Waretown News

We hope you enjoyed the beautifulA Memorial Day weekend. We are starting today with the latest from the Barnegat Township Police, who charged a Waretown man with false report.

Here is what's happening in and around Barnegat this weekend: 1. "Get Buzzed" Barbershop, 335 Route 9 North, Lanoka Harbor, will offer $12 haircuts to benefit "Courage From Kyle" from 1 until 4 p.m. on Sunday, with door prizes, refreshments and more.

At least 80 residents of Heritage Bay gathered around a memorial stone today to salute and honor the veterans in their adult community.

All 21 locations of the Ocean County System will be closed on Friday, May 18 for staff in service training.

The Township Committee has awarded a contract to Birdsall Engineering, a firm that is currently under investigation by the state, for a feasibility study for a new power generation facility to be built in Lacey upon Oyster Creek's closure in 2019.

After a car getting out of a parking spot near the Waretown library facility hit slammed into the building Friday, the library remains closed "until further notice." The library is working with architects and Township of Ocean officials to make the repairs as soon as possible, said Heather Andolsen, spokeswoman for the Ocean County Library system.

On the heels of a busy township committee meeting last night, we have a lot to share in the next few days.

Though separated by thousands of miles, history has connected Werner Franz and Werner Doehner.

LAKEHURST - From a hangar in Germany, a son watched with wonderment as his father led him to the largest aircraft the world had seen.

A motor vehicle struck the Waretown Branch of the Ocean County Library damaging the building and forcing library officials to close the branch indefinitely.