Ocean Gate News

Up and down the Jersey Shore today, people are celebrating the 232nd birthday of America.

The Ocean Gate Municipal Alliance is sponsoring its Third Annual Emergency Services Day from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday.

Miranda was transported to headquarters where he posted bail and was later released.

An Ocean Gate bicyclist was injured when he was struck by a vehicle on Route 166 Friday night, police said.

A 19-year-old borough woman was charged with drunken driving Saturday night, officials said.

After more than a year of measuring wind velocity and direction, the towering wind anemometer was lowered and dismantled.

OCEAN GATE - Faculty and students weren't taking any chances: Not even the police chief could enter the "safe site" they evacuated to without showing his credentials.

In a storefront at a strip mall at Route 9 and Station Road, nearly two dozen children and teens listened to a group of adults divulge their deepest, darkest secrets.

PINE BEACH - The borough's police department received a professional quality paint job on a previously unmarked car, but this was not done by your standard auto body shop.

Assembly Bill A2867, introduced by two of its five primary sponsors, Assemblymen Louis Greenwald and Joseph Cryan is one of the most anti-environmental pieces of proposed legislation to come down the pike in ...

Maureen Welsh, 53, died Wednesday, May 21, 2008, at Richmond University Medical Center, with her family at her side, following an eight-month-long illness.

LOIS PIAZZA, 95, of OCEAN GATE, died Friday at Van Dyke Hospice, Toms River. She spent many years as a telephone operator before retiring from New Jersey Bell Telephone, Newark. via Asbury Park Press Online

“Anything we can get will be helpful, but I think that's a drop in the bucket compared to what it should be”

Small New Jersey towns can expect an average of $53,479 more state aid for the coming year than Gov. via Asbury Park Press

Beachwood is riding the wave of Jersey Shore towns exploring the possibility of harnessing wind power to save on soaring energy costs, an idea they should pursue aggressively. via Asbury Park Press Online

“They think my job is fun and easy”

More than 80 third-graders from St. Joseph Grade School in Toms River had the opportunity to see how a small town works when they visited this borough on April 18. via Asbury Park Press

“Reducing greenhouse gases is no longer optional, it's essential. When faced with insurmountable odds, our country has always risen to the challenge. The issue is as local as a neighborhood, and as global as a planet.”

Municipal officials have faced the facts that electricity bills will continue to rise, and have begun following in the steps of neighboring Ocean Gate to consider switching their municipal electricity to wind ... via Asbury Park Press

A borough man was arrested Monday and charged with aggravated sexual assault, kidnapping, causing or risking widespread injury, and making terroristic threats, authorities said. via Asbury Park Press

A Jersey Shore man has been arrested in connection with a bomb scare that triggered the evacuation of an estimated 30 residents from their downtown Bayonne homes for about five hours yesterday. via The Jersey Journal

“We already have geothermal heat in the house.”

The Township Committee celebrated Earth Day on Tuesday by changing its zoning laws to include guidelines for renewable energy technology. via Press of Atlantic City

Police continue to search for the hit-and-run driver who struck a Bayville teen Friday while he was bicycling in the borough. via Asbury Park Press