Statewide Car Theft Ring Eyed in Two Police Pursuits on LBI Police believe the individuals responsible for the theft of a Mercedes sedan from a Surf City residence early this morning are part of a larger statewide car theft ring targeting high-end vehicles. According to police, at about 3:15 a.m. Sept. 25, officers observed what they believed to be suspicious activity...

Only One Active COVID-19 Case on Long Beach Island Although Ocean County has seen a recent rise in numbers of COVID-19, Long Beach Island has just one active novel coronavirus case as of Thursday, Sept. 24, according to the LBI Health Department. And, as Health Officer Dan Krupinski pointed out, the individual with the positive test result does not...

Construction Workers Airlifted After Partial House Collapse in Brant Beach Two men were airlifted from the Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School field in Ship Bottom this morning after the top floor and deck collapsed on the Brant Beach home where they were working. The incident is currently under investigation and more information is expected to be released as it becomes...

Judge’s Ruling on Use Variance Approval for Former CVS Site Expected This Year A decision on whether the Ship Bottom Land Use Review Board should have granted a use variance for the shuttered CVS Pharmacy in April 2019, when the application for a family-style entertainment center was up for consideration, could come before the end of the year. The matter is currently before...