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Police & Fire
Body Recovered At Point Pleasant Beach ID'd As Missing Boater Derek Narby: State Police
The body recovered at Point Pleasant Beach has been identified as the 21-year-old missing boater lost in Manasquan Inlet after his fishing vessel capsized earlier this month, authorities said. On Tuesday, Sept. 26, the body was positively identified as Derek Narby of Brick Township, according to Detective I Jeffrey Lebron, a New Jersey State Police spokesman. Troopers were dispatched to Channel Drive in Point Pleasant Beach at 3:05 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 23 on a report of an unidentified body found washed up onshore, the State Police said. The cause of the incident remains under investiga…
Police & Fire
Swimmers Rescued Off Jersey Shore Beaches
There have been at least three water rescues this past week along Avon beaches, according to authorities and news reports. The first rescue of a pair of swimmers from rough surf came Saturday, Sept. 16 off Sylvania Avenue beach and was led by ANSWER — the Area Network of Shore Water Emergency Responders water rescue team. At 9:22 p.m., the ANSWER Team responded to Avon for a report of someone yelling for help, the team said on Facebook. Upon arrival, two swimmers were spotted in distress as they had been pulled far from the beach in a rip current, the team said. Rescue swimmers from ANSWE…
Police & Fire
Authorities ID Missing Boater As Brick Man, 21
A 21-year-old man from Brick has been identified as the boater who went missing last week in Manasquan Inlet, authorities said. Derek Narby has not been located, New Jersey State Police said Monday afternoon, Sept. 18. The vessel was struck by a wave and capsized, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The boat sank, and two others aboard were rescued. The stern portion of the vessel was located in approximately 30 feet of water off the north jetty of the Manasquan Inlet on Sunday, Sept. 17, according to Sgt. Philip Curry, a State Police spokesman. The two rescued men are the father and brother of N…
Lifestyle
Springsteen, E Street Band Rehearse In NJ As Tour Ticket Prices Soar: Report
Stand outside the The Vogel at Count Basie Center of the Arts and you might be able to save yourself upwards of as much as $1,000 to hear The Boss and the E Street Band play. The musicians have been rehearsing at the Red Bank theater ahead of Springsteen and the band's upcoming tour, the Asbury Park Press reports. Fans reportedly braved the cold and gathered outside of the theater on Tuesday, Jan. 10, the APP said. Patti Scialfa and the Boss himself popped their heads out and waved before jetting off in a sports car, the outlet said. The tour kicks off in February, and tick…
Lifestyle
Customers Lament Closing Of Jersey Shore Bar & Grill After 30 Years In Business
A popular bar and grill restaurant in Monmouth County is closing after 30 years. Main Street Bar & Grill at 735 Route 35 is expected to close before the end of the year. “We still have about 6 weeks so let’s make it (a) great ending,” a Facebook post said. Main Street Bar & Grill was known for its delicious burgers.Facebook “This post is to let everyone know that it is with great sadness we have to announce Main Street (Ocean Twp) will be officially closing at the end of this year. Thank you to all of those who have supported us throughout the years.” It was known for its burg…
News
Jersey Mike's, Starbucks Drive-Thru Coming To Jersey Shore Commons
Jersey Mike's Subs and a drive-thru Starbucks are coming to a Jersey Shore shopping center, the Asbury Park Press reports. The sub shop and coffee chain will be in a newly-constructed building at Whiting Commons off Lacey Road in Manchester, the outlet said. The new building also will include an AT&T store. The Commons area already features a Wendy's and Stop & Shop. Click here for the complete story by The Asbury Park Press.
Police & Fire
1 Dead, Several Families Displaced In 2 Howell Fires Christmas Week
One person died and multiple families were displaced by two fires in Monmouth County this week. The fatal fire broke out at the Angle Inn Mobile Home Park on Route 33 around 11:30 p.m., where a trailer had erupted in flames, the Asbury Park Press says citing a spokesperson with the county's prosecutor's office. The victim's identity was not released. On Wednesday, multiple families were displaced by a fire that tore through a condo on Kneeland Circle in the Jonathan Landing. According to a GoFundMe page set for the victims, four families were displaced. It was not clear if …
Sports
Asbury Park HS Football Coach Removed Over Partially Clothed Trespassing Incident: Report
Asbury Park High School football coach has been removed from this year's annual Thanksgiving Day game against Neptune after he was found trespassing at the high school last weekend, according to multiple news reports and local police. Nick Famularo was partially clothed with a woman when he was found by police at the school's stadium on Saturday, according to the Asbury Park Press. Asbury Police Sgt. Michael Casey did not immediately return Daily Voice's information request. Two assistant coaches and athletic director Mark Gerbino were also suspended, the APP says. School of…
News
Manchester Tanker Truck Tailspins, Fuel Unloads
A tanker truck disrupted the flow of fuel on Route 37 near Farm Street on the Jersey Shore, authorities said. The report came in at 3:33 p.m. saying that the tanker was leaking gasoline and possible exposure was involved, initial reports said. An employee at Mavis Discount Tire, on the East side of Route 37 said that business was without internet and cellphone, but had electric power, according to the Asbury Park Press. A mile away, the Police Department's lines were also down, app.com said. A woman driving a disabled sedan that struck two deer in the eastern lanes of the route got o…
News
192 Vets' Home Residents, 2 Nurses Died Of
Covid-
19: US Justice Department Probes NJ Facilities
The federal government is investigating NJ veterans homes where hundreds of veterans -- as well as nurse -- reportedly died of COVID-19. Federal investigators from the U.S. Justice Department reportedly were at veterans homes in Paramus and Menlo Park in Middlesex County this week, according to the Asbury Park Press. Menlo Park had 103 resident deaths while Paramus had 89. A nurse's aide also died at each facility from the virus, according to app.com It's part part of the U.S. government's investigation into problems with health-care at nursing homes with some of the high…
News
Six Flags Water Slide Rider Hospitalized In Labor Day Incident
A park-goer is to blame for leaving another visitor injured after riding a slide at the Six Flags Great Adventure Hurricane Harbor water park on Labor Day, news reports say. One guest jumped out of the tube, causing it to overturn on the Tornado funnel slide, park spokeswoman Kristin Fitzgerald told NJ Advance Media. The adult victim was hospitalized with back pain, the Asbury Park Press reports. The 75-foot-high slide drops visitors down a 132-foot tunnel at about 35 feet per second, the Six Flags website says. The ride requires four-person rafts.
Business
Will Popular Jersey Shore Ice Skating Rink Be Closing?
A popular ice skating rink on the Jersey Shore that's been open for nearly six decades earlier this month announced it would be closing by the end of July. But the Facebook post has since been removed, causing some confusion. The Asbury Park Press and Patch both reported that Brick's Ocean Ice Palace & Ocean Hockey Supply posted the following statement to Facebook on Tuesday: “After almost 60 years of Family Owned & Operated businesses, Ocean Ice Palace & Ocean Hockey Supply will be closing their doors at the end of this month. We are extremely thankful to all the friends who …
News
'F--king Hot Nurse' Photo Caption Draws Scorn Of Asbury Park Press Readers
The Asbury Park Press has attracted some national headlines of its own over an inflammatory photo caption. In was published by the Gannett-owned paper, New Jersey's third largest, on Saturday, and deleted from the media company's website on Sunday The offensive photo caption identified “a f–king hot nurse” administering a COVID vaccine. It also called the unidentified nurse “a total JAP,” adding racism to the already profane and misogynistic text. In a Monday statement, Asbury Park Press Executive Editor Paul D’Ambrosio said the caption was fixed on Sunday as soon as editors we…
Police & Fire
Reports: Monmouth Man Serving 50-Year Prison Sentence For Attempted Murder Gets New Trial
A New Jersey appeals court has thrown out the attempted murder conviction of a Monmouth County man who is serving 50 years in Trenton State Prison for allegedly shooting another man. A three-judge panel found that detectives lied to Anthony Sims Jr., 32, of Long Branch about why they wanted to question him: for an assault rather than the actual charge of attempted murder. Sims was tried and convicted in 2017 for allegedly shooting another man 12 times in Red Bank on April 9, 2014, according to earlier news accounts. The judges said a suspect cannot knowingly waive their Miranda rights if t…
Police & Fire
Ex-Con Featured On 'America's Most Wanted' Arrested In Near-Fatal Jersey Shore Stabbing
A 44-year-old parolee from the Jersey Shore has been arrested in connection with a near-fatal stabbing last weekend, authorities said. The suspect was once featured on "America's Most Wanted," wrote a book called "Inabsentia," and has served at least nine years in New Jersey State Prison, according to earlier news accounts. Angelo Grenci was charged with attempted murder on Monday for a violent fight in Berkeley Township, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Berkeley Township Police Chief Karin DiMichele. Berkeley and Toms River police were called to Comm…
Police & Fire
Jersey Shore Man Who Brought Explosives To Sea Bright Bar Spared Jail Time
A 56-year-old man who admitted leaving explosives at a Jersey Shore bar and causing the cancellation of a Labor Day parade in South Plainfield has been spared jail time, authorities said. Thomas G. Kaiser was sentenced to one year of probation on Tuesday, after pleading guilty on July 13 to two counts of possession of prohibited weapons and one count of tampering with physical evidence, according to Christopher Swendeman, a spokesman for the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Kaiser was arrested on Labor Day weekend 2019 after bringing an explosive to Donovan’s Reef in Sea Bright and givi…
News
Prosecutor: Charge Dismissed Against BLM Leader Accused Of Punching Man At Boardwalk Protest
A 28-year-old Black Lives Matter leader accused of simple assault during an August protest had the charges against him dismissed. Jamaal Holmes, of Toms River, was charged with simple assault after police said he punched Robert Lay, 68, in the face during the protest. Holmes said he was simply protecting himself and never punched anyone, according to earlier news accounts. On Friday, Ocean County Bradley D. Billhimer agreed, saying the charge had been dismissed after interviews with witnesses and a review of video from the boarwalk. Several additional independent witnesses came f…
Police & Fire
Man Charged In Fatal Biker Night Assault At Controversial NJ Diner
A 54-year-old man was being held in the Ocean County Jail in connection with Wednesday night's fatal assault at a popular Jersey Shore diner that left another dead. Robert Clarke, 78, was airlifted to an area hospital after the 7:30 p.m. incident at the Lakeside Diner in Lacey Township, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Edward Charles Chandler was charged with aggravated assault, which is expected to be upgraded to murder, Billhimer told the Asbury Park Press. The prosecutor did not release further details. Clark's son, Shawn Clarke, told the APP that his father was remo…
Schools
Central Jersey Middle School Goes Remote Due To Technical Glitch
A technical glitch forced middle schoolers in one Monmouth County school district to remote learning only next week, education officials said. A statement on the Marlboro Public Schools website cited "pockets of performance issues with Zoom" as the issue -- particularly in some of the new staff Chromebooks that have the latest operating system. Superintendent Eric Hibbs made the announcement Thursday in a letter to parents, the Asbury Park Press reports. Students in the Memorial and Marlboro middle schools are effected. “While the district planned all summer for the reopening of schoo…
Police & Fire
Authorities: NYC Man, 26, Gets Life In Prison For 'Brutal, Senseless' Toms River Shooting Death
A 26-year-old man from New York City has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing a drug dealer, authorities said. Anthony Barksdale, also known as Shakar Barksdale and previously from Seaside Heights, was found guilty after a jury trial in the murder of Steven E. Stallworth of Brick. “This was a brutal and senseless murder," Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said Stallworth was shot in the cheek outside the Hampton Gardens apartment building in Toms River on March 5, 2018, with a 9mm, hollow-point bullet from a Ruger automatic handgun, prosecutors …
Police & Fire
BLM Leader Charged With Punching Man During Boardwalk Protest Was 'Acting In Self-Defense'
UPDATE: Charge dismissed in assault case. A 28-year-old leader of a Black Lives Matter protest who was charged with assault after police said he punched a man in the face at a Seaside Heights Boardwalk was simply protecting himself -- and never punched anyone, he said. Jamaal Holmes of Toms River was marching on Saturday with approximately 25 other protestors when an unidentified 68-year-old man demanded he take off his Guy Fawkes mask -- then reached over and tried ripping it off, Holes told the Asbury Park Press. Holmes got the audio in a recording taken on his iPhone, which at…
Police & Fire
BLM Leader Charged With Punching Man During Boardwalk Protest Was 'Acting In Self-Defense'
A 28-year-old leader of a Black Lives Matter protest who was charged with assault after police said he punched a man in the face a Seaside Heights Boardwalk was simply protecting himself -- and never punched anyone, he said. Jamaal Holmes of Toms River was marching on Saturday with approximately 25 other protestors when an unidentified 68-year-old man demanded he take off his Guy Fawkes mask -- then reached over and tried ripping it off, Holes told the Asbury Park Press. Holmes got the audio in a recording taken on his iPhone, which at the end show the man lying on the boardwalk. …
Lifestyle
NJ Cracks Down On Crowded Jersey Shore Bars As
Covid-
19 Cases Rise Among Youngest Patrons
Concern remains for loosening COVID-19 restrictions too fast as New Jersey continues to "open up" bars, restaurants and other businesses. Gov. Phil Murphy and Col. Patrick Callahan, superintendent of the New Jersey State Police, have voiced worries about the widespread lack of social distancing at Jersey Shore boardwalks and its bars and clubs. ABC-TV Eyewitness News and other media outlets posted video of D'Jais Bar & Grill in Belmar. "Can you blame people for coming out and letting their hair down a little? I certainly can't blame folks for doing that, but we are going to have to tig…
Police & Fire
Update
: Protestor Arrested After Climbing Famous 'Skyscraper' Ride In Seaside Heights
UPDATED: A man climbed to the top of the 17-story Skyscraper tower ride at Casino Pier to protest what he called unfair charges brought against him by local police, according to several news reports. After he reached the top of the popular ride in Seaside Heights, he raised an American flag. He will come down after he secured an attorney to help with the charges, the man told News12 New Jersey. He did not specify what the charges are or what jurisdiction brought them. About 10 a.m., Christopher Angulo, 45, of Lavallette, climbed back down and was arrested by Seaside Heights police on a tre…
Lifestyle
91-Year-Old Former Flight Attendant From Central Jersey Beats Coronavirus Odds
A 91-year-old great-grandmother from Central Jersey beat the coronavirus odds. After being hospitalized last month with coronavirus and pneumonia, Jean Powell -- a former flight attendant from Manchester -- is among the rare survivors from her age group. Powell's 65-year-old daughter from Lacey, Kim Wedemeyer, had feared the worst, telling the Asbury Park Press: “I thought she was gone. . . .They say when old people get this, it’s a death sentence.” “I thought she was gone,” Wedemeyer said. “They say when old people get this, it’s a death sentence.” Not for Powell. After 10 days, Co…
Business
Nordstrom Closing Freehold Store
The Nordstrom store in Freehold will not be reopening after the COVID-19 crisis in New Jersey, reports say. The company earlier this week announced plans to close 16 stores but had not released a complete list of which ones as of Friday. None of the other New Jersey Nordstrom stores were affected, according to a report in the Asbury Park Press. "Because of the impacts of COVID-19 has had on our business, we need to take a critical look at the physical footprint of our stores to determine which we will continue to operate," Nordstrom told APP. "To respond to the impacts of COVID-19 and ens…
Police & Fire
Police Raid Lakewood Religious School, Disperse Dozens Violating State Order
Lakewood police on Monday broke up another large gathering, this one at a religious, for violating a statewide coronavirus order, authorities said. They charged building owner David Gluck, 42, and Abraham Haberfeld, 32, the building manager, with maintaining a nuisance after finding nearly three dozen people at Bais Horaah on Madison Avenue around 8:30 a.m., authorities said. The building houses a school for Talmudic studies, a synagogue and a banquet hall, according to the Asbury Park Press. It marked no fewer than seven gatherings dispersed by borough police over a week for vi…
News
Catholic Church In Jackson Reverses Ban On 1st Holy Communion For Autistic Boy
After first saying that Holy Communion was delayed for a Manalapan boy with autism because he could not "distinguish ordinary bread from the body of Christ," a Jackson Township Catholic Church conferred with a bishop and reversed the ban. Jimmy and Nicole LaCugna, a Manalapan couple, first announced here on Facebook Tuesday that the church said their 8-year-old son would be unable to receive his first Holy Communion due to the child having autism and being "unable to determine right from wrong." "Today Nicole and I were informed that our son Anthony would not be able to make his commu…
Police & Fire
Jackson Man Pleads Guilty, Says Friend’s Mom Organized Long Branch Murders
A former Long Branch woman enlisted her son and his friend to murder her daughter more than 25 years ago and, months later, enticed them with the promise of insurance money to kill her husband, a Jackson man told a judge, according to a published report. Jose Carrero, 48, of Jackson, pleaded guilty before state Superior Court Judge Ellen Torregrossa-O’Connor to two counts of conspiracy to commit murder in a plea agreement that requires him to testify against the mother and son, the Asbury Park Press reported on Friday. Carrero admitted conspiring with Dolores Morgan, formerly known as Dolor…
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