Toms River News

Newark's money? Somebody tell Christie to get a clue. Well, that didn't take long.

New Jersey's governor-elect says he won't uproot his four school-age children to move to the chief executive's mansion in Princeton Township.

Move the Earth, a Christian organization, will host "How to Change Your World," a nonprofit benefit evening in honor of local Ocean County charities at 7 p.m. Nov.

New Jersey's next governor vowed Friday to veto any tax increase the Legislature sends to his desk in the coming year.

Credit card fraud and counterfeit money will be the topics of a seminar being held at the Nov.

At the latest Ocean County swine flu vaccination clinic Wednesday, there were no traffic jams, and no one was turned away because there were not enough shots.

With five seats on the Township Council at stake, Republican incumbents were victorious Tuesday night, maintaining their control on the governing body.

The Ocean County Master Gardeners want you - if you have an interest in gardening and learning about horticulture.

Published: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 5:09 a.m. Nearly all Americans say sending a text message while driving should be illegal, and about half say texting while behind the wheel should be punished at least as harshly as drunken driving, according to a recent New York Times/CBS News poll.

A fire reported 8:20 a.m. Sunday at 20 Riverbend Drive, appears to have started in the area of the two-car garage and attached car port and caused minimal damage to the house, said District 1 Fire Chief John Novak.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie will continue a grueling schedule of rallies and diner visits with just two days left before New Jersey voters cast their ballots.

Undead marching bands and cheerleading squads, demonic Cub Scout packs and Girl Scout troops, and monstrous firefighters and EMTs marched down Main and Washington streets Saturday evening during the Toms River Fire Company 1 Halloween parade.

After nearly three years of waiting, residents of Bay Beach Way, in Toms River, may soon be calling Lavallette home.

With gusts of wind rattling the bones of grinning skeletons and lifting tendrils of witches' hair, the spread of ghosts, ghouls and other monsters continued throughout downtown Toms River.

Dana Auriemma's fitness business is on the move - much like its customers. Auriemma, a Toms River resident, will be opening Revive Fitness and Kinesis on West Water Street, on Nov.

In convicting three of the suspects on all charges, the jury of seven women and five men acquitted a fourth man of the most serious charges, rejecting the prosecution's argument that he played a pivotal role in planning and executing the killing of Athelma Vazquez on Oct.

A Toms River pediatrician who surrendered his license amid allegations that he gave expired vaccines to children was criminally charged Tuesday in a 12-count indictment that includes an accusation of taking pornographic photographs of a young patient without her knowledge.

The Toms River branch of the Ocean County Library will present Ed Goldberg and The Odessa Klezmer Polka Band in a free concert Sunday, Nov.

When Tom Mauro read the 9/11/2009 cover of the Asbury Park Press, he knew he wanted to do something for dying Ground Zero responder and resident Joe Picurro.

A serious accident at about 1:30 a.m. on southbound Hooper Avenue continues to snarl traffic as utility crews work to replace services across the road from the Intermediate East Middle School.