From Press staff reports | Posted: Monday, March 1, 2010 | 0 comments

A deputy fire chief who supervised payroll for the Ocean City Fire Department was entitled to the overtime he claimed, a state judge said last week.

Administrative Court Judge W. Todd Miller on Thursday said Deputy Chief Mark McCulley made a mistake in claiming $7,100 in benefits under the Fair Labor Standard Act when he should have been paid $11,000 or more in straight overtime....Continue Reading

By TOM BARLAS Staff Writer | Posted: Saturday, February 27, 2010 | 0 comments

A husband and wife and their daughter died Saturday morning when fire tore through their home on Pine Hill Road in Toms River, officials with the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office said.

Authorities said they will not release the victims’ names until next of kin are notified.

Michael Mohel, deputy chief of detectives with the Prosecutor’s Office, said authorities received a....Continue Reading

By BRIAN IANIERI, Staff Writer | Posted: Sunday, February 28, 2010 | 0 comments

As investigators continued to look for answers in the rubble, Ocean County authorities on Sunday identified the three family members killed in a Toms River house fire....Continue Reading

 OCEAN VIEW-- A commercial utility truck overturned here on Route 9, one half mile south of Route 83 on Friday, Feb 26 at 8:44 p.m.

The crash occurred near the border of Middle and Dennis Townships. Both townships dispatched first aid and fire department units to the scene.

The driver of the overturned truck was trapped in the vehicle for approximately twenty minutes as firefighters worked to extricate with the Jaws-of-Life......Continue Reading

By ELAINE ROSE Staff Writer | Posted: Friday, February 26, 2010 | 12 comments

Five Longport police dispatchers would be the latest casualties of municipal cost-saving measures, as the borough follows through with a plan to consolidate the service with neighboring Margate, officials said Thursday.

Mayor Nicholas Russo said Thursday that the borough is researching the possibility of paying Margate to dispatch its police, firefighters and ambulance personnel as a cost-cutting measure in tough economic times....Continue Reading

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BUENA VISTA TWP.--Some scary moments Tuesday night where several crews responded to a school bus accident.

Fortunately the circumstance turned out to be minor after a school bus leaving Buena Regional Middle School hit a light pole in the parking lot.

Less than 25 students were aboard the late bus that was leaving about 5:30 Tuesday evening.

Two students, ages 13 and 14, were taken to the hospital for what officials say are minor bumps and bruises.

All of the students were taken back to school to be checked out before parents came to pick them up.

Officials say the students were more “shook up” than anything.

The accident remains under investigation.