The Stafford Branch of the Ocean County Library, located at 129 North Main St. (Route 9), will permanently close on Friday, May 1, as preparations continue for the opening of the new Stafford branch ...

And while this is traditionally a busy time of year as locals and second homeowners bring their yards back to life for summer while businesses prepare for the tourism season, this year there is more ...

The Ship Bottom Sprint for Life brought more than 300 runners and walkers of all ages to the Ship Bottom boat ramp park on Saturday, April 18. The event featured a 5K run, 2-mile fitness walk and a ...

Operating and caring for a historic lighthouse might seem a tall order, but it’s been Diane Rapp’s life work. She was 15 years old when she got her summer job working at Barnegat Lighthouse State Park ...

Surflight Theatre in Beach Haven has a rather large complex. There’s the theater itself, of course. Then there are the cast house; the Show Place Ice Cream Parlour building, which also includes ...

According to Google, five whales have washed up on New Jersey beaches in 2026. A couple years ago this would have ignited political outrage. Now the silence is deafening.

Traffic on Manahawkin Bay looked a little different on Friday, April 17 than most days, as a large house perched atop an even larger barge floated right under the Causeway and down the bay, making its ...

This is a response to two letters published in last week’s edition, one from Long Beach Township Commissioner Joseph Lattanzi, the second written by Richard M. Bradshaw, attorney for the Ship Bottom ...

When Christopher Fischetti was born nearly a year ago, he appeared to be a healthy, normal child. But during routine follow-up exams, it was found his liver was secreting an abnormally high level of ...

On Friday, April 17, Harvey Cedars Mayor John M. Imperiale and Police Chief Robert Burnaford met in Toms River with the Ocean County Engineering Department and Commissioners Frank Sadeghi and Sam ...

Bipartisan federal lawmakers on Monday pushed a bill that would allow taxpayers to wipe every tax and state-mandated surcharge from gas and electric bills off their federal taxable income – a ...