Hurricane Sandy

Mountains of Toms River's Garbage Pushed Into 'Debris Management Sites'

Sites at Shelter Cove, Seaside Heights parking lot, Ocean County Utility Authority lot in Ortley Beach

Toms River is pushing acres of garbage into "debris management sites" throughout the township, converting parks and parking lots into temporary dumping grounds in order to manage the clean-up of Hurricane Sandy. Township Administrator Paul Shives said landfill costs have been approximately $1 million a week. At its township council meeting Tuesday, Toms River paid a $2.5 million bill for landfill costs, which is just for three weeks of garbage, Shives said. One of the more prominent sites collecting garbage from multiple towns is at the Seaside Heights parking lot off Route 37 and 35, where a large multiple-story high pile of debris continues to build. The Seaside Heights parking lot is being used by Toms River to clear debris. The Ocean …

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Countdown to Memorial Day

Pre-Season Beach Badges On Sale Now

Last day for deal is May 28

If you are aching for summer, you can get one chore out of the way: buying your beach badge for Ortley Beach. Seasonal badges for Toms River Township beaches (Ortley Beach and Shelter Cove Beach) and the Toms River Pool are now on sale at the pre-season rate. Beach badges will be available at the pre-season rate of $35 per badge until Monday, May 28.  After that, the price jumps to $50. If you are 62 or older, or in the military, the two beaches are free. Those 62 and older will get a beach ID badge.  Beach access for active military members is free upon presentation of a valid military ID card. If you want to pick up a seasonal pool badge for the Toms River's pool in Snug Harbor, those badges also went on sale April 2. You can buy them at…

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8:33 pm on Thursday, May 3, 2012

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Three Monday Burglaries of Residential Homes in Toms River

With two more burglaries reported on Sunday, police chief says

In what the Toms River police chief called a rash of daytime residential burglaries, five more homes were hit yesterday and Sunday afternoons, with thieves targeting jewelry and valuables. In two cases the front doors of Boyd Street homes were forced open, the suspect taking more than $1,000 in jewelry, said Police Chief Michael Mastronardy. Yesterday three homes were burglarized, Mastronardy said. Two of them were on Boyd Street, the road near White Castle on Route 37. The police chief said the incidents occurred between 2 and 4 p.m. Monday, with the suspect forcing open the front doors of both locked homes. Once inside, the burglar, or burglars, took $1,000 in jewelry from one of the homes and unknown proceeds from the other. A third …

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Hurricane Irene

PHOTOS: Fischer Boulevard Area After Hurricane Irene

A photo gallery after the storm of Fischer Boulevard, Shelter Cove, Snug Harbor areas of Toms River

Images from before and after Hurricane Irene hit Toms River's Fischer Boulevard corridor including Water's Edge, Snug Harbor, Shelter Cove and Bayshore areas. Check out our other galleries here:

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94 Year-old Assisted Out of Burning Home

Shelter Cove fire damages woman's home

Neighbors assisted a 94 year-old woman out of her home as firefighters arrived to drench a blaze in a single-family home in East Dover today. Though the occupant was not injured, the home in the Shelter Cove section of town sustained fire damage from a blaze that began in the living room. The fire in the Shelter Cove section of Toms River briefly shuttered residential roads Thursday evening and created heavy damage to parts of a woman's home. Emergency services received a call for a "possible home fire" at 4:14 p.m. and were on the scene by 4:21 p.m. Lieutenant Michael Cocco of the Silverton Fire Department said firefighters saw smoke and flames coming from the living room when they arrived. He said responders quickly knocked down the fire…

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