TOMS RIVER – Ron Fazio didn’t want to go to war. But he also didn’t want to flee to Canada or risk arrest for defying the draft.   “I was a drafted teacher,” he said. “That proved I didn’t like the war. But I didn’t want to not serve. I didn’t want to go […]

LAKEHURST – This small municipality already hosts two cannabis businesses, but the Borough Council is considering allowing a manufacturing facility across from town hall.   Resident Andrew Decher expr...

  LACEY – Nearly seven years after Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station powered down for the last time, the focus has shifted from what was once the nation’s oldest operating nuclear plant to how its story will end.   On September 17, local officials, residents, and regulators gathered at the Lacey Township Municipal Building, and […]

  JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST – A short lockdown at the Joint base on the morning of September 30 concerning an alleged active shooter was the result of a civilian employee there who was found to have made a false report.   According to an affidavit filed with a criminal complaint, Malika Brittingham, who works for […]