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Seaside Heights Voters Reject Merger With Toms River School District: Unofficial Results Seaside Heights Voters Reject Merger With Toms River School District: Unofficial Results
Seaside Heights Voters Reject Merger With Toms River School District: Unofficial Results Seaside Heights voters rejected a plan to merge the island borough's school district with the Toms River Regional School District. According to unofficial results, 232 voters in Seaside Heights voted "no" on the merger, while 167 voters said "yes" in the referendum on Tuesday, Apr. 16. The plan would have eventually closed the Seaside district's only school Hugh J. Boyd, Jr. Elementary School. Mainland voters overwhelmingly approved the merger plan, which would have gone into effect in the 2024-25 school year. In Beachwood, Pine Beach, South Toms River, and Toms River, 7,186 voters sai…

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by Chris Spiker
Schools
Two Jersey Shore School Districts Could Merge After OK From State Officials Two Jersey Shore School Districts Could Merge After OK From State Officials
Two Jersey Shore School Districts Could Merge After OK From State Officials New Jersey's top education officials have signed-off on a referendum for a merger between two school districts. On Friday, March 8, Acting New Jersey Department of Education Commissioner Kevin Dehmer approved Seaside Heights merging with the Toms River Regional school district. The Central Regional School District had petitioned against the merger, but Dehmer said that Seaside Heights is closer in proximity to Toms River, so transportation will be cheaper and more time-efficient. He also said the merger would be unlikely to "increase or exacerbate the segregation of students by racial, …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Multiple Police Agencies Respond To Large Fight In Toms River Multiple Police Agencies Respond To Large Fight In Toms River
Multiple Police Agencies Respond To Large Fight In Toms River Multiple police units were dispatched to the Days Hotel on Route 37 in Toms River for a large fight in a parking lot, authorities said. While responding on Sunday, Dec. 17 at 12:45 a.m., officers received further information regarding possible gunshots. Further investigation revealed evidence that shots were fired but no victims were struck.  One male suffered a seizure during the incident and was transported to Community Medical Center by Silverton First Aid.  The investigation is ongoing at this time. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Toms River Po…

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by Jon Craig
Obituaries
Freehold's Marjorie McMurray, 84, Was A Friend To All Freehold's Marjorie McMurray, 84, Was A Friend To All
Freehold's Marjorie McMurray, 84, Was A Friend To All Marjorie "Marge" McMurray, a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend to all, left this earth on Saturday, October 22, 2022 at the age of 84. A resident of Freehold, Marge was born and raised in Aberdeen, MD to Richard Loflin Greenland and Evelyn Hart-Greenland. Marge leaves behind her son Patrick "Scott" McMurray and his wife Barbara Bowers-McMurray of Island Heights, NJ, grandchildren Ryan Michael McMurray and Scotti Erin Schnebel, daughter Renee Lynne Dias and her partner Eric, and grandchildren Matthew Dias and Kirstin Simons. Marge had six great-grandchildren: Anna, Al…

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by Anderson and Campbell Funeral Home
Police & Fire
Feds: Jersey Shore Man Busted With Child Porn Collection Feds: Jersey Shore Man Busted With Child Porn Collection
Feds: Jersey Shore Man Busted With Child Porn Collection Federal Homeland Security agents on Wednesday arrested a Jersey Shore man who they said collected child pornography. Agents began investigating Joseph J. Punderson, 31, of Island Heights after receiving a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Tracing emails and social media accounts, they learned that Punderson “received and possessed images and videos of child sexual abuse downloaded from the Internet,” Carpenito said. U.S. Magistrate Judge Tonianne J. Bongiovanni ordered Punderson held without bail on charges of recei…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
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
News
UPDATED: More Jersey Shore Beaches, Boardwalks Close Amid Coronavirus Fears UPDATED: More Jersey Shore Beaches, Boardwalks Close Amid Coronavirus Fears
Updated: More Jersey Shore Beaches, Boardwalks Close Amid Coronavirus Fears UPDATE: Asbury Park, Bradley, Island Heights, Ocean City, Sea Girt and Spring Lake are closing down their boardwalks to stop the spread of coronavirus.  Bay Head, Brick, Island Heights, Lavellette, Mantoloking, Ocean Heights, Point Pleasant and Sandy Hook closed their beaches, joining Seaside Heights. The boardwalk in Seaside Heights remains open -- for now. New Jersey issued an executive order giving towns the option of restricting access to the oceanfront. “I want to take every measure I can to protect the community,” Ocean City Mayor Jay Gillian said in a statement. “We have a large se…

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by Jon Craig