News for Lakewood, NJ. The township of Lakewood is the 7th most populous municipality in the state and the most populous municipality in Ocean County with more than 102,000 residents. The mayor in 2021 is Raymond Coles.
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Neighbors heard explosion before Lakewood apartment building fire
Lakewood police said the fire was first reported around 2:15 p.m. in a one-level building on Samson Avenue that left a person injured.
Prosecutor: Lakewood Man Indicted For Murdering His Girlfriend
An Ocean County man has been indicted by a grand jury in connection to the death of his girlfriend earlier this year.
Lakewood High School friends killed in car crash
The five people inside the Honda Accord that slammed into a pickup truck were friends who attended Lakewood High School.
Two NJ teens die in separate weekend car crashes
A 17-year-old teenage girl from Hackettstown and a Lacey High School student were killed in separate crashes early Saturday morning in Washington Township and Lakewood.
3 dead, 2 critically injured in horrific Lakewood, NJ crash
A crash along Cedar Bridge Avenue/County Road 528 in Lakewood on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023 has killed three people.
Two arrested in attempted Lakewood, NJ carjacking
Police first went to NJ Transit bus terminal where the carjacking started around 6 a.m. according to Lakewood police.
Lakewood school bus hit head on by van (VIDEO)
Dash cam video from the school bus shows the bus slowing down on Central Avenue with a car in the opposite direction coming to a stop.
NJ driver gets pepper-sprayed after stopping in an intersection
šØ A 26-year-old man stopped in an intersection to keep another from passing him
šØ The other man described as 'impatient' pepper got out and sprayed him
šØ It's not clear why the driver didn't want to be passed
LAKEWOOD — It's a case of pepper spray road rage.
An impatient driver used peppe...
Lakewood, NJ man dies in Howell crash with mailbox
The Toyota RAV 4 was traveling east on Lanes Mill Road and was in a curve in the road around 11 p.m. when it went off the right side of the road.
Man dies after getting trapped by machinery at industrial site
Lakewood police Capt. Gregory Stafford said a 911 call came from Cambridge Pavingstones on Havenwood Court around 7:30 a.m. First responders were able to free the male and began life saving measures which were unsuccessful.