Monmouth County

Damage left behind by Sandy isn't just above the surface of the Atlantic and of Barnegat Bay. They're under the waves too.

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Two storms in as many weeks leave some scars on roads in Monmouth County's Ocean Township.

Police say the nor'easter brought down trees and power lines that prompted a new round of closures this morning, and several traffic signals are still dark

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"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds."

Mail carriers have doggedly carried out the mission, literally, for centuries now. But a hurricane that knocks out entire buildings is a curve that gives even them trouble.

So if you get your mail in any of the most damage-plagued sections of the Jersey coast, your mail is waiting, just somewhere else temporarily.

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Officials at New Jersey Natural Gas say that service restoration continues haltingly but steadily.

The Wall Township-based utility says that all Monmouth County customers except those in Sea Bright and Belford have been reconnected

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Hurricane Sandy's wrath left numerous nonprofit agencies and organizations scrambling for temporary office or commercial space to carry on operations.

Many of them have approached the Monmouth-Ocean Development Council in Wall Township. Executive Director Ben Waldron has devised a way to meet the need.

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Monmouth County's 7 PM to 7 AM curfew is lifted for inland communities, but it's still in effect for those hugging the coast.

The countywide ban took effect Tuesday, say officials, in the interest of safety

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A Fair Haven doctor who confessed to a role in a conspiracy to distribute oxycodone illegally awaits a January sentencing. She could be given as much as 20 years in prison and fined up to $1,000,000.

Jacqueline Lopresti, 52, admitted in a Trenton federal courtroom today that she wrote illegal prescriptions for drugs containing oxycodone, such as Oxtycontin, Percocet and Roxidcodone, that were filled at pharmacies in Ocean, Monmouth and Atlantic Counties in 2009

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If you're a Monmouth County resident who's been affected by floods, drought, erosion, snowy nor'easters, tropical storms or hurricanes the Monmouth County Office of Emergency Management wants to know about it.

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Thursday's six-year federal prison term for onetime Monmouth land speculator Solomon Dwek is, and isn't, the end of the story.

The 40-year-old's sentence given Thursday was for bank fraud and money laundering

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This time of year is great for a drive, bike or walk

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