Going into Thursday night’s action, five Ocean County high school basketball teams were in the running in the NJSIAA state tournament. By the time the last buzzer sounded, only 2 remained. In Central Jersey Group IV, North Brunswick (#4) eliminated Jackson Memorial (#5) after defeating the Jaguars 50-43. In Central Jersey Group [...]
LAVALLETTE–This week Governor Chris Christie announced that the state will be reconstructing Route 35 and showed up at the Lavallette Firehouse to break the news to the media. See the story here: Route 35 Reconstruction. Photo: Governor Chris Christie and DOT Commissioner Jim Simpson make Route 35 reconstruction announcement in Lavallette. (NJ Office of Information [...]
Submitted by Marion Lynch, The FoodBank of Monmouth/Ocean Counties NEPTUNE – The FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties launched a free income tax assistance program aimed at helping low and moderate income workers maximize their tax benefits. The VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) will be offered at six sites, three in Monmouth County and three [...]
Submitted by Joint Base MDL JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST– Residents in and around the joint base can expect an increase of range activity due to units conducting training at the Dix ranges Feb. 22-24. The 87th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal will conduct demolitions training Feb. 22. Members of Golf Battery and India Battery of [...]
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. [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
By Phil Stilton SEASIDE HEIGHTS – For students of the Hugh J. Boyd Elementary School, life as they know it ended on October 26th, 2012. Inside the now vacant and stripped school building, time stands still. Halloween decorations adorn the walls and calendars are still open to October. That Friday students left their school [...]
TRENTON–An Ocean County, N.J., man was sentenced today to 22 years in prison for taking pornographic pictures of two minors, ages 6 and 3, in Pennsylvania, anddistributing those pictures to other individuals between 2008 and 2010, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Dwayne Tucker, 26, of Bayville, N.J., previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge [...]