Toms River

Gov. Phil Murphy's administration has imposed a massive property tax increase in Tom River. It comes after the state cut school aid by $175 million.

The largest school district in Ocean County, on the verge of declaring bankruptcy due to funding cuts, is slamming the Murphy administration for demanding that it stop student services.

Intense thunderstorms in Lakewood led to extensive rainfall and power outages, affecting thousands and causing damage to homes and vehicles.

As the summer sun warms Toms River, tensions are rising over a local church that’s been a lifeline for many facing an uncertain future.

With triple-digit heat bearing down, a controversial decision in Toms River means homeless people must vacate public spaces including the downtown municipal parking garage

Big changes are coming to Rite Aid in New Jersey, with over 1,100 jobs lost and at least 20 stores closing, affecting neighborhoods statewide.

Prosecutors have announced charges against three New Jersey residents in two separate but similar cases involving child sexual abuse materials.

A Toms River man has been sent to state prison for a high-speed crash that killed a Lakewood man in 2022.

Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said Abel Mathukutty, 18, of the Lake Hiawatha section of Parsippany-Troy Hills, was driving an Infinity sedan east on Route 37 at 76 mph when it struck a Mercedes about 7:25 p.m. on May 24.

Toms River must build hundreds of housing units despite local officials insisting that they don't have room for so many new homes.