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Council approves $4 million in bonding
SPRING LAKE HEIGHTS — The Spring Lake Heights borough council approved two bond ordinances this past Monday night, July 15, allocating $4 million to various improvements. Ordinance 2024-09 is for roadwork projects and first response communications. Council President William Graetz told the council on June 17 that the police and other first responders’ radio equipment is outdated, and improved connection is needed between the borough’s responders and those of neighboring communities.
Wall Township Police Department Reminds Drivers: Speeding Catches Up with You
Speeding is dangerous and aggressive behavior that accounts for more than one-quarter of all traffic-related fatalities nationally. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) urges drivers to stop speeding and end this risky driving behavior because Speeding Catches Up with You. In 2022, there were...
Brick Township Cocaine Dealer Released Under Bail Reform Facing 10 Years in Prison
Brick Township, NJ – Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer has announced that Ezra Wheeler, 27, from Brick Township, pled guilty to charges of narcotics distribution. The plea was entered…
Brick Township Fugitive Wanted in Human Dismemberment Case Captured in Marlboro
Ocean County, NJ – Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer has confirmed the arrest of Jared Krysiak, 34, from Brick Township, on serious criminal charges. Krysiak, who had been a…
NJ drug overdose deaths continue steady decline
Opioid settlement funds paid to equip EMTs and a mobile van with medicine. Doctors and clinics now see a new pattern across New Jersey— a decline in the epidemic of opioid deaths that spiked during the pandemic. Most credit the wide availability of naloxone — which can rapidly reverse overdose symptoms and has been distributed for free at participating New Jersey pharmacies since January 2023.
Social media street racer 'Squeeze.benz' charged in a string of NJ burglaries
Antonio Ginestri of Queens, known by his thousands of online followers as "Squeeze.benz," was charged Tuesday in a string of robberies that took place around North Jersey earlier this year. At around 1:56 a.m. on Feb. 6, Fairfield police officers were dispatched for a burglary to the Speedway Gas Station on Route...
Summer meal program launched at school
BELMAR — Belmar Elementary School (BES) has announced the launch of a new summer food program to ensure local children have access to nutritious meals while school is out of session. According to BES Superintendent Jimmy Alvarez, the program is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. “Mike Bardsley, our business administrator, along with Bill Chalmers and the Culinary Classic team, were integral in making this possible,” he said.
Fishermen find tuna, gator blues and whales in the Chicken Canyon
In their game of hide and seek, the big bluefish are in the Chicken Canyon. For now. There is a good spread of fish from that canyon out east to the Atlantic Princess wreck. Most boat captains headed out there are after the bluefin tuna, though. Capt. Howard Bogan Jr....
VOTE: Who is the Shore boys soccer No. 1 prospect among rising juniors?
Several of the Shore's top midfielders are now entering their junior seasons in addition to several star forwards. While those forwards and midfielders highlight the list, there are also several astutely experienced goalkeepers and backs to keep an eye one. The beginning of fall sports practices is only a month...
VOTE: Who is the Shore boys basketball No. 1 prospect among rising seniors?
The seniors are the backbone of every Shore Conference boys basketball season. They're the most experienced group with the most difference-makers, all trying to close out their high school careers in style. It won't be long before their final season the hardwood in Monmouth and Ocean counties will be here....
Delaware County Leadership: Natalie Chesko, President, Aqua New Jersey
Natalie Chesko, President of Aqua New Jersey, spoke with DELCO Today about growing up near the beach in New Jersey, her love of ballet as a child and teenager, and running cross-country in high school. She also recalled her first job at a bakery, where she learned discipline and teamwork and formed intergenerational friendships.
Decades-old auto parts store in Southern New Jersey abruptly demolished
Here's another case of "here today, gone tomorrow" in South Jersey. A decades-old auto parts store right in the heart of Gloucester County is quickly being reduced to rubble. That store is the old Pep Boys right off of the corner of the Black Horse Pike and Ganttown Road in Turnersville, Washington Township.
Want the best care? New report says these are best hospitals in NJ
Eight facilities in New Jersey make a list of the 466 best hospitals in the nation. The 2024-2025 list released on Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report takes into account more than 30 medical and surgical services. It's based on an analysis of nearly 5,000 hospitals across the country.
Test calling ISIS terrorists sparks trouble for NJ school superintendent
WAYNE — Parents are holding a school superintendent's feet to the fire after he apologized for a test question that called ISIS an Islamic terror group. The multiple choice question was part of a quiz in a seventh-grade class at Schuyler-Colfax Middle School in Wayne, according to the group Teaching While Muslim.
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