Local News: Toms River, NJ 

 | 

Sign Up

 | 

Sign In

Toms River News Editors

Toms River Info

Toms River, New Jersey is located in Ocean County. Zip codes in Toms River, NJ include 08754, 08753, and 08755. The median home price in Toms River is $259,900 which is roughly $145/per square foot. More Toms River information.

Local Charities in Toms River, NJ

News Widget

Display the Toms River news headlines on your website.

Get the Topix Headlines Widget

Share & bookmark

RSS icon mobile icon

Toms River News

Local news for Toms River, NJ continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

8 hrs ago | Patch.com

Child Porn Sweep Results in Charges for Toms River Man

A Toms River man was among those charged in a month-long sweep of alleged child pronographers by local and federal authorities, the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office announced Monday.

Comment?

8 hrs ago | Asbury Park Press

Six Ocean County residents arrested in child porn probe

A month-long high-tech sweep has netted six people on child pornography charges in five Ocean County townships, authorities said.

Comment?

9 hrs ago | The Daily Journal

New flood maps offer some relief to NJ coast

With the stroke of a pen and the click of a mouse, the federal government saved George Kasimos tens of thousands of dollars.

Comment?

10 hrs ago | Patch.com

Neighbors: No Dugan Lane Access for Proposed Apartment Complex

Residents who live near the site of a proposed 252-unit Pleasant Plains apartment complex are concerned about the potential traffic it could bring, and they want one of the access points to the site closed.

Comment?

14 hrs ago | Asbury Park Press

New FEMA maps shrink highest-risk flood zones in Monmouth, Ocean

Elevation Saved Mantoloking Home: Elevating his home when it was built 30 years ago, saved Ed Wright's Mantoloking home when the ocean met the bay the the foot of the Mantoloking Bridge during Superstorm Sandy.

Comment?

18 hrs ago | Asbury Park Press

Toms River charity Hometown Heroes expands beyond New Jersey

Superstorm Sandy drove Laura Lech first to a hotel in Pennsylvania and then a rental home in Milford, but she kept driving her kids back to Ocean County so they could go to their Boy Scout meetings.

Comment?

19 hrs ago | Patch.com

County Outlines Continuing Roadwork in Toms River

Construction-and a lengthy detour-continues this week to rehabilitate the Schencks Mill Bridge on Route 571.

Comment?

19 hrs ago | Patch.com

Police Searching for Two Men in $10,000 Tool Theft

More than $10,000 worth of tools and five catalytic converters were stolen from an industrial park early Friday morning.

Comment?

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Asbury Park Press

Tip leads to Toms River drug bust

Three Perth Amboy men were arrested Saturday afternoon on drug and weapons charges.

Comment?

Sat Jun 15, 2013

Patch.com

Businesses: Claim Your Free Listings on Toms River Patch

Ridiculously Easy ! We want local businesses to join Patch because we want to make life ridiculously easy for you and your neighbors.

Comment?

Patch.com

Teen Volunteers Wanted at Ocean County Library

The following was submitted by Ocean County Library spokesman Lawrence Meegan: The Ocean County Library will once again offer summer volunteer programs and is looking for teen volunteers to help out with its Reading Buddies program.

Comment?

Patch.com

Beach-Bound This Weekend? Check Traffic Here First

In this real-time traffic map from Mapquest, green portions mean traffic is flowing freely, while yellow and red indicate traffic delays.

Comment?

Fri Jun 14, 2013

Asbury Park Press

FEMA shrinks top flood zones 50% in Ocean County

Ron Jampel of Brick talks about the situation he and his wife are in, as well as many others, since FEMA released new flood maps.

Comment?

The Jersey Journal

Toms River man dies of heroin overdose

The location in Toms River where a man was found unconscious and later was pronounced dead of a heroin overdose, officials said.

Comment?

Asbury Park Press

Brick woman charged with burglary, public urination

A local resident was arrested Friday because police say she stole a cellular telephone from a 77-year-old township woman, then urinated in the dressing room of a clothes store where she was shoplifting.

Comment?

Asbury Park Press

Woman choked, smothered with pillow at Lakehurst motel, police say

A Toms River man is charged with aggravated assault after a woman told police he attempted to smother her with a pillow while he choked her and held her at knifepoint.

Comment?

Patch.com

Delays Persist on Parkway South Following Car Fire

A three mile backup continues in the Garden State Parkway's southbound lanes behind mile marker 87 following an earlier car fire.

Comment?

Patch.com

Thief Takes Frozen Beef, Coffee, Before Making Off With Computer

Toms River police officers are investigating multiple thefts in town, including one where a can of coffee and packages of frozen beef-along with a computer-were taken from a downtown law office.

Comment?

Courier News

Zone Fishing Reports for June 14

Jimmy Morenz at Julian's Bait and Tackle in Atlantic Highlands said the bass and blues are all over the beach when the guys get a chance to go.

Comment?

Patch.com

Township Employees Honored for Sandy Response

The night Superstorm Sandy struck, Toms River public works employees had a choice.

Comment?