South Toms River News

Tim Cirillo remembers the last steps he ever took. It was 15 years ago. He was 10, wearing a pair of cheap, white MacGregor sneakers.

Tin Cirillo remembers the last steps he ever took. It was 15 years ago. He was 10, wearing a pair of cheap, white MacGregor sneakers.

The Asbury Park Press' Dec. 3 editorial "Don't soak United Water ratepayers," which urged the state Board of Public Utilities and the municipal leaders served by United Water Toms River to deny United Water's request for a rate increase, is a vote against sustained water quality and future capital investments, and it fails to recognize the true ...

Officials in the 9th Legislative District have written to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities and the state Ratepayer Advocate Director, asking them to reject the petition of United Water Toms River to increase rates by 37 percent.

Less than a year after United Water Toms River was granted a 62 percent rate hike by the state Board of Public Utilities, it has petitioned the BPU for another 37 percent increase.

Weapons charges against a Brick man who was wounded in a shootout in Berkeley in 2007 have been dismissed in a plea bargain under which he was sentenced to 18 months in prison for an unrelated gun offense.

The year 2007 was a dark one for the Seaside Park Police Department. By the end of that year, 14 lawsuits had been filed against the police department in federal court by people who claimed police had used excessive force against them, including, in several cases, beating and punching them while they were handcuffed.

A head-on collision between a Manitou Park Fire Co. firetruck and a Chevrolet Cavalier has left the driver of the car with serious injuries, police said.

THE STAKES: Two three-year terms will be available on the Borough Council. THE CANDIDATES: Sandford A. Ross Jr.

A 23-year-old South Toms River man has been arrested on charges in connection with an incident in which he is accused of groping and threatening to kill two girls with a handgun, police said.

A 29-year-old Brick man was spared a prison term Friday for his role in a 2007 shoot-out that claimed his brother's life because his cooperation with authorities in the case led to prison terms for six individuals.

The Third Avenue basketball courts in Manitou Park will be the site of the annual Manitou Park Family Day this weekend.

A South Toms River man was arrested during the execution of a search warrant where police found cocaine and a loaded .40-caliber Beretta handgun that was reported stolen in Tuckerton, police said.

A South Toms River man was arrested during the execution of a search warrant where police found cocaine and a loaded .40-caliber Beretta handgun that was reported stolen in Tuckerton, police said.

After an hour of discussion Tuesday night, the Township Council decided to carry forward a Comcast license renewal hearing, now tentatively scheduled for the Aug.

Social service agencies throughout the state are experiencing a sharp increase in demand for aid, and some of the requests are coming from people who once were donors.

Anthony Hill, 25, of South Toms River was sentenced Thursday to 12 years in prison for his role in the death of Horace Brown, a 43-year-old man who died of a single stab wound delivered during a heated altercation between the two men.

In Brick, guardrail repairs on the Garden State Parkway northbound has closed the right lane from north of Exit 91 - CR 549/Chambers Bridge Road to south of Exit 98 - NJ 138 in Wall, Monmouth County.

A Lakewood man charged with being a leader in a cocaine ring can use a bondsman to secure bail on his charges, Superior Court Judge Wendel E. Daniels ruled today.

Bubbles and Bruiser were probably the youngest 'kids'' at this year's Ocean County Fair, which ended it's six-day run at 5 p.m. The baby goats, a doe named Bubbles born Tuesday on opening day, and a buck named Bruiser born Wednesday, were among scores of farm animals fairgoers got a chance to pet or see up close.