Beachwood News

The sky will light up with more than 2,000 firework shells at the borough's 69th annual Fourth of July celebration at dusk Saturday.

The head of a local military youth academy has been arrested and charged with distributing child pornography.

Embattled Mayor Ronald W. Jones Jr. is facing a recall challenge from several residents who filed their intention to recall him Wednesday.

TOMS RIVER - There's no better time of year than summer to enjoy the sweet creaminess of ice cream and there's no better place to indulge your taste buds than at the 7th Annual New Jersey State Ice Cream Festival on Saturday, July 18.

Panatda Hengoonyaphan was 3 years old when her parents opened a wicker furniture store in the Beachwood Plaza strip mall on Route 9. "I spent many weekends there running around and I've been working there my whole life," said Hengoonyaphan, a 25-year-old Toms River resident who is currently in law school at Villanova University but is still at the ...

Authorities are investigating the cause of a fire that damaged a historical landmark on Route 9 Saturday night.

Manitou Park Volunteer Fire Company has come a long way since it was founded 50 years ago by the late Garland Griffin, who after starting the company in his black community became the first black fire chief in Ocean County.

Five occupants of two vehicles were arrested for marijuana possession Saturday, police said.

Township officials will detail plans to re-develop the area around the old Beachwood Plaza on Route 9 when the state Office of Smart Growth holds a public hearing today from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Berkeley town hall on Pinewald-Keswick Road.

Do you hold at least two public jobs, make at least $100,000 and have a lucrative state pension lined up? If so, you won't be lonely in the Garden State.

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Jano Taber is leaving the grand Victorian at 249 Ocean Ave. that she has called home for the past 50 years and is seeking the warmer climate of Florida's West Coast, possibly Naples.

Harnessing wind energy to curb your electric bills may sound like a wonderful idea, but it's much easier said than done.

One man died and a second was critically injured when the pickup truck they were in struck a tree and caught fire Monday on Route 70, police said.

BEACHWOOD: The borough will host the inaugural meeting of the Beachwood Veteran's Committee at 7 p.m. today at the Community Center on Compass Avenue, according to Mayor Ronald W. Jones Jr.

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Ocean County government's $357.6 million 2009 budget was adopted Tuesday afternoon at a special public meeting of the Board of Freeholders.

Seventh-grader Dale Kocher has a knack for geography. 'I just find it an easy subject to learn,' said Dale, 13.

After more than six years of helping save countless dogs from being euthanized, canine training school owner Rob Hanlon and his employees are looking to help other dogs in Ocean County with a series of fundraisers.