Monmouth County

The former executive vice-president of Middletown-based Birdsall Services Group engineering firm risks five to 10 years in prison on conviction for each of four second-degree charges stemming from a probe of alleged violations of New Jersey's pay to play laws.

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Belmar's had a boardwalk every summer since 1875, says Mayor Matt Doherty, and he doesn't intend the summer of 2013 to be the first without it.

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Monmouth County law enforcement officials take an Asbury Park man into custody after barricading himself inside a Neptune City apartment for over eight hours today. 

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A Plainfield 40-year-old faces up to 20 years in prison at his scheduled March 1 sentencing for the sexual assault of an Aberdeen 13-year-old in May 2011. But owing to a prior conviction, his stay might be longer.

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One of the side effects of the superstorm is the massive number of recreational vessels that were tossed onto land or sunk in Barnegat Bay or the Atlantic Ocean. Many of them are still unclaimed.

New Jersey State Police urges all boat owners or insurance carriers trying to find lost or abandoned vessels to reach their Point Pleasant station for information

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How well did Jersey Central Power and Light respond to Hurricane Sandy? How well did the company prepare? How long were you in the dark? New Jersey's Board of Public Utilities wants to know. But gas up, you've got a drive in front of you.

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If your life at the Jersey Shore has been overturned by Superstorm Sandy, members of the New Jersey Senate want to hear you Tuesday in Highlands.

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Two under-insured orthopedic patients at the shore who couldn't afford hip or knee replacements had little hope of walking again - until today. The needy patients from Toms River and Long Branch are undergoing operations free of charge at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch.

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Following a heated discussion by mayors of the short comings of JCP&L during Hurricane Sandy, a comprehensive list of proposed changes has been made for the utility to improve current and future restoration efforts.

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Once a quiet stretch of rural state highway between Routes 34 and 35, Route 66 in Neptune these days extends the Route 33 commercial district eastward with big-box stores, auto dealerships and an outlet mall. Now, everyone who crowds into those parking lots can also get Monmouth County government services as well.

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