There is game-changing legislation in the works to address a flawed policy with holes in the reporting of physical bullying incidents in schools to the police.
Killed by a drunk driver at 23 years old, along with her unborn child, Kimberly Smith Ames was the face of a New Jersey-wide DWI awareness campaign years ago.
As state lawmakers wait on Gov. Phil Murphy to decide whether New Jersey will ban the sale of all flavored vaping products, a county in the throws of a "youth vaping epidemic" has created a special task force devoted to implementing a coordinated response to the issue.
Ocean County has a new prosecutor, Bradley Billhimer, a criminal defense attorney based in Toms River who is set to begin a five-year appointment this week.
From teens to an 82-year-old woman, there was plenty of interest in the first of at least two free self-defense classes sponsored by the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office.