Lavallette News

Disclaimer: The author of this blog was born and raised in New Jersey. She hung out in Lavallette during the summer as a teenager.

A former township municipal judge is unlikely to get his job back despite his recent acquittal on drunken-driving and other charges, because his seat on the bench no longer exists.

When John O'Neil approached his friends Jon Fried and Deena Shoshkes, of the alternative pop band the Cucumbers, with lyrics he'd written about his son's autism, Fried admits he was worried.

Disclaimer: The author of this blog was born and raised in New Jersey. She hung out in Lavallette during the summer as a teenager.

Arleen J. Lippincott was reappointed to the position of interim superintendent of the township school district tonight as the Board of Education advertises for a full-time superintendent.

He might just be the mother of all deadbeat dads, at least in Passaic County. The Lavallette man has been locked in county Jail after a state judge found that he owes $746,058 in back child support payments to his family in Wayne.

Authorities have charged a Brick woman with vehicular homicide in connection with the death of a lawyer who was struck by a car as he walked along Route 35 in the Ocean Beach section last month.

Disclaimer: The author of this blog was born and raised in New Jersey. She hung out in Lavallette during the summer as a teenager.

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

A prominent Essex County attorney in line to be a state administrative law judge was struck by a car and killed Friday while walking along Route 35 near his summer home.

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.

Boaters said some of the sand lost in last week's nor'easter has piled up in Manasquan Inlet.

Gov. Jon S. Corzine declared a state of emergency in Ocean County, as well as in five other counties Sunday, after a nor'easter swept through the area and left a trail of beach erosion and flooding in its wake.

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

Coast Guard rescue crews are looking for Kenneth Rose Sr., 75; his son Kenneth Rose Jr., 49; and Larry Forrest, 55, who were on the 44-foot fishing boat the Sea Tractor.

The powerful winds and torrents of rain that slammed the Atlantic seaboard were expected to weaken today, though the storm was forecast to move up the coast and could threaten more states.

It's been 30 years since Johnny Cash was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Del Webb recently introduced Faithe Bland as a new Lifestyle Director for its River Pointe community for active-adults in Manchester, N.J. In this position, Bland will work with members of River Pointe to engage, enrich and enlighten their daily lives.

After nearly three years of waiting, residents of Bay Beach Way in Toms River may soon be calling Lavallette home.

Although country music legend Johnny Cash died in 2003, he left an impressive legacy of ten Grammy Awards, over 1,500 songs, variety television shows and countless hall of fame inductions.