of Pennsauken, NJ was traveling west on NJ Route 70, when his vehicle crossed the center line and entered into the east bound [...]
TOMS RIVER–Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato today announced the results of an autopsy conducted by the Ocean County Medical Examiner in the Manchester Township, Anthony “Tony” Verdicchio case. The Medical Examiner’s autopsy, conducted Wednesday (May 15), found the victim’s cause of death to be from multiple blunt force traumas to the head and face. [...]
The following was provided by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office this afternoon: MANCHESTER – On Monday, May 13th at approximately 5:18 pm, the Manchester Township Police received a 911 call reporting a 76 year old male unconscious and not breathing. Upon arrival of Emergency Services personnel, it was determined that the manner in which the [...]
TRENTON–New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher today announced, for the fourth year in a row, a team of high school students from the Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Sciences (MATES) in Manahawkin was the winner of the New Jersey Envirothon, held Saturday, May 4 at Girl Scout Camp Kettle Run in Medford. [...]
TOMS RIVER – With an eye toward safety, the Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders is getting ready to start improvement projects on 11 county roads. “As part of our annual overlay program, we will be starting work shortly on safety improvements including stormwater drainage work, new paving and reconstruction on several roads throughout Ocean [...]