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The Neighborhood Files
First Snowfall of the Season Leaves Some Without Power Again
Just two days after officials with Atlantic City Electric noted they had restored power to all those in the area that could accept it, sporadic outages were reported once again in the Man...
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Government
Wednesday Update: Voluntary Evacuation for Nor'Easter, 9,000 Still Without Power
A collection of updates for Nov. 7 includes a noon mandatory evacuation of the barrier island, and 4 p.m. voluntary evacaution for low-lying areas of Toms River. Power outages contin...
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Police & Fire
Galloway Man Who Murdered Three-Month Old Baby Sentenced to Life in Prison
A Galloway man found guilty of murdering his three-month old baby by throwing her into the Raritan River in 2010 was sentenced to life in prison, Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa announ...
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Government
No Retreat From Barrier Islands, Vicari Vows
The wounded oceanfront towns of the Ocean County shoreline will be reborn with a lot of hard work, Freeholder Joseph H. Vicari said. "We will not withdraw from the barrier isl...
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Government
Christie On LBI: Nor’easter May Be Temporary Setback for Sandy Recovery
A nor’easter set to strike New Jersey Wednesday may cool the state’s post-Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts for a time, Gov. Chris Christie warned during a press conference at Long Beach I...
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News
JCP&L to Continue Working on Outages "As Safety Permits"
There are currently 28,176 JCP&L customers without power in Ocean County and 45,836 without power in Monmouth County, according to an update on the JCP&L website. Those numbe...
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Opinion
Letter: Emergency Responders Deserve Appreciation for Hurricane Efforts
Letter to the editor as submitted by Eric Hafner, Cove Point Rd, Toms River. Dear Editor,As a Homeland Security major at Ocean County College, I know how important a good emergency r...
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Government
Document Shredding Available Nov. 9 in Toms River
If you have giant boxes of sensitive information to get rid of, the county is again offering to take it off your hands and shred it into tiny strips. Ocean County's Residential Docum...