The body of a swimmer who was swept away in the ocean off Island Beach State Park on Monday night has been recovered, officials said Tuesday. The 59-year-old woman was found around 11:05 a.m., according to spokesmen for the U.S. Coast Guard and the Sta…
Cops ID swimmer who drowned at Belmar beach
Belmar police have identified the man who died after being pulled from the ocean on Monday. Fernando Perez, 24, of Lake Hopatcong, was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital after rescue crews removed him from the water near the jetty on 8th Avenue aroun…
Firefighters battling 3-alarm blaze at Wildwood motel
Firefighters are battling a three-alarm blaze Tuesday at the Windward Motel in Wildwood, police said. The fire was reported at 11:29 a.m., according to the Wildwood police dispatcher. Firefighters from Wildwood and surrounding towns were at the scene, …
N.J. youth baseball umpire violently attacked by coach, needed surgery for broken jaw
A youth baseball umpire was brutally attacked by a coach during a game in Branchburg earlier this month, leaving the umpire with a broken jaw that required extensive dental surgery, according to Brian Delahant, the league president. The attack occurred…
This once in a lifetime N.J. Shore property just hit the market
Seventeen acres on the Navesink River could be yours for $8.999 million. It’s the second largest parcel on either side of the 8-mile estuary and is located in Locust, a section of Middletown Township, down the road from sprawling estates owned by celeb…
Police standoff at N.J. home closes nearby school
A standoff at a house in Beverly closed a nearby school and led to the arrest of a man. The standoff involving a SWAT team started at 6:30 a.m. and ended around 9 a.m. when a child walked out of the house while being accompanied by a police officer, ac…
Free-ish since 1865: Juneteenth is a call to fight for freedom | Opinion
By Enobong Hannah Branch America, through our monuments and celebrations, has had a way, historically and still at present, of hiding the contradictions of our democracy. In the late 1800s, at the same time that the Statue of Liberty declared America a…
Woman swept away while swimming off Island Beach State Park, authorities say
Search crews are looking for a 59-year-old woman who was swept away while swimming in the ocean off Island Beach State Park Monday evening. The U.S. Coast Guard was looking for the woman Tuesday morning along with the New Jersey State Police’s marine u…
A notice from MVC says I can skip the trip to the agency. Does that apply to renewing a Real ID license?
It was only 2019 when New Jersey started issuing the first Real ID licenses, in preparation for an Oct. 1, 2020, deadline to get the more secure document that would be required as acceptable identification for domestic air travel and to access federal …
N.J. weather: Severe thunderstorm warnings issued for parts of state
Some quick-hitting thunderstorms packing hail and wind gusts up to 60 mph are possible on Tuesday morning, primarily in South Jersey, forecasters say. The National Weather Service said in its Tuesday morning forecast discussion that the round of storms…