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Forest fire in Ocean County grows to 2,500 acres; residents …
Apr 12, 2023 · Firefighters in Ocean County continued to battle a wildfire Wednesday that grew overnight to 2,500 acres and is threatening at least 75 structures.
Bomb threat at Ocean County hospital causes patients to be …
Bomb threat at Ocean County hospital causes patients to be temporarily moved, officials say. A bomb threat Monday evening at Community Medical Center in Toms River prompted a large response from ...
School paraprofessional killed in Ocean County crash ... - nj.com
Apr 10, 2024 · UPDATE: N.J. school paraprofessional killed in crash after stopping at Jackson intersection. A driver was killed in a crash early Tuesday in Jackson, officials said. The crash took place just ...
Things to do in Ocean County - nj.com
Jul 30, 2021 · For those who prefer to hike, ride horses, mountain bike or take photos, there are miles of marked trails through pine forests and cedar swamps. A few people relax on the beach at Holgate Beach ...
N.J. general election results 2023: Ocean County - nj.com
Nov 16, 2023 · Voters in Ocean County cast their votes Tuesday in the 2023 general elections for state, county, local and board of education seats. Check back here for the unofficial county and local results ...
Woman, 25, shot to death in Ocean County - nj.com
Jun 28, 2024 · A 25-year-old woman found Thursday with a gunshot wound to the stomach in Manchester later died at a local hospital, authorities said Friday. Police were called to the area of Ridgeway and Hope ...
N.J. jail must pay family $1.5M for negligence in man’s suicide ...
Aug 10, 2023 · Authorities in Ocean County must pay the $1.5 million a jury awarded the widow of a man who died by suicide in the county jail more than a decade ago, New Jersey’s highest court ruled Thursday.
Man killed, woman seriously hurt in Garden State Parkway crash
Jan 26, 2024 · A 35-year-old man was killed and a 34-year-old woman seriously injured when then their SUV veered off the Garden State Parkway and crashed on Thursday afternoon in Barnegat, officials said.
2 dead in homicide investigation in Lakewood, police say
Dec 19, 2021 · Two people were fatally shot at an apartment complex in Lakewood on Sunday morning, authorities said. Township police and the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Major Crime Unit are investigating a ...