Tom Mongelli
Prescribed burns in southern Ocean County today
While there's still about a month left for controlled burns, New Jersey State Forest Fire Service crews are taking advantage of each dry day with low winds to gain progress against potential summer Pinelands wildfires. Today's prescribed burns take place in Stafford and Lacey Townships.
Nominate your fave to lead 25th Ocean County Columbus Day Parade
An Ocean County perennial marks its silver anniversary in 2016 - the annual Columbus Day Parade and Italian Festival. Now, who'll lead the 25th annual march in Seaside Heights? Nominations are under way for the parade that leads the event, October 7-9.
No trace: Have you seen Amanda Picard of Manchester?
Concern is growing in Manchester for the whereabouts of a young township woman who hasn't been seen since February 5 in Holiday City Berkeley.
Your Summer job might be waiting at Jenkinson’s Sunday
The Jersey Shore's tourism magnets not only promise fun for visitors, they also open scads of summer employment. The final round of Summer job fairs begins Sunday, February 28, at Jenkinson's in Point Pleasant Beach.
Roll up your sleeves for Seaside Park beach protection with Shifting Sands
A tractor-trailer full of donated Christmas trees wends its way south from Secaucus to Seaside Park. Now, all that's needed are enough able hands to plant them in the sands of Midway Beach.
Blueclaws job fair Saturday at First Energy Park
How many of us get to say, "So long, Honey, I'm off to work" - and then spend the day at the ballpark? About 100 people will get to say it all summer here in Ocean County.
Worth a thousand words: Pre- and post-blizzard Ortley Beach
You've heard repeatedly about shore damage whipped up by the blizzard of January 22-23. You either agreee, or disagree, about uniform dune reinforcement for the Jersey coast. Before-and-after images of Ortley Beach, where there is no permanent solution, offer a stark impression of the tightrope some residents walk.
Hid heroin and crack under her baby, say Manchester police
A Toms River woman whose car was stopped for an apparent vehicle violation Monday in Manchester is accused of hiding heroin and crack cocaine in the safety seat holding her 19-month-old.
Hunt for Toms River hit-run driver expands
The driver whose Jeep slid off a Toms River road overnight Sunday, smacked a car in a driveway, and continued on, is sought by township police.
Ortley scrapes through – sand en route to storm-scraped coast
The storm and the sand on the Toms River beachfront wrestled to a draw this weekend.
20 years for Burlington County man convicted in toddler’s death
The Shamong Township man convicted after a five-week trial for the 2013 death of a one-year-old in his girlfriend's care is sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Snowbound Barnegat woman gets help from police
Aged, disabled, and alone, facing torrential snow, power lapses and a voluntary evacuation advisory, a Barnegat woman managed Saturday on her own. By Sunday, she couldn't even get out of the house. One call to township police changed that.