TRENTON – One portion of a nine-bill package aimed at improving child care in New Jersey made it through the Legislature before its summer recess, providing $28 million for competitive grants for infant and toddler programs. The Thriving By Three Act, as the grant program is called, passed nearly unanimously and was quickly signed into… Keep Reading
TOMS RIVER, NJ — A Toms River High School North graduate has received a National Merit Scholarship from the University of Southern California. Jena Bhandari, a 2022 graduate, was among 1,200 additional winners of National Merit Scholarships financed by colleges and universities, officials with the National Merit Scholarship Program announced Monday. Continue Reading on Patch Keep Reading
ISLAND HEIGHTS – Toms River’s Erin Calicchio was an active 37-year-old wife, mom and high school teacher when she woke up on March 3, 2020. By afternoon, that life was hold as she lay in an ICU hospital bed at Community Medical Center, a brain stem stroke, believed to be the result of an earlier… Keep Reading
TOMS RIVER, NJ— Welcome to the July 11 edition of Monday Manual, where we highlight events coming up during the week in the Toms River area. The Downtown Toms River Business Improvement District is holding the Summer in the Street Festival on Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. Washington Street is set to be lined… Keep Reading
TOMS RIVER, NJ — Todd Meredith, one of the Jersey Shore’s busiest musicians, will play crowd-pleasing tunes and take requests during a string of live summer and autumn acoustic concerts at four Ocean County Library branches in the next few months. Continue Reading on NEW JERSEY STAGE Keep Reading
Over a hundred years ago, fear gripped the residents of New Jersey as a series of shark attacks had people on edge. The attacks took place between July 1 and 12, leaving four people dead and another injured. The attacks took place during an unusually hot summer, meaning the shore was packed. Continue Reading on… Keep Reading
Every so often, it pays to check in with OCEARCH, the group that tags sharks and tracks them up and down the East Coast. It helps remind us that there are beings swimming around in the ocean while we’re eating funnel cakes and playing the claw machine on the boardwalk. It turns out we had… Keep Reading
Comedy JULY 8 NEWARK Bill Maher, 8 p.m., New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Prudential Hall, 1 Center St. $55-$135. njpac.org, 201-503-1333. RED BANK Mark Normand, 7 p.m., also July 8, 9:30 p.m.; July 9, 7 p.m. Count Basie Center for the Arts, The Vogel, 99 Monmouth St. $35-$50. thebasie.org, 732-842-9000. Continue Reading on NJ.com Keep Reading
The Thomas A. Edison Film Festival comes to the Ocean County Artists Guild, Saturday July 16, from 6-8 PM. This widely appreciated film festival will be presenting a program of exceptional short films Continue Reading on Patch Keep Reading
TOMS RIVER — Operation Brain Freeze is underway in Toms River. Under the initiative, which is in its eighth year, children under 17 years old that are seen by Toms River police wearing a helmet while riding their bicycle will be rewarded for obeying the law. Continue Reading on NEW JERSEY 101.5 Keep Reading
