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 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 ...

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 ...

Brennan Fuels will re-subdivide its gas station at Central Avenue and 18th Street into two single-family unit lots. The application was approved by the Barnegat Light Planning Board on April 15. The ...

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 ...

Coastal advocates say the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is steering offshore policy back into dangerous waters as it pushes for ocean-floor critical minerals, risking the same ...

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 ...

Out of a lively food truck in Tuckerton, Empanadivas owner Danielle Poinsett is serving tasty, handheld bites with a big goal: to “bring everybody to the table.” Dubbed a “mystical mobile kitchen,” ...

State Sen. Carmen Amato Jr. and Assemblymen Brian Rumpf and Gregory Myhre of the 9th Legislative District recently reintroduced legislation that would strengthen penalties under state law for identity ...

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 ...

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 ...

At its meeting April 13, the Beach Haven Borough Council introduced a 2026 municipal budget of $17,387,647. Borough Manager Sherry Mason said the budget represents a $1.17 million, or 7.2%, increase ...