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STAFFORD, NJ  – The Stafford Conservatives, winners of June’s Stafford Republican primary announce their position in Column A on the November 6 General Election ballot. The Team is comprised of Mayoral candidate Greg Myhre and Council candidates Tom Steadman, Dr. Tony Guariglia, Mike Pfancook, George Williams, Bob Henken-Siefken, and Paul Krier. 

“We are proud to ...

BARNEGAT, NJ — Exact change lanes on the Garden State Parkway’s major toll plazas are soon to be a memory. But they will remain at all but one of the toll road’s 23 entrance and exit ramps.

The automatic coin machines at all 11 “mainland barrier” plazas, including Asbury Park in Monmouth County and Toms River and Barnegat in Ocean County, will be removed and ...

TRENTON - The New Jersey Department of Transportation released a press release last week in regards to the long awaited East Road Route 72 Construction Project.

According to the DOT, beginning at 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. daily for the next few months, NJDOT’s contractor Earle Asphalt Co., is scheduled to temporarily close a left or right lane on Route 72 between the Garden State Parkway ...

LONG BEACH ISLAND - The Labor Day weekend is upon us. Many are wondering which beaches will have lifeguards.  September can be a very dangerous month in the surf considering we are entering the height of the hurricane season.

Here is the list of guarded beaches and dates on Long Beach Island beginning Tuesday, September 4.

Barnegat Light:  Only the 22nd Street will have ...

BEACH HAVEN - The Victoria Rose project was controversial.  Many residents were for the plan and many were against it. Terry Moeller and his partners,Tom and Joan Bertussi were planning to tear down the building and develop the site into a retail and residential complex.  The plan included 22 residential units of 1,200 square feet each. Five apartments were to be set ...

STAFFORD AND LONG BEACH ISLAND - As the community gets ready to celebrate Labor Day, USA.gov and the Department of Veterans Affairs shared some helpful guidelines for showing respect to the symbol of the nation. Check out this helpful information before you fly the stars and stripes.

Traditional guidelines call for displaying the flag in public only from sunrise to sunset. However, the ...

BARNEGAT LIGHT, NJ — When members of the U.S. Coast Guard rescued two people from their sinking recreational vessel in Barnegat Inlet yesterday, they found the boaters prepared for the emergency.

A Coast Guard boat on August 30 responded to a radio distress call from the boat, which was taking on water after it reportedly struck the Barnegat Inlet jetty. After leaving from the Barnegat ...

CAMDEN, NJ - Gov. Phil Murphy has signed legislation (A. 1675) that authorizes prescribed burning in New Jersey in certain circumstances.

The rationale: Fire is a normal and necessary process helping to ensure healthy habitat in New Jersey forests..

Environmentalists say it is critical for our wildlife, particularly in the Pinelands, where many rare species depend upon the role ...

STAFFORD - Motorists in Ocean Acres can expect one lane closures on Lighthouse Drive this upcoming week.  The closures will take place between Cutter and Atlantis avenues. 

The road work is being performed by the Ocean County Road Department.  The work is expected to last one week.g August 27.  Some delays can be expected.  Please adjust your schedules ...

STAFFORD — On November 6, Stafford Township residents will go to the polls to elect new leadership for the township. The incumbent Stafford Regular Republican Club slate of candidates including current Mayor John Spodofora and a number of current councilmen lost to the Stafford Conservative Republican Club team in June's primary election.  ...