Toms River

A vehicle flipped over into a New Jersey marsh over the weekend, trapping three occupants and killing the driver as the other two were able to reach safety, authorities said. Toms River police said officers and emergency medical personnel were dispatched just before 2:30 a.m. Saturday to the scene on South Shore Drive and found the vehicle upside-down in the…

Reports of car thefts in New Jersey have been been up for the past two years, and the thieves are seemingly becoming more brazen — with one woman recently waking up to find one of the burglars in her bedroom.

Car thieves are getting more brazen in Toms River, New Jersey. One woman says she woke up with one of the suspects hovering above her husband in bed. NBC New York’s Ted Greenberg reports.

One man died and two others were wounded when gunfire broke out at a Toms River, New Jersey shopping center Saturday morning, authorities said.

The Massapequa Coat Little League team is undefeated in its regional tournament in Connecticut, Greg Cergol reports.

A 19-year-old from New Jersey is facing multiple charges in connection to a pontoon boat accident that took place last year in Barnegat Bay in Toms River and ended in the death of one of the passengers on the vessel, prosecutors say. Juan Fernandez II, of Towaco, was indicted on charges of death by vessel, strict liability vehicular homicide, and…

After multiple pop-up parties along Jersey Shore towns, it seems promoters are now moving the large gatherings inland to the suburbs — where a vacant office tower in Wayne was the site for the latest event, before it was broken up by police. NBC New York’s Chris Glorioso reports.

A number of Jersey Shore towns have imposed curfews amid a series of wild pop-up parties — and this inland bash was just the latest to stoke trouble in the state.

Toms River is bringing back an 11p.m. beach curfew for everyone 17 and younger in all its barrier island communities, and it will remain in place for the rest of the summer, through September.

A curfew is being imposed in Toms River, New Jersey in an attempt to crack down on unruly teens.

Ahead of the holiday weekend, Nassau County officials are urging safety on the water. Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

A teen boy died from his injuries while his teen sister was rescued after sand collapsed on them at a beach in Toms River, New Jersey.

The hateful ramblings posted online by the alleged Buffalo mass shooter sent shockwaves to New Jersey, as the vitriolic screed referenced Lakewood and neighboring Toms River — both home to large and growing Orthodox Jewish populations.

The local FBI office is investigating the case as a hate crime and a tragedy of “racially motivated violent extremism” and called the case the new No. 1 priority of the Justice Department. NBC New York’s Adam Harding and Jonathan Dienst report.

A Halloween display at a house in New Jersey is getting a lot of attention for all the wrong reasons. NBC New York’s Sarah Wallace takes a closer look.

Just three weeks into the new school year, it’s already back to the drawing board for students and teachers at one school district in New Jersey. At least 864 students, or about 6% of the student population, and 26 staff members are in quarantine in Toms River after they were exposed to COVID-19, according to officials. Now experts are trying…

More than 800 students and staff at a school in Toms River, New Jersey are currently in quarantine after a COVID outbreak. NBC New York’s Chris Glorioso reports.

The teacher in Woodbridge Township tried to claim medical exemption so she didn’t have to wear a mask in school.

Authorities in New Jersey have charged a teacher for allegedly forging a doctor’s note that claimed she had a medical exemption to prevent her from adhering to the district’s mask policy. Prosecutors in Middlesex County say 55-year-old Gayle Hadley was arrested on Sept. 23 for forging medical records to the Woodbridge Public School District. The Toms River woman allegedly...

A motorcyclist suddenly got off his sports bike on the Garden State Parkway during Thursday’s morning rush, whirled around and blasted the hood and windshield of another vehicle with his fists, causing significant damage in what appears to be a case of road rage, police in New Jersey said Friday. According to Manchester cops, who say they are assisting...