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11/01/2025

🎃 Toms River turned into a Halloween wonderland 🎃👻
Marching bands, monster trucks, Santa Claus, & even a wrestling match broke out at the 2nd largest Halloween parade in the U.S.! 🕷️🔥🎃 https://www.jerseyshoreonline.com/toms-river/toms-river-halloween-parade-full-of-surprises/

TOMS RIVER – What can you expect when you go to the Halloween parade in Toms River? No matter what you think you might see there, nothing will prepare you for the surprises in store. The streets are flanked with people ready to see the 2nd largest Halloween parade in the country, put […]

11/01/2025

🕓 Don’t forget to turn your clocks back one hour before hitting the sack tonight! 🛌 🕰️

11/01/2025

📰✨ The latest edition of The Jackson Times is here! 🌊

From local news to community stories, you can grab your FREE copy at hundreds of spots around town 🏙️📍 — or read the e-edition online (link in comments ⬇️).

Stay informed. Stay connected. Stay local! 💙

11/01/2025

🗳️ Jackson voters will choose a new council member this Tuesday.

Two candidates — Chris Pollak and Al Couceiro — are running in the November 4 general election to fill the seat left vacant after the passing of Councilman Scott Sargent earlier this year.

📰 The Jackson Times spoke with both candidates about their backgrounds and why they want to serve the community.

👉 Read the full story in the comments below.

11/01/2025

🚨 Ocean County officials are calling on New Jersey to stop diverting millions meant for emergency communications. 💰
https://www.jerseyshoreonline.com/ocean-county/ocean-county-leaders-demand-end-to-state-diversion-of-9-1-1-funds/ #911

11/01/2025

Jersey Shore Online’s Chris Lundy was at the Halloween Parade in Toms River. His full report with pix coming tomorrow and in the next edition of The Toms River Times. 🎃📰📸

10/31/2025

🗳️ Election Voices: Ciattarelli & Sherrill Speak Out

In exclusive interviews with Jersey Shore Online, gubernatorial candidates Jack Ciattarelli and Mikie Sherrill open up about their visions for New Jersey — from school funding and housing to federal aid and affordability.

We present our final installment -- Hear what each had to say — in their own words — before Election Day. 🇺🇸

🗳️ Read the full story in the comments below!

10/31/2025

🦀 History came alive on the Tuckerton Seaport’s sellout tour to Crab Island’s “Stinkhouse.” Once a booming fish factory, it’s now reclaimed by nature — a haunting reminder of the days when the bay smelled like industry, not salt air. 🦀 https://www.jerseyshoreonline.com/southern-ocean/exploring-crab-islands-forgotten-past/ 🌾

TUCKERTON – Some might have thought it too cold and windy to venture out with a nor’easter approaching the coast. But on October 10, about thirty adventurous adults climbed aboard a pontoon boat at the Tuckerton Seaport for a narrated three-hour journey through time, bound for the ruins of the i...

10/31/2025

🌞 Learning Takes Root at Elms Elementary! 🌱

Elms Elementary School celebrated the grand opening of its brand-new Outdoor Environmental Learning Center and Garden — a hands-on space where students can explore, grow, and learn about the environment! 🌻

From raised garden beds and a greenhouse to a weather station and kindness rock garden, this amazing project was made possible through grants from Sustainable Jersey for Schools and New Jersey Natural Gas, plus help from local partners and volunteers.

Teacher Shaina Brenner, a Milken Educator Award winner, called it “a wonderful celebration” and hopes the new center will “inspire a lifetime of stewardship.” 💚

👉 Read more about this inspiring project in the comments below!

10/31/2025

👻 Happy Halloween from Jersey Shore Online!🎃

10/30/2025

🔥 Local History Comes Alive! 🔥

Monmouth County author Rick Geffken has released his newest book, “New Jersey’s Revolutionary Rivalry: The Untold Story of Colonel Tye and Captain Huddy.” It dives into one of the most dramatic and overlooked stories of the Revolutionary War — a fierce local feud that rocked Sandy Hook and the Jersey Shore.

Geffken, who’s been exploring our area’s past for decades, says he hopes readers realize how much history happened right here at home. 🇺🇸

📘 https://www.jerseyshoreonline.com/monmouth-county/new-book-dives-into-local-revolutionary-war-history/

10/30/2025

🛥️ The Barnegat Bay Model Yacht Club recently hosted the U.S. Vintage Model Yacht Group’s National Championship Regatta, where 36 skippers and 74 handcrafted, remote-controlled sailboats battled it out on the river. https://www.jerseyshoreonline.com/berkeley/model-yachts-race-on-the-toms-river/