Mantoloking

Very close margins decide the composition of school boards in nearly a dozen contested races throughout Ocean County, and Lacey Township board of ed voting stays in November. Berkeley Township - Central Regional Board of Education (Two 3-year terms): George Dohn; Denise Pavone-Wilson; Brick Township Board of Education (Three 3-year terms): John Lamela; Stephanie Wolrab; Victoria Pakala Brick Towns

Despite fine physical conditioning, a susceptibility to epileptic seizures contributed to a young New Yorker's drowning death off Mantoloking on July 4, according to findings by the Ocean County Medical Examiner.

A 22-year-old man from Yonkers visiting Ocean County drowned Saturday afternoon during a swim with friends, according to the office of County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato.

Scattered showers toss a wrench into the plans for the full closure of Route 35 for final repaving through Bay Head and Mantoloking. New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials now set it for Monday, April 20 - but caution that there will be a partial closure anyway tonight.

A state Department of Environmental Protection program that involves installing metal sheet piles along a stretch of the beach in Mantoloking and Brick is nearing completion in time for the winter season.

The start of a steel sheet pilings project for Mantoloking and Brick is one of several coastal endeavors the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has to remediate after Superstorm Sandy.

Construction of a four-mile long steel wall that runs from Mantoloking to Brick is expected to begin in July. Springfield-based EIC Associates was awarded the contract to build the 45-foot tall storm protection storm-protection barrier at a cost of $23...

A construction contractor from Brick Township remains free on $50,000 bail, charged with taking at least $75,000 to elevate shorefront homes but never conducting the work.

A year after Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc along the New Jersey shore, three coastal towns have given themselves authority to seize beachfront land from owners who are blocking the federal government from building a protective dune system.

Two of the Jersey shore towns hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy in October will soon be protected by a steel sea wall.