Monmouth County

Two consecutive life sentences stand for the Ocean Township 40-year-old who contended that God told him to kill and dismember his grandmother and former girlfriend.

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A sea of weapons on display at the Monmouth County Police Academy Tuesday is more evidence that New Jersey residents like their firearms and that's in a state with some of the toughest gun laws in the nation.

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Shore streets are safer by 1,581 weapons. That's how many were turned in during the two-day gun buy-back initiative in Asbury Park and Keansburg, spearheaded by New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa.

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I've lived here for almost 6 years now and I never knew about Allaire Village. I was aware of Allaire State Park, but I had no idea that there was a 19th century village in the park.

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A new County Executive Schools Superintendent takes the reigns in Ocean and Monmouth counties as municipalities face the fiscal uncertainties brought on by Superstorm Sandy and security concerns that followed the Sandy Hook school shooting massacre.

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Nine Monmouth County high schools teams are set to go head-to-head in a game-show style competition this Monday.

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A purse snatcher who made off with a woman's belongings Monday in a shopping center remains the object of a search by Ocean Township police today.

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Belmar's summer tourism hopes take an upturn with today's driving of the final pilings for its new mile-long boardwalk, just about two months to the day that Mayor Matt Doherty and Governor Christie hammered the first one into the sand.

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Advisories from police and emergency management personnel along the shore are building as the storm intensifies.

Coastal flood and high wind warnings are in effect along with a winter weather advisory for the snow that's scheduled to arrive tonight

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A financial advisor from Jackson faces up to 10 years in prison after admitting that he conned foreclosure-threatened homeowners out of more than a million dollars and sold their properties. His son also faces prison time for his role in it.

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