Megan Madison
Ocean County Sees Second Natural Gas Explosion in Less Than a Week
Officials are reminding everyone to be cautious after Ocean County's second natural gas explosion in less than a week.
Police and firefighters responded to Cooks Lane in Point Pleasant Beach around 1:40am for a reported structure fire...
Ocean County Leaders Join Statewide Domestic Violence Panel
Two Ocean County leaders with decades of legal experience are joining a statewide panel on preventing and addressing domestic violence.
Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph Coronato and Judge Marlene Lynch Ford are members of the 21-person committee, which is set to hear from technical experts in March. T...
Six Flags Job Fair Coming Soon!
It may not feel like it, but spring really is just around the corner, and that means it's time for the annual Job Fair at Six Flags Great Adventure.
With openings ranging from ride operations and food service to landscaping and security, there are plenty of opportunities available at the Jackson park...
Free Legal Help for Sandy Victims
Volunteer Lawyers for Justice (VLJ) is once again offering free Disaster Legal Response Clinics for people who are still dealing with legal issues related to Superstorm Sandy.
The clinics continue seeing quite a few attendees even more than two years after the storm, but staff attorney Jessica Limbacher says the issues themselves are starting to change...
Take Your Taste Buds Out of This World!
We've all described a meal as "out of this world" at some point in our lives, but at the USS Challenger Chapter of the Starfleet International Star Trek Fan Association's annual "Intergalactic Food Festival," they really mean it.
The event is free and open to the public - you're just asked to bring a covered dish based on a recipe from your favorite science fiction movie, TV sh
Shore Leaders Say “Kill the Drill”
New Jersey's delegation in Washington, DC, is joining forces in asking the Obama Administration to "kill the drill."
The #KillTheDrill campaign refers to the Department of the Interior's newly-released Oil and Gas Leasing Draft Proposed Program for 2017-2022 (DPP), which would allow for oil and gas drilling exploration in parts of the Mid- and South Atlantic Ocean...
TechFest 5 Is Bigger & Better Than Ever
Ocean County Vocational Technical School's annual "TechFest" music festival is back and bigger and better than ever with its fifth installment coming up in April.
The event raises money for scholarships for students from the OCVTS Audio Recording Program and Performing Arts Academy, but audio instructor and "TechFest" co-creator Bill Bourke says that's not all...
JCP&L Completes Infrastructure Projects
Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) is celebrating the completion of 160 infrastructure projects across its 13-county service area in 2014.
The utility spent an estimated $250 million on a variety of projects designed to improve service reliability and ensure that existing systems can handle load growth in the future. Spok...
MODC Releases Results of Business Outlook Survey
More than a hundred area business leaders turned out to hear the results of the Monmouth-Ocean Development Council's 2015 Business Outlook Survey.
MODC Executive Director Ben Waldron called the findings cautiously optimistic, but he says there's one major challenge facing our area...
Free Healthcare Help
The second open-enrollment period for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act ends on February 15, 2015, but don't worry - the Family Resource Network (FRN) is here to help.
In cooperation with the New Jersey for Health Care Coalition, FRN is offering free enrollment assistance for people in Ocean, Monmouth, Mercer and Middlesex Counties...