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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Among the surest signs of spring in Barnegat Light is the opening of the public boat ramp. It happened this week, docks and harbors chair Joe Saburn announced at the regular meeting of borough council ...

The Democratic Coalition of Ocean County hosts a forum for the four Democratic candidates running in the 2nd Congressional District in the June primary on Thursday, April 23, 6:30 p.m. at the Bay ...

CRITICAL WILDLIFE HABITAT: At the end of each March, staff from the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge erect seasonal closure signs at the refuge entrance on Long Beach Island’s south end. The ...