Lanoka Harbor News

A fire burned through the upper floor of an old wooden house at 8 Station Drive about 1 p.m. Thursday, said Forked River Fire Chief Kevin Flynn.

Visitors came out on last week to the little town of Bethlehem, re-created at Forked River Baptist Church by about 100 parishioners.

LACEY - Bah! Humbug! A Grinch has stolen from "Mr. Christmas" - not once, but twice this season, said Lanoka Harbor resident William D. Sheppard Jr.

They didn't have pointed ears, nor were they short but their mission was to make sure that children had some special presents to unwrap on Christmas Day.

LACEY - All that is left is for solar panels to be added to school district buildings according to Board of Education member Jack Martenak.

Sue and John Holland of Toms River have three sons, ages 9, 11, and 13, but their family wasn't complete without a little girl.

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.

In its coverage of the new Lanoka Harbor Walmart store, it is unfortunate the Press chose to focus solely on 'around 20 union representatives' instead of the hundreds of associates who work in our store or the tens of thousands of customers who have visited the store since it opened Oct.

A fundraiser for the Berry family will be held Saturday at Hebrew Park in Lanoka Harbor.

Wednesday was opening day for a Walmart Supercenter on Route 9 in the Lanoka Harbor section, where those who turned out included customers as well as a large inflated rat and union members who protested outside.

A home at 522 Lincoln Place was gutted by a fire reported by a neighbor who noticed smoke at 10:59 a.m. today, said Patrolman Rip Bondulich.

Two people were injured when their car left the roadway and struck a tree at Beach Boulevard and Chesapeake Drive about 2 a.m. Thursday, police said.

A 31-year-old Lacey man was sentenced Friday to four years in state prison for a bank robbery that netted him slightly more than $100. Superior Court Judge Wendel E. Daniels imposed the prison term on William Smith of the Lanoka Harbor section of Lacey Township for robbing the Wachovia Bank on Lacey Road in the Forked River section of the township ...

The manager of some of the top private golf clubs in New Jersey will now be in charge of maintaining Essex County's three public courses, which are undergoing a $7 million upgrade.

Jeremy Clarke has been described as a "good guy" who came to the U.S. from New Zealand.A He became a citizen just months ago.

Eds: RECASTS headlines, UPDATES with 4th victim, helicopter fuselage recovered from river, ID of helicopter pilot.

The Associated Press 5 comments Eyewitness accounts suggest plane, helicopter didn't see each other before crash Police boats and divers on Sunday recovered a piece of a submerged helicopter and a body as investigators resumed their search of the Hudson River for wreckage from the helicopter and a small plane that collided in midair.

The Associated Press 5 comments Eyewitness accounts suggest plane, helicopter didn't see each other before crash Police boats and divers on Sunday recovered a piece of a submerged helicopter and a body as investigators resumed their search of the Hudson River for wreckage from the helicopter and a small plane that collided in midair.

The Associated Press 5 comments Eyewitness accounts suggest plane, helicopter didn't see each other before crash Police boats and divers on Sunday recovered a piece of a submerged helicopter and a body as investigators resumed their search of the Hudson River for wreckage from the helicopter and a small plane that collided in midair.

Police divers have recovered the body of a fifth victim in Saturday's fatal aircraft collision over the Hudson River in which nine people perished.