If you live near Barnegat Bay...and if your home has a lawn...and if you're concerned about the effect of substances that help your lawn but hurt the Bay...would $250 a year be incentive enough for you to swap the grass for something different?
Stacey O'Connor is a music fan as well as a music teacher. Her ability to use the art in teaching her first-grade classes has earned her the 2015 "Excellence in Education" Award, bestowed on the Manchester Township Elementary first-grade teacher by lawmakers in the shore's 10th Legislative District.
The tragedy of a Rottweiler's inadvertent death during an overnight stay in a pet clinic has less of a chance of occurring if a law signed in Toms River today has its intended effect.
Pet owners would have a clear understanding of the risks before boarding their pets for a night or longer, under a shore-based measure that cleared the New Jersey General Assembly.
Who's out front among the shore's most inspiring and creative teachers? Look no further than Wendy Kachoogian, third-grade educator at Lanes Mill Elementary in Brick Township.
Not surprisingly, the Governor's State of the State Address was well received from State Lawmakers in Ocean and Monmouth Counties because the region is well represented by the Republican Party. However, not everyone embraced all of the Governor's proposals.
If you pass a school bus illegally and figure that no one but the driver and the kids saw it - that could be changing soon. And, it could cost a lot more than it does now.