Ocean County

According to the latest data from the US Drought Monitor, all of New Jersey is experiencing at minimum, moderate drought conditions, with all of Monmouth County experiencing severe drought and much of Ocean County experiencing extreme drought.

Alicia Campbell of Mays Landing was indicted in January on several charges after being accused of stealing from a golf course in Waretown, where she was employed at the time. The total theft of funds exceeded $175,000.

While supplies last, on Saturday, November 2nd at Brick Beach One on Route 35, from 8am to noon, all town residents are eligible to receive free dune grass seedlings.

Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that on October 11, 2024, Salvatore Umek, 46, of Point Pleasant Beach, was sentenced by the Honorable Guy P. Ryan, P.J.Cr.P., to five years New Jersey State Prison as a result of his previously entered guilty plea to Theft, relative to his former position as Treasurer for the Point Pleasant Beach Fire Company Number 2. Judge Ryan also ordered Umek to pay restitution in the amount of $107,517. Umek pled guilty to the charge before the Honorable Dina M. Vicari, J.S.C., on June 10, 2024.

The Ocean County Prosecutor has announced that 51-year-old Charles Maulbeck, of Toms River, was charged with Aggravated Arson in connection with a fire that occurred in Brick Township last month.

The home of an Assemblyman Paul Kanitra was broken into early yesterday morning and his car was stolen.

Pumpkin spice, sweaters coming out of the drawers and Spirit Halloween…all signs of Fall along the Jersey Shore.

According to NJ.com, a deceased minke whale about 10 to 12 feet long was found in Lavallette near the Trenton Avenue beach late last week.

Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that on August 16, 2024, the Honorable Guy P. Ryan, P.J.Cr.P., sentenced Michele Nycz, 60, and Aimee Lonczak, 51, both of Brick Township, to 364 days in the Ocean County Jail as a condition of a four-year probationary term, as a result of their previously entered guilty pleas to two counts of Animal Cruelty in connection with an investigation that began on December 2, 2022 in Brick Township.

Train fire reported in Pt. Pleasant Beach over the weekend