Mantoloking

Details are few about what prompted a large police response to a Mantoloking home that left a K9 injured and a person fatally shot.

Heavy rains, an overflow of waste and sewer water and a shift in the currents helped bring trash to the Jersey Shore.

A wealthy New Jersey shore enclave's attempt to opt out of a protective sand dune plan in an area devastated by Superstorm Sandy was turned down by a judge Wednesday, while a decision to allow a similar project to proceed in another part of the state was upheld by a federal appeals court.

Despite objections of some residents, the plan will repair damage done by Hurricane Sandy.

"I never thought people would be that selfish and self-centered like the people in Point Pleasant Beach and Bay Head and Mantoloking who are holding out," Gov. Chris Christie said.

Bay Head and Mantoloking oceanfront homeowners waiting for judge to rule in eminent domain fight.

While the battle over the sand dunes on NJ's beachfronts continue, one NJ councilman says it is time to protect our beachfront homes.

The Jersey shore town hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy is closer to getting protective sand dunes that many of its oceanfront homeowners didn't want.

A 22-year-old man from Yonkers visiting Ocean County drowned Saturday afternoon during a swim with friends, according to the office of County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato.

A state Department of Environmental Protection program that involves installing metal sheet piles along a stretch of the beach in Mantoloking and Brick is nearing completion in time for the winter season.