Barnegat

The New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry announced the closure of Island Beach State Park on its social media late Saturday night but updated that it had "limited capacity" on Sunday morning.

A pair of 18-year-olds has been accused of starting a fire by shooting a flare gun into a house in Ocean County.

A 76-year-old man in Barnegat lost nearly $200,000 in gold bars to a sophisticated scam. What can we learn from his mistake?

A 17-year-old male became the second person charged in the Jones Road Wildfire that consumed massive amounts of Pine Barrens forest in April

Joseph Kling, 19, of the Waretown section of Ocean Township, was charged with aggravated arson and arson.

The wildfire is already the largest wildfire in New Jersey this year at 13.2 square miles (8,500 acres) burned but only 10% contained as of Wednesday morning.

With two wildfires in just days, find out how New Jersey is managing the ongoing threat of the Jones Wildfire and its impact on local communities.

The massive fire is still growing (as of 4:00 p.m.) on Tuesday, with mandatory evacuations now ordered.

Barnegat school board members voted to fire a teacher and four support staff caught up in incidents involving a special needs child, allegedly bound with painter's tape.

"Barnegat Township School District does not condone the kind of behavior under investigation,” the school superintendent said. Police did not anticipate charges being filed.