Forked River News

At first glance, the tan and stone building at 1268 Route 37 resembles a complex for doctors' offices, which is what it was originally intended to be.

Two branches of the Ocean County Library will offer a free, six-week course to eligible immigrants who are seeking United States citizenship.

LACEY - Homemade soups, home-baked goods and plenty of crafts for visitors were part of a fall tradition at the Lacey United Methodist Church on Saturday.

She earned the nickname Tammy the Turnpike Turkey while taking up residence at Exit 14B on the New Jersey Turnpike this fall.

Police charged a 20-year-old Lacey man and detained three 16-year-olds after the manager of a swing set and party store reported driving by the closed store at 11 p.m. and seeing people inside, police said.

The case of the turkey who played chicken has come to a close. After months of fowl play, the jaywalker from the wild dubbed Tammy the Turnpike Turkey finally has been snagged.

LACEY: A Forked River teenager suffered serious lacerations to his arms after his car struck a guardrail on Beach Boulevard.

An 87-year-old local woman has died as a result of injuries suffered in a car crash Nov.

Tammy, a wild turkey that spent its days hanging out at a New Jersey Turnpike toll plaza for Exit 14B, was captured this morning by wildlife experts and will be relocated to a zoo in Ocean County, Turnpike officials said.

A bicyclist who sustained head and back injuries after he was struck by a car Thursday died Friday.

Address of business: Ira S. Niedweske brings his dog to work. Lilly, a 4-year-old bloodhound, lumbers about the veterinarian's office in Iselin.

Police seized a fully loaded semi-automatic handgun, 56 rounds of ammunition and 72 grams of marijuana while executing a search warrant at a city apartment tonight, police said.

A 46-year-old woman was hospitalized in stable condition Friday after her car left the Garden State Parkway, hit several trees and overturned on Thursday afternoon.

In the spirit of Halloween I went looking for the eerie. I drove down the Garden State Parkway South to a house in Forked River because it never fails me - every time I go south in this state I feel like I'm getting close to him - or it.

Mill Pond Elementary School will be the first of the district's six school buildings to have solar power.

Incumbent Republicans Mark Dykoff and Gary Quinn are seeking their third new three-year-terms on the Township Committee and are facing one independent opponent, Robert Fastow.

Christopher J. Christie was in shirtsleeves, standing in the parking lot of the Forked River Diner in Ocean County during Memorial Day weekend.

Photo by Anna Murphey/New Jersey Herald From left, John Skehan, Neil Morris, John Updike and Todd Lanka of the Lost Ramblers perform Saturday at the second annual Old Mine Road Folk Life Festival on Spring Street in Newton.

Police and firefighters responded to a two-vehicle crash at Lacey and Dover roads reported at 9:40 a.m. There was one person in each car and both had to be extricated by the firefighters.

Police are hopeful the public can help them identify the person who shot and killed a 9-year-old German shepherd at Bridgeton Villas Sept.