Monmouth/Ocean News

The widening of Routes 34 and 537 in Monmouth County as well as updating the traffic signals are just some of the roadwork that has concluded, but the true test of its effectiveness may come around Memorial Day and beyond with more drivers on the road.

When Jackson Police Chief Matthew Kunz was off duty on Saturday, he happened to spot a drug deal taking place.

A 14-year old Brick teenager is being charged with murder following his arrest for stabbing a 38-year old man and leaving him for dead.

Deal Police as well as firefighters from Allenhurst and Asbury Park helped rescue a man who was in distress in Deal Lake on Friday afternoon.

Ocean County 10th District legislators, Senator Jim Holzapfel and Assemblymen Greg McGuckin and John Catalano penned a letter to Governor Murphy calling on him to allow for COVID-19 vaccinations to be offered at senior communities.

Some things just simply need to be talked about. I recently met Nicci Balestrieri, the Co-founder of the Autism Movement Project. He is a great dude and after doing more research I thought it would be important to share his wonderful organization with everyone around the Jersey Shore.

A duplex style home in the Whiting section of Manchester Township is uninhabitable following a Friday morning fire on Willow Court.

A former Monmouth County probation officer is heading to prison for the next decade after being sentenced Thursday for sexually assaulting a woman he was supposed to be supervising on Drug Court probation.

A Bayville man is in the hospital this morning with a broken femur and possible internal injuries following a single-car crash just after midnight on Route 70 in Brick.

So I am continuing my tour of Ocean County and looking at some of the latest construction that is going on here at the Jersey Shore. I feel any new construction is hopefully an improvement to our community and in these times it means jobs and future business...

The addition of a CDC list of high-risk medical conditions ahead of educators "in line" for vaccinations in New Jersey does not sit well with some concerned for a safe return to classrooms.

More than 100,000 people have tried to make vaccination appointments on the Ocean County Health Department website this week.