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UPDATE: Firefighters Recover Body In Seaside Park UPDATE: Firefighters Recover Body In Seaside Park
Update: Firefighters Recover Body In Seaside Park Seaside Park and Ocean Beach firefighters and EMS crews were called to Island Beach State Park on Thursday on a report of a body found in the water, authorities said. They could not immediately confirm whether it was the row-boater who went missing on the Toms River before Tuesday's thunderstorms. The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search earlier Thursday for an Ocean Gate boater who disappeared before the major storm slammed the Jersey Shore two days earlier. With the discovery of a lifejacket and the 67-year-old man's rowboat, the search and rescue was called off -- for now. Matt Conway…

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by Jon Craig
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U.S. Coast Guard Suspends Search For Missing Jersey Shore Row-Boater U.S. Coast Guard Suspends Search For Missing Jersey Shore Row-Boater
U.S. Coast Guard Suspends Search For Missing Jersey Shore Row-Boater The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search Thursday for an Ocean Gate boater who went missing before a major storm slammed the Jersey Shore two days earlier. With the discovery of a lifejacket and the 67-year-old man's rowboat, the search and rescue was called off -- for now. Matt Conway's wife reported him missing Tuesday morning, authorities said. If any new information surfaces, the search would be resumed, a spokesman for the Coast Guard said. The Coast Guard released security camera photos of Conway taken shortly before he left a dock on the Toms River in a silver rowboat.  Conw…

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by Jon Craig
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HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? Jersey Shore Row-Boater Missing HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? Jersey Shore Row-Boater Missing
Have YOU Seen HIM? Jersey Shore Row-Boater Missing UPDATE: Rescuers found both the rowboat and life jacket of an Ocean Gate man who went missing before a major thunderstorm hit the Jersey Shore earlier this week, authorities confirmed. His wife reported Matt Conway, 67, missing around 4 p.m. Tuesday, they said. The U.S. Coast Guard released security camera photos of Conway shortly before he left a dock on the Toms River in a silver rowboat that morning. His sneakers were found on the beach of Anglesea Avenue, responders said. Conway was known to row for exercise. A State Police helicopter and fire companies in Toms River assisted wit…

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by Jon Craig
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'May You Fill The Heavens With Your Bagpipes': Jersey Shore Boater Killed In Storm ID'd 'May You Fill The Heavens With Your Bagpipes': Jersey Shore Boater Killed In Storm ID'd
'May You Fill The Heavens With Your Bagpipes': Jersey Shore Boater Killed In Storm ID'd The worst fears of many were realized Thursday when responders recovered the body of a 67-year-old boater who'd gone missing before a tornado-like thunderstorm hit the Jersey Shore earlier this week. "We are heartbroken to announce that our dear band mate and friend Matt Conway was finally located today after going missing Tuesday rowing his boat in the Toms River," fellow members of the Shamrock and Thistle Pipes and Drums wrote Thursday afternoon. "The loss of our dear brother is immeasurable and will be felt by us for years to come." His wife, Patricia, reported Conway, 67, of Ocean Ga…

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by Jerry DeMarco