Lakewood News

The stretch of state highway notorious for traffic jams may never lose its reputation even if a bold plan works to clear up the road congestion that has dominated this township's center.

Police have charged two men with committing a pair of unrelated sex crimes this week.

Authorities said they found drugs in the secret compartment of a vehicle, and a Laurel Boulevard couple have been charged.

When the recession ends, Lakewood and the rest of the Metedeconk River basin are likely to be an epicenter for the next wave of commercial and residential development, and community activists say now is the time for residents to get involved with land-use decision making.

A 16-month-old boy was struck by a car Sunday afternoon in the parking lot of a condominium complex.

A Lakewood man accused of holding a family at gunpoint and trying to stash cocaine in their house as he ran from police has been named in a 15-count grand jury indictment.

Many homeowners in New Jersey are losing their homestead rebate checks. Swimmers get less time to take a dip in a south Jersey lake.

I am writing in reference to recent articles in the Press about Dover Woods in Toms River Township , . A few years ago, I, along with other merchants at Sea Gull Square Plaza, located in Lakewood on Route 9, just north of Dover Woods, went before the Lakewood Township Council, looking for help with some of the same issues described in the articles.

Where have all the seniors gone? That's a question more than a few developers of age-restricted communities, including Reb Refoel Zucker, the developer of Pine River Village in Lakewood, are asking themselves these days.

A township man was charged with robbery and tampering with evidence after he robbed a man in a parking lot and forced himself into the victim's car, Detective Steve Wexler said.

The Lakewood branch of the Ocean County Library invites residents to its 2009 Summer Reading "Be Creative @ Your Library" programs.

Township police are investigating a shooting during a party Sunday that sent a Lakewood man to the hospital.

A male student was stabbed multiple times on school grounds in Lakewood, New Jersey, Monday.

Want to know a secret? You don't have to buy wood chip mulch or compost. You can get it for free.

A vehicle overturned at about noon today in the center lane of the Garden State Parkway just south of the Brick exit, according to New Jersey State Police.

New Jersey's unemployment report released Wednesday marked the 16th consecutive month the state has lost jobs, leaving thousands of workers walking in the steps of Jason Gomez.

Authorities in Ocean County today said they charged a Lakewood man with sexually assaulting nine young girls.

An Ocean County man is accused of robbing two Marlton banks. Myron V. Anderson Jr., 29, of Lakewood was arrested as he returned to his home shortly after an armed robbery at a TD Bank on Route 70 near Plymouth Drive on Wednesday, authorities said.

It was a yellow inspection sticker that caught the eye of a state trooper on patrol Wednesday evening.

An Ocean County man was charged with robbing two banks in the township and investigators believe he may be responsible for several others in the region, police said.