Lakewood Police are investigating a school bus from the Talmud Torah Toras Yisroel School in the township that nearly hit a 7-year old boy after letting it off last week on Chestnut Avenue as seen in a video that has since surfaced on social media.
Schools across New Jersey and the nation have already enhanced security measures with local police departments by adding in armed officers and protocols, but a pair of bills introduced and one more being worked on by Congressman Tom MacArthur will tighten things even further.
The Vortex Performing Arts School located on the Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst was temporality put on lockdown Friday after an employee reported seeing an unidentified person enter the building, Major Brian Wagner JBMDL spokesperson tells WOBM News.
Two Brick schools as well as elementary buildings in Stafford and Lakehurst are being cleaned and repeated tests are being run after mold was found recently.
Ocean County Prosecutors and Beachwood Police report no credible threat following social media rumors that circulated Thursday about a threat at Toms River Intermediate South.
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