One of the recalled sweatshirts. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a voluntary recall of about 17,000 children's hooded sweatshirts and jackets because they have a drawstring through the hood which can pose a strangulation hazard.

Last week's northeast gale dished out the worst shoreline damage to coastal Monmouth and Ocean counties in more than a decade, from wrecked cabanas in Sea Bright to undermined oceanfront homes on Long Beach Island.

About 17,000 youth hooded sweatshirts and jackets are being recalled due to a strangulation hazard.

Toms River Regional School District Science students did not let the recent Nor'easter stop them from spending three straight hours re-planting dune grass in Seaside Park on Monday, Nov.

Three days of rain and intense winds along the Shore has resulted in Gov. Jon S. Corzine declaring a state of emergency in six counties, including Monmouth and Ocean.

After much debate, which included heckling and catcalls from some Borough Council members as well as the public, a "pay-to-play" ordinance was introduced Thursday night at a council meeting.

It doesn't require a suspension of disbelief to imagine a day when an emergency at the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in Lacey might make it necessary for nearby residents to get out of town in a hurry.

Lack of notification - specifically failure to follow up faxes with phone calls - was the cause for a recently issued federal deficiency finding following an emergency exercise held at the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant last month.

The year 2007 was a dark one for the Seaside Park Police Department. By the end of that year, 14 lawsuits had been filed against the police department in federal court by people who claimed police had used excessive force against them, including, in several cases, beating and punching them while they were handcuffed.

For the first time in more than a decade, New Jersey's summer season was free of serious injuries on roller coasters, Ferris wheels and log flumes, state officials said this week.

Surfcasters who fished in between the inclement weather this week saw pretty good results from stripers and bluefish along the coast.

Saturday's blustery, rainy weather might not have been ideal for beach going, but that didn't stop 17-year-old Julie Peterson and her friends from hitting the sand at Second Avenue in Seaside Park.

THE STAKES: Two three-year terms will be available on the Borough Council. THE CANDIDATES: Robert P. Brennan of 39 C St., an independent, is the incumbent.

As a taxpayer to the Toms River Board of Education, I am concerned about the arrangement made by Superintendent Michael J. Ritacco to allow Seaside Park students to attend our school district without compensation.

In a large green plastic tub, a male and female diamondback terrapin turtle appeared to be waiting patiently for a hand to reach in and grab them.

The borough will be able to pay its $708,408 third-quarter 2008 tax bill to the Central Regional School District, but it will not have enough money to pay this year's third-quarter tax bill of $750,743 because of 'cash-flow problems.' 'A purchase order was sent over to their business administrator for the 2008 payment due them, and we expect to be ...

James J. Fulcomer has been elected president of the Regular Republican Club of Berkeley.

BERKELEY - In June, Julia Madsen celebrated her 50th wedding anniversary and her 72nd birthday.

By Bonnie Delaney * and HARTRIONO B. * SASTROWARDOYO * TOMS RIVER BUREAU * September 22, 2009 SEASIDE HEIGHTS - MORE INSIDE: Berkeley takes legal action to halt Seaside Park seventh-graders' transfer to Toms River Intermediate East.

The Township Council will meet tonight to authorize special counsel Francis Campbell to institute legal proceedings to stop what the township is calling a "siphon-scheme" to decrease school tax funds payable by Seaside Park to the Central Regional School District.