Ocean County
Ocean County Tax Rate Expected to Drop Again in 2023
Ocean County’s property tax rate is expected to drop in 2023, officials said Wednesday during a discussion of the upcoming introduction of the county’s annual budget....
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Brick Life
/ 15 hours agoIt’s Okay
A few months ago, my husband and I took our almost sixteen-year-old high school sophomore to look at colleges. This idea...
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Government
/ 7 days agoVicari, N.J.’s Longest-Serving County Official, Will Not Seek Re-Election After 43 Years
Ocean County Commissioner Joseph Vicari, following a 43 year-long tenure in office, will not seek re-election and will retire after this...
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Ocean County
/ 2 weeks agoLocals Rally Against State’s Ciba-Geigy Settlement: ‘Getting Away With Murder’
With a small group of state environmental officials looking on from two rows of seats in the right corner of the...
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Ocean County
/ 2 weeks agoOcean County to Pay Entire Local Share of Beach Replenishment Costs
Ocean County officials on Thursday announced that the county government would fund the entire cost of the “local share” of beach...
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Government
/ 2 weeks agoDeal Reached to Preserve Breton Woods Property, Avoiding 59 Home Development in Brick
Negotiations have led to an agreement between county officials and a developer that would see a 30-acre parcel of land in...
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Brick Life
/ 2 weeks agoDon’t Sweat the Small Stuff: Autism, Family and Tough Start to 2023
Well, 2023 is off to an interesting start… Unfortunately my family was in a car accident on Christmas night coming home...
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Local Business
/ 2 weeks agoWawa’s Cult Following Is Reaching Massive Heights in N.J., Researchers Find
They may come for the beaches, but they stay for the hoagies. At no point over the last two decades has...
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Ocean County
/ 3 weeks agoOcean County’s Senior Meal Programs Expand Greatly As Population Grows
Ocean County continues to be a haven for retirees, and as senior citizens are living longer with advances in medical science,...
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Ocean County
/ 4 weeks agoEnvironmental Group: ‘Intentional Lack of Transparency’ in Ciba-Geigy Settlement; Public Event Set
The influential environmental advocacy group Save Barnegat Bay has accused the state of fostering an “intentional lack of transparency” surrounding the...