South Toms River News

Shirley was released after being charged with driving while intoxicated and reckless driving.

Three 16-year-old boys will be prosecuted as adults on attempted murder and other charges related to a robbery in which a 19-year-old Toms River man was shot multiple times in April, authorities said Tuesday.

The South Toms River Optimist Club is sponsoring a weekly Tuesday Farmers Market Plus, which started Tuesday and will run through October in Mathis Plaza on Route 166 in South Toms River, according to club members.

A Howell man, charged last month with taking part in a widespread cocaine distribution network in Ocean County, has been charged in a new indictment with being the leader of a narcotics trafficking network in Monmouth and Ocean counties.

The suspect in the fatal stabbing of a Berkeley man during an argument outside the victim's home in 2007 has pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter.

Each of the two former councilmen who tentatively won the GOP nomination through write-in votes Tuesday collected nearly 20 votes each, according to unofficial numbers released Thursday by the Ocean County Clerk's Office.

Kevin M. McCormack Sr. and Sanford A. Ross Jr., both former councilmen, have tentatively secured the Republican nomination to run for Borough Council through write-in votes Tuesday, the borough clerk confirmed.

Manitou Park Volunteer Fire Company has come a long way since it was founded 50 years ago by the late Garland Griffin, who after starting the company in his black community became the first black fire chief in Ocean County.

Thirteen men, including a cooperating codefendant in last year's Lakewood barbershop murder trial, have been charged in an indictment alleging they took part in a widespread cocaine distribution network in Lakewood and Toms River.

The incident, which occurred about 9:30 p.m. Saturday, is the focus of an internal investigation by the Prosecutor's Office.

By the end of next month, construction will be noticeable in the Manitou Park neighborhood located off Route 530 in the northern section of town and adjacent to South Toms River.

It's live, not from New York, but from Raider Way. Since the end of March, "Toms River Schools Today," a student-produced-and-run cable television news show, has been broadcasting live from the district's studio at Toms River High School East.

The going certainly has gotten tough. If, as the saying goes, that inspires the tough to 'get going,' the question is, 'Where?' Where are the tough going to turn during these challenging economic times? For some, the answer is the practical nursing program at Ocean County Vocational Technical School.

On the night of April 16, Peter and Patty Morse went to bed early; they didn't hear the intruder enter their house through an unlocked door.

The annual Law Day ceremony in the historic Ocean County Courthouse Court Room 1 was standing room only, and even included a speech by President Abraham Lincoln.

Six men who admitted taking part in a fatal shootout at Manitou Park in Berkeley were sentenced on Thursday to between five and 15 years in state prison.

Thirty-three new emergency medical technicians marked the completion of their basic training during a graduation ceremony held on April 14, at the Ocean County Training Center.

One firefighter was treated for injuries and a second remains hospitalized with an ankle injury after a utility pole snapped at an accident scene and fell on the men, police said.

Ocean County government's $357.6 million 2009 budget was adopted Tuesday afternoon at a special public meeting of the Board of Freeholders.

Police have arrested and charged a second 16-year-old with the attempted murder of a 19-year-old Toms River man, police said.