Fernandez replaces Mairin Bennett, who left the Toms River job for a new post as executive director of Red Bank Rivercenter, the nonprofit that promotes downtown Red Bank. Fernandez is the first ...

TOMS RIVER - A final vote to repeal the ambitious plan to redevelop Toms River's downtown is likely at the Township Council meeting Dec. 18, after the planning board agreed that discarding the ...

A budget with no tax increase was introduced at a meeting that was once again marred by spats between council members and the ...

A May 13 referendum will ask residents of Fire District 1 to approve spending $14 million on a new building on Irons Street.

TOMS RIVER - A change that would give the green light to a scaled-down version of a controversial downtown apartment project might be on the Township Council agenda as soon as Wednesday.

TOMS RIVER - A pair of six-story apartment towers planned for downtown became a potent symbol of "overdevelopment" in town during the election last year won decisively by Mayor Daniel Rodrick and ...

and the church has existed in downtown Toms River since 1865. The church property is assessed at $2,476,000, according to Ocean County tax records. An outbuilding on the church property has been ...

Church push: Toms River church seeks permission to open a homeless shelter near downtown The mayor said the DCA indicated there were 166 unsheltered people living in Toms River's woods ...

Toms River introduced a 2025 budget with no tax ... including spray parks and a downtown pier. A home assessed at $448,400, the township's average, would pay $1,960 a year in taxes to fund ...