While my career has taken me all over New Jersey and Philadelphia, Toms River is home and has been since day one. I may be biased, but Toms River is a special place for so many reasons. With a population just shy of 100,000, Toms River is massive. Even though it’s a huge town, we… Keep Reading
The new year will bring a new restaurant to The Shoppes at Hooper, a growing plaza in the Silverton section of Toms River. NJ Poké, which opened in Point Pleasant Beach in 2019 and Point Pleasant Borough in 2020, will open in early 2022, co-owner Tom Kerr said. He and his business partner, Ryan Gripp,… Keep Reading
TOMS RIVER – Imagine this if you will. You’re driving down a busy road during the evening rush. You stop at the traffic light like you’re supposed to when all of a sudden, an excavator lands on top of your vehicle. That’s exactly what happened to one man who is lucky to be alive. Toms… Keep Reading
TOMS RIVER, NJ — It’s a busy week for meetings in Toms River, with the Township Council, Planning Board and Board of Education all set to meet. Agendas have not yet been posted for the council meeting or planning board; however, a public notice published Nov. 30 said the Toms River downtown development project was… Keep Reading
A local Facebook Group told me that a local business could be opening a second location in Toms River. Is a new business coming to Toms River? I was scrolling through the “What’s Going There in Monmouth and Ocean Counties” group on Facebook and saw that an exciting new (or possibly relocated) business will be… Keep Reading
TOMS RIVER, NJ — If you’re looking for some free entertainment this Christmas, head over to Joyce Street in Toms River, and park your car by the house lit up by falling snowflakes and a dancing Jack Skellington from “A Nightmare Before Christmas.” You’ll know it when you see it. Then tune your car radio… Keep Reading
Here are 13 hospitals or health systems that have announced, advanced or completed construction projects in the last three weeks: 1. Community Medical Center to invest $600M in campus revamp Toms River, N.J.-based Community Medical Center will update its campus through a $600 million investment, which is expected to be completed in seven to 10… Keep Reading
TOMS RIVER, NJ — Katie Culbert is the bee’s knees. Last year, as a freshman at High School North, Culbert won first place among all ninth graders at the Delaware Valley Science Fair for her project on breakthroughs in honey bee health. She was then able to compete in the Regeneron International Science and Engineering… Keep Reading
Toms River North High School will name their auditorium after their Nobel Prize winning graduate, Maria Ressa. The Board of Education unanimously passed the resolution for the renaming, as well as for naming another building for former superintendent Albert J. Dietrich. Ressa, Class of ’82, is an internationally renowned journalist and co-founder of the website… Keep Reading
TOMS RIVER, NJ — A Toms River convenience store sold a $10,000 ticket Friday, the New Jersey Lottery announced. The Country Farms #1 convenience store at 193 Route 70 West sold a ticket that matched four of the five white balls and the Gold Mega Ball, worth $10,000. Continue Reading on Patch Keep Reading
