News for Toms River, NJ. The township of Toms River is the 2nd most populous municipality in Ocean County and the 8th most populous in New Jersey with more than 93,000 residents. The mayor in 2021 is Maurice "Mo" Hill Jr.
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Fire closes supermarket and shopping center in Toms River, NJ
Smoke was coming from the room which houses the fire sprinkler system at Tri-County Plaza shopping center in Toms River and was quickly put out by firefighters and the sprinkler system.
NJ judge sentences man in two-night rampage against women
Quamel Benton, 36, of Farmingdale in October admitted to a series of incidents that began with a woman being struck in the head with a baseball bat in Willingboro and her car being stolen.
NJ man, 42, gets 60 years in prison for double murder
Tyshaun Drummond will serve back-to-back terms for the 2021 murders of Nicholas Hardy, of Toms River, and Lakewood resident Sergio Chavez-Perez.
Thousands of JCP&L customers without power in Ocean County NJ
An equipment failure at a sub station in the Whiting section of Manchester. appears to be the cause, according to JCP&L.
In latest run-in with law, NJ man admits trying to kill relative
Timothy J. Sauers pleaded guilty in Monmouth County Superior Court to first-degree attempted murder.
Woman burned alive on NYC subway was from Toms River, NJ
Police announced Tuesday they've identified the woman who died after being set on fire while inside a New York subway train as a 61-year-old from New Jersey.
Driver who hit kid-occupied SUV in stolen U-Haul gets 10 years
A Jackson man headed east on Route 70 around 4 p.m. on March 23, 2023 rear-ended a pick up truck and did not stop for a red light at a Toms River intersection.
NJ toxic waste dumping caused $1B in harm, group says
Years of toxic waste dumping in Toms River where childhood cancer rates rose caused at least $1 billion in damage to natural resources, an environmental group says.
NJ nursing home operators accused by state of millions in fraud
A team of relatives formerly in charge of 10 New Jersey nursing homes is accused of years of mismanaged care, to funnel millions in Medicaid funds to themselves.
NJ woman admits to gruesome killing of landlord
Elizabeth Mascarelli has taken a plea deal in admitting to the killing of Kerry Rollason, whose dismembered body was found in Ocean County.