Toms River News

Howard Stern sidekick Artie Lange was charged with driving under the influence after he crashed his car into another vehicle in Toms River this afternoon.

United Way of Ocean County and WOBM-FM 92.7 will collect items for the Your Grandmother's Cupboard nonprofit organization from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, organization members said.

Freeholder John 'Jack' P. Kelly on Wednesday proposed moving the offices of the Ocean County Clerk and Surrogate out of the historic courthouse on Washington Street to free up space for the justice system.

Affordable Housing Sub-Committee Chairman Councilman John C. Sevastakis said in these tough economic times the new 100-percent, age-restricted afforable housing development, The Oaks at Toms River, is ideal for senior residents who may not be able to take advantage of today's job market.

A day after announcing an arrest in the year-old unsolved homicide of 18-year-old Anthony D. Skyers II, Ocean County authorities on Wednesday charged a second man they claim arranged his murder.

One of the six people involved in what police described as a gang-related fight last week has died.

Row, row your boat. Though not gently down the stream - more like from the Toms River to Barnegat Bay and back.

The live broadcast of Michael Jackson's memorial event that was to be held today at the Marquee Cinemas 10 on Route 37 West has been canceled due to technical difficulties, said Matt Breeden, the theater's general manager.

A year-long investigation into the shooting death of an 18-year-old Toms River man has led to the arrest of a suspect from Keansburg.

With bumper stickers and lip service, most Americans say they support the troops.

The memorial service for Michael Jackson being held in Los Angeles will be shown live at the Marquee Cinemas Orchard 10 complex in Toms River at 1 p.m. Tuesday.

Multiple Emmy Award-winning, nationally renowned senior meteorologist Bill Evans will promote his new book, "Frozen Fire," at 7 p.m. Monday at the Ocean County Library, library staff said.

A Howell woman remains hospitalized today after she was injured in a one-car accident on the Garden State Parkway Tuesday, authorities said.

Fine. Go ahead. Consider New Jersey the dumping ground for New York. But do you also have to keep the Statue of Liberty at just that angle, giving New Jersey a perpetual view of the lady's backside? That was the question posed by Lee Dawson, a 50-year-old former Elizabeth resident who now calls Alabama home and who visited Lady Liberty earlier this ...

An Ocean County grand jury has accused a 56-year-old Toms River woman of stealing about $18,000 from a charity.

Police Chief Michael Mastronardy said the fight started when Pedro Garcia, 24, and his brother Antonio Garcia, 27, found a group of men with a baseball bat breaking the window of a car parked in a driveway near their Roberts Road home.

It has been almost 50 years since Riverwood Park first welcomed neighborhood children to its grounds.

The head of a local military youth academy has been arrested and charged with distributing child pornography.

At least four men suffered stab wounds in a brawl that broke out over a broken car window on Roberts Avenue off Walnut Street about 10:45 p.m. Tuesday, police said.

A fundraiser will be held July 10 for Elizabeth Burns, a 7-year-old resident who needs a combined liver and kidney transplant to survive.