Manchester

A number of local and county government offices continue their precautionary measures by limiting or suspending all public access to town hall and other municipal buildings.

Manchester Township officials are putting restrictions in place at town hall and government buildings after a 72-year old resident tested positive for the coronavirus last week.

The Manchester Township School District and Superintendent David Trethaway have announced that their schools will be closing for the next couple of weeks amid concerns over the Covid-19 coronavirus.

A Manchester Township Police Officer and EMT's who responded to a first aid call this week of a man who later turned out to test positive for the coronavirus have been asked to self-quarantine as a precaution.

The Ocean County Health Department has reported the first presumptive positive case of coronavirus, or COVID-19, in Ocean County.

The Manchester Township man who plead guilty to aggravated manslaughter in a case of matricide has now been sentenced to 18-years in New Jersey state prison.

Ocean County Prosecutors and Manchester Police have charged a Toms River woman with murder in the death of former Manchester High School custodian, Frank Stochel.

A Whiting man with a knack for crime was arrested at the Home Depot on Route 70 in Brick for shoplifting nearly $5,000 worth of power tools and other items.

Manchester Schools are helping out The People's Pantry Relief Center in Toms River.

Investigators have not said whether they've identified or arrested anyone responsible for the homicide.