The house fire at 41 Holly Drive in Loveladies woke up the neighborhood before 4:30 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 23. The unoccupied ...

A plumbing and heating van exploded on Gregg Drive in the Beach Haven West section of Stafford Township on Monday afternoon, Dec. 23. One person, presumably the driver-workman, was airlifted to a burn ...

At their new harm reduction center in West Creek on Wednesday, Dec. 11, eight members of Sea Change Recovery Community ...

Santa’s sleigh isn’t the only aircraft getting tons of attention these days. Drone sightings in Southern Ocean County have multiplied recently and local residents are on edge, calling on the federal ...

Surflight Theatre and the Stafford Township Arts Center are both hosting musical double-headers on New Year’s Eve, both paying homage to the music of the 1950s and mostly early ’60s. The former will ...

The Garden Club of Long Beach Island’s 2024 Holiday Tour of Homes, “Jingle on the Waves,” elicited gasps and grins the whole day long on Thursday, Dec. 12, with five resplendent houses from Beach ...

The following are two of the winning poems written by LBI Grade School students in a contest held by the school each year. The theme was in keeping with the Ship Bottom Christmas Parade hoedown motif.

Little Egg Harbor Township honored the town’s Girl Scouts and youth sports organizations with proclamations at the Dec. 12 township committee meeting. The committee presented proclamations to Girl ...

Throughout the year, the nonprofit, volunteer-only Hunger Foundation of Southern Ocean hosts various charitable events to raise funds for area food pantries. Over Thanksgiving weekend, the ...

The Grinch may have stolen some presents from within Long Beach Township’s municipal hall – landing him in a cell at the police department – but his mischief-making didn’t dampen the merry holiday ...

Jeff’s Camp: Help for Heroes in Barnegat Township has announced a free food pantry for veterans is available on the fourth Sunday of each month between noon and 2 p.m. at 290 Route 72 in Barnegat or ...

Barnegat Township Police Chief Jason Carroll was formally inducted into the prestigious Fairleigh Dickinson University Chiefs Circle on No. 12. This exclusive recognition is reserved for distinguished ...