Barnegat Police Blotter BARNEGAT–On February 15th at 6:30 pm, members of the Barnegat Police Narcotics Unit arrested Franklin Biddar Jr., 47, of Little Egg Harbor on drug charges and David McIntyre, 44, of Waretown on drug charges and outstanding warrants. The officers observed Biddar smoking hashish in the parking lot behind the Spirits Liquor Store [...]
Submitted by Barnegat Police Department BARNEGAT–The Barnegat Police Department has completed an assessment of responses and officer activities for calendar year 2012. The summary below contains information regarding officer response statistics with respect to citizen generated calls for service as well as officer initiated and agency directed activity. During 2012, the Barnegat Police Department responded [...]
By Phil Stilton RAHWAY–Children across the tri-state area whose local playgrounds were destroyed by the forces of Hurricane Sandy last October may soon be able to return to those jungle gyms, swingsets and monkey bars if Bill Lavin, president of the New Jersey Firefighters’ Mutual Benevolent Association [NJFMBA], has anything to say about it. [...]
BARNEGAT–On January 29th at approximately 2pm, Detective William Hetrick arrested Delovi Canales, Jr., 26, of Toms River in connection with the theft and use of a debit card. Canales Jr. is alleged to have stolen a wallet from the parking lot of the Forked River House in Lacey Twp on January 18th. Canales then used [...]
by Phil Stilton MANCHESTER – There’s good news for Little League baseball players in Ocean and Monmouth counties today as Manchester Little League has announced the expansion of their popular Mason Invitational Tournament (MIT) in 2013. Here’s how it works: Ocean County’s Little League teams play baseball within New Jersey’s District 18. Each year, chosen [...]
by Phil Stilton Spoiler Alert: This article contains information about a television show that aired on January 22nd, 2013. BARNEGAT – Cedar Bridge Tavern, located off Route 72 in Barnegat, has been hailed for many years by local historians as the site of the last battle of the American Revolution. Although General George Cornwallis [...]
By Phil Stilton SEASIDE HEIGHTS – Governor Chris Christie announced Thursday during a press conference in the engine bay of the Seaside Heights Volunteer Fire Company, here, his plan to begin the cleanup of New Jersey’s waterways affected by Hurricane Sandy. In particular, he addressed the Barnegat Bay, where a sizable portion of an estimated 1,440 [...]
By Phil Stilton OCEAN COUNTY–In an online poll, conducted by The Ocean Signal on our popular “Ocean County Police Blotter” facebook page, private beach front property owners found little support in their quest to rebuild those private beaches. Under the law, property owners in Jersey Shore beachfront communities must agree to grant an easement to [...]
NEWARK–A Star Ledger report this week on the slowing of the tide of increased property tax in New Jersey shows that Governor Chris Christie’s campaign against property taxes might just work. According to the report, the 1.7 percent state average increase was the lowest in New Jersey since 1991. In Ocean County, five communities [...]
BARNEGAT–Barnegat Police reported the following incident involving the arrest of an intoxicated man at a local business. On January 10th at 7:10pm, Patrolman Brian Weber arrested Eric Finn, 43, of Manahawkin for disorderly conduct after responding to a report of an intoxicated male inside of a local business. Patrolman Weber responded to the Foo [...]