Ocean County Freeholders

Ocean County Freeholders and government officials signed an emergency proclamation Monday that calls for the closure of all county government buildings to the public for all non-essential county business.

Ocean County continues to grow, develop and expand with everything from infrastructure to residents to summer tourism and more, so what can we expect to see as 2020 gets underway?

There have been many gestures and heartfelt thoughts shared about the late Freeholder John Bartlett Jr. Now comes a new gold tournament to be played in his memory at the Forge Pond County Golf Course in Brick Township.

The Ocean County Natural Lands Trust Fund has successfully preserved close to 30,000 acres of open space since 1998.

Tuckerton resident and Operation Desert Storm U.S. Army veteran Barbara Kim-Hagemann, who became the first woman to be elected commander of the New Jersey Veterans of Foreign Wars, is being honored by the Ocean County Freeholders.

A new redesigned traffic signal by the Target and Lowe's shopping center on Hooper Avenue is now operational, according to Ocean County officials and the entire project is near completion.

Ocean County is drawing closer to replacing the Ridgeway Boulevard Bridge which spans across the Ridgeway Branch of the Toms River in Manchester Township.

Work could soon be getting underway this summer for a new Grawton Road Bridge in Jackson Township.

Ocean County senior services officials want your input on how best to address the needs of the more than 173,000 seniors who call Ocean County home.

The good news is that progress on a 150-foot long prefabricated weathered steel trestle inside the Barnegat Branch Trail continues to move forward, the bad news is that a portion of the trail remains closed because it's an active construction area and county officials want to keep everyone safe.