Top news stories and latest updates from the Asbury Park Press, the information source for Monmouth County and Ocean County, NJ. http://www.app.com en-us Copyright 2012, app.com SaxoTech Online Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:00:00 00 Sun, 26 Feb 2012 22:57:14 00 15 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/z6s82feo5eo/NEWS&source=rss News Brick/Mantolloking, NJ US Geological Survey at the Mantoloking bridge, measuring water quality and movement. Bob Nicholson, chief of the environmental studies for the USGS climbs outside the bridge to check equipment. 2/21/2012 TOM SPADER/ASBURY PARK PRESS TOM SPADER/ASBURY PARK PRESS MANTOLOKING — Whistling winter winds and the rumble and thump of cars and trucks overhead don't bother these computers, as they patiently sample water and measure Barnegat Bay's currents every few minutes. Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:36:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120226/NJNEWS/302260013/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120226/NJNEWS/302260013/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/xnk5eVRfp5I/NEWS&source=rss News Sea Bright Mayor Maria Fernandes, at a news conference in Sea Bright to kick off Clean Ocean Action's annual Clean Ocean Action Shore Tips campaign Sea Bright, NJ Todd B. Bates Photo 7/3/2008 SEA BRIGHT — Former mayor Maria Fernandes died Sunday morning after years of chronic illness, borough officials confirmed. Sun, 26 Feb 2012 18:51:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120226/NJNEWS/302260042/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120226/NJNEWS/302260042/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/t_Z4nE8M0gE/NEWS&source=rss New Jersey News MOUNT LAUREL — A longtime state lawmaker from southern New Jersey is now chairman of the Burlington County College Board of Trustees. Joe Malone received the appointment Tuesday, the same day he was sworn in to his board seat. Sun, 26 Feb 2012 16:06:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120226/NJNEWS10/302260037/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120226/NJNEWS10/302260037/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/FfpLK0CxEhY/NEWS&source=rss New Jersey News JERSEY CITY — Prosecutors say the teenage son of a corrections officer used her service weapon to fatally shoot his younger half-brother at the woman's northern New Jersey apartment. Sun, 26 Feb 2012 15:03:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120226/NJNEWS10/302260035/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120226/NJNEWS10/302260035/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/yieqW-0zPxo/NEWS&source=rss New Jersey News ATLANTIC CITY — All casinos must face the issue of compulsive gambling, which affects as many as 5 million Americans. Yet they go about it in widely varying ways. Sun, 26 Feb 2012 12:32:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120226/NJNEWS10/302260030/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120226/NJNEWS10/302260030/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/rq7GeB6RZJc/NEWS&source=rss New Jersey News PATERSON — Authorities are working to identify a body that was found inside an abandoned northern New Jersey home that caught fire this weekend. The fire at the multistory Paterson home was reported around 7 p.m. Saturday. Sun, 26 Feb 2012 11:43:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120226/NJNEWS10/302260029/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120226/NJNEWS10/302260029/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/cjmTYK0S7_o/NEWS&source=rss New Jersey News As the northeast traveling storm over Canada moves away from our area, wind gusts will calm to near 18 miles per hour and give way for a clear sunny day, according to the National Weather Service's Mount Holly bureau. Sun, 26 Feb 2012 08:07:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120226/NJNEWS10/302260025/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120226/NJNEWS10/302260025/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/BsFMch8yASg/NEWS&source=rss News While 2012 brings an entire suite of scientific study and engineering pilot projects to Barnegat Bay, political rivalries still simmer between the Christie administration and Democratic state lawmakers. State Sen. Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:36:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120226/NJNEWS/302260014/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120226/NJNEWS/302260014/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/NURAMga5wzw/NEWS&source=rss News Barnegat Bay is 42 miles long and up to four miles wide. At 75 square miles, it is the largest coastal bay in New Jersey. Spring 2012 is bringing a host of new research and engineering projects to start restoring the bay's degraded environment. Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:51:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120226/NJNEWS/120224006/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120226/NJNEWS/120224006/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/XXHAHO7hLu8/NEWS&source=rss News WASHINGTON — The health care overhaul that President Obama intended to be the signature achievement of his first term instead has become a significant problem in his bid for a second one, uniting Republicans in opposition and eroding his standing among independents. Sun, 26 Feb 2012 22:53:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120226/NJNEWS/302260053/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120226/NJNEWS/302260053/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/0m3g9_xDxxg/NEWS&source=rss News ASB 0227 BLACK HISTORY Former mayor, Kevin McMillan, of Neptune, addresses congregants during the service. Freehold Church of God, holds its Men's Fellowship Friends and Family Day Black History Celebration, Sunday, February 26, 2012. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER/MARY FRANK -NEWS - FREEHOLD - 2/26/12. MARY FRANK FREEHOLD — Bishop Gerald Cobbs of Freehold Church of God lights up when he tells the story of how his great-grandfather, Amos Cobbs, gained his freedom. Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:40:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120226/NJNEWS/302270015/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120226/NJNEWS/302270015/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/vx680ICa8_Y/NEWS&source=rss News MANALAPAN — The Township Committee has conducted interviews and made a new appointment to the Western Monmouth Utilities Authority, after its last appointee's criminal history was discovered. The Feb. Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:24:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120226/NJNEWS/302260043/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120226/NJNEWS/302260043/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/HABNPaPVwnI/NEWS&source=rss News The Oscar ceremony has much to prove Sunday, including whether a blockbuster-free field can draw a TV audience and if Billy Crystal's host routine remains a crowd-pleaser. Sun, 26 Feb 2012 18:51:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120226/NJNEWS/302260041/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120226/NJNEWS/302260041/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/6TQ6ontSugY/NEWS&source=rss News Julie Messina, of Churchville, Pa., grooms " Joezy Walles" prior to seeing the judge. Frank Galipo/Special to the Press FREEHOLD — For Erika and Claude Hill, it was not a hard decision to attend the Cat Benefit Show Saturday. The New Hanover couple used to show cats. Now, they have four household pet-variety cats, all rescued. "We enjoy going to cat shows," said Erika Hill, 70. Sun, 26 Feb 2012 07:57:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS/302250056/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS/302250056/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/c8FMp2l_EHQ/NEWS&source=rss News An egret takes flight near the Sedge Islands in Barnegat Bay. New Jersey's Pinelands management plan preserved only about one-third of the bay's watershed, leaving the waterway subject to steep ecological decline from pollution runoff, according to experts. NJ Press Media 2010 photo "Regional Planning for a Sustainable America," a book-length examination of landscape and land use strategies around the nation, concludes that mid-sized efforts - bigger than the town and city level, but short of statewide - have the best record of environmental and economic success. Sat, 25 Feb 2012 20:05:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS/302250057/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS/302250057/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/XdxoWYaNOcQ/NEWS&source=rss New Jersey News CONGERS, N.Y. — An unconscious New Jersey man was pulled off the train tracks in New York just moments before a freight train struck the man's disabled car. Sat, 25 Feb 2012 17:43:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS10/302250047/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS10/302250047/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/bn4wpp0XYg0/NEWS&source=rss New Jersey News NEWARK — A northern New Jersey tax preparer has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison on charges stemming from 2009's large-scale corruption sting. Sat, 25 Feb 2012 17:19:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS10/302250045/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS10/302250045/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/HICHQ6Zos18/NEWS&source=rss New Jersey News JERSEY CITY — The women of MTV's "Jersey Shore" have started filming their new reality show in New Jersey's second largest city. Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Jenni "JWoww" Farley were seen walking around Jersey City's downtown area Saturday, looking at several apartment Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:27:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS10/302250043/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS10/302250043/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/X5zyOdc5WNg/NEWS&source=rss New Jersey News PARSIPPANY — Aggravated assault charges have been filed against a northern New Jersey man who allegedly stabbed a woman and her adult daughter during a dispute that also left him wounded. Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:29:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS10/302250042/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS10/302250042/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/AiC2S9TRNDI/NEWS&source=rss New Jersey News JERSEY CITY — Authorities say the shooting death of a 12-year-old boy killed at the northern New Jersey home of a corrections officer may have been accidental, though many unanswered questions remain about how the shooting occurred and what happened in its aftermath. Sat, 25 Feb 2012 14:44:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS10/302250041/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS10/302250041/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/8c83eq3Vx-k/NEWS&source=rss News The school bus crash at Route 528 and Old York Road in Chesterfield, Burlington County, killed Isabelle Teszla Feb. 16. The line of site at the intersection is being investigated. JOHN ZIOMEK/COURIER-POST CHESTERFIELD — The National Transportation Safety Board released new details Friday about last week's fatal Burlington County bus crash but offered no conclusion yet as to what exactly caused the crash. Sat, 25 Feb 2012 13:54:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS/302250020/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS/302250020/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/_t51aWx52ao/NEWS&source=rss News If you looked outside at just the right moment late Saturday morning, you may have seen snowflakes and a gray sky. But a few minutes later, there were sunny skies and bursts of gusty winds of about 20 to 30 mph, according to the National Weather Service. Sat, 25 Feb 2012 12:22:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS/302250038/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS/302250038/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/mt6XbinNCms/NEWS&source=rss New Jersey News FORT LEE — Bergen County authorities say a man who repeatedly ran over his estranged girlfriend this week and then fled to New York has been returned to New Jersey to face a murder charge. Charles Ann remained jailed Saturday on $3 million bail. Sat, 25 Feb 2012 12:06:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS10/302250037/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS10/302250037/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/n-TX4HsWgPY/NEWS&source=rss News As fast as paper is disappearing, cash seems destined to go digital even quicker, with bills and coins giving way to bits and bytes. Sat, 25 Feb 2012 07:38:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS/302250028/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS/302250028/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/OyaI4MwqqdM/NEWS&source=rss New Jersey News PAULSBORO — The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection says an oil spill inside a southern New Jersey oil refinery was smelly, but not dangerous. Sat, 25 Feb 2012 07:24:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS10/302250024/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS10/302250024/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/tlUUFgChUOg/NEWS&source=rss News If reproductive sterilization is against the teachings of the Catholic Church, why are Catholic hospitals performing these procedures? That's the question being raised by a researcher at Baylor University whose analysis of patient discharge records suggests that thousands of women have elected to have tubal ligation surgery at Catholic hospitals across the U.S. Sat, 25 Feb 2012 21:53:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS/302260021/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS/302260021/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/AVqi49ICrAw/NEWS&source=rss News A peace rally was held Saturday, meant to bring together residents and government to address recent shootings and come up with an action plan to stop violence in the city. HARTRIONO B. SASTROWARDOYO/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ASBURY PARK — Concerned over recent shootings in the city, about 50 people gathered Saturday afternoon at the West Side Community Center to come up with an action plan for making the city safer. Sat, 25 Feb 2012 20:05:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS/302250058/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS/302250058/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/z_Rqn5NkE0E/NEWS&source=rss News Ocean County Freeholder John C. Bartlett, Jr. tours the new $64 million addition to the county jail in Toms River in this February 2011 file photo. DOUG HOOD/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER TOMS RIVER — Overtime at the Ocean County Jail last year was up $400,000 from 2010, with two corrections officers making more money than either the county prosecutor or administrator. Ocean County Administrator Carl W. Sat, 25 Feb 2012 20:05:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS/302240097/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS/302240097/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/GR964fmCfUY/NEWS&source=rss New Jersey News SEASIDE HEIGHTS — Carrying a red flag with the words "Freezin' for a reason" painted in black, Bobby Krowitz led Team Maruca through the throngs of people on the boardwalk on their way to the Polar Bear Plunge here. Sat, 25 Feb 2012 20:03:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS10/302250048/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS10/302250048/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/YArwelvx3eA/NEWS&source=rss News HOLMDEL — Like someone with flat pockets and an empty fridge, the township has been thinking long and hard lately of where to find money to make ends meet in 2012. Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:52:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS/302240109/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS/302240109/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/G-rVTLfkQuY/NEWS&source=rss News PERTH AMBOY — Victory Bridge between Perth Amboy and Sayreville has become a frequent spot for suicide jumpers. That's why city officials are again asking the state Department of Transportation to erect a barrier or fence along the Victory Bridge, which has become a magnet for 22 reported suicides or suicide attempts since the redesigned high-arching bridge opened in 2004. Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:28:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS/302250053/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS/302250053/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/2AEPI6hC5iM/NEWS&source=rss News WALL — Police arrested three people who were charged with drug or alcohol offenses in unrelated incidents late Friday and early Saturday, Sgt. Joseph Wilbert said. About 8:30 p.m. Sat, 25 Feb 2012 11:26:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS/302250036/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS/302250036/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/v5CHTHkoSoM/NEWS&source=rss News WALL — Police responded to a single-vehicle crash involving a utility pole at 6:49 a.m. Saturday at Atlantic Avenue and White Boulevard, said Sgt. Chad Clark. Sat, 25 Feb 2012 11:17:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS/302250035/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS/302250035/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/lMii2I0ySq8/NEWS&source=rss News Kevin McGuire Pop idol Taylor Swift has accepted the offer of a date from Kevin McGuire, a Stratford teenager who's battling cancer. Sat, 25 Feb 2012 08:02:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS/302250018/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS/302250018/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/cGsFDO7rdnY/NEWS&source=rss New Jersey News Five people died in a fast-moving fire that swept though half of a farmhouse in South Plainfield early Thursday morning. KATHY JOHNSON/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER SOUTH PLAINFIELD — There appears to be no functioning smoke detectors or alarms in the home where a grandmother and four of her grandchildren died the most lethal fire in the borough's history on Thursday. Sat, 25 Feb 2012 07:41:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS10/302250030/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS10/302250030/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/8eUgsyGSumE/NEWS&source=rss New Jersey News First Assistant Prosecutor Julia McClure shows an item to witness Austin Chung during the first day of testimony at the Dharun Ravi trial in New Brunswick. Staff photo: Kathy Johnson NEW BRUNSWICK — A state Superior Court jury Friday heard very different characterizations of defendant Dharun Ravi, the former Rutgers student accused of using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate's encounter with another man. Sat, 25 Feb 2012 07:39:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS10/302250029/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS10/302250029/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/35a8oMc7mhw/NEWS&source=rss News Use of digital reading devices has skyrocketed, but some say printed books will never completely disappear Sat, 25 Feb 2012 07:36:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS/302250012/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS/302250012/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/hG9a96B4jpw/NEWS&source=rss News Get ready to spend some late nights with the songs of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. NBC's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" will feature two appearances by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band next week — Monday and Friday . Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:30:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS/302250054/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120225/NJNEWS/302250054/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/aKIfe4LytX4/NEWS&source=rss News What do you think of the Asbury Park Press front page today? Please tell us in the comments section on this article what you like, don't like and would have done differently. We're interested in your views about headlines, story selection, story placement, images — the works. Click on the image below to get a detailed look at today's front page in a PDF version that you can zoom in on. Fri, 24 Feb 2012 07:20:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS/120224002/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS/120224002/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/UBcBmATUzZw/NEWS&source=rss News TOMS RIVER — A township man is charged with possession of cocaine, crack cocaine and heroin following his arrest on Thursday. Patrick J. Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:56:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS/302240105/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS/302240105/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/-tHZBFsYBjo/NEWS&source=rss New Jersey News Former Rutgers University student, Dharun Ravi, center, arrives for the opening arguments at his trial in New Brunswick, N.J., Friday, Feb. 24, 2012. A prosecutor and defense lawyer will make their initial pitches to jurors Friday in the trial of Ravi, the former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man. The case spurred a national conversation about how young gays are treated when news of it broke in September 2010 after Ravi's roommate, Tyler Clementi, committed suicide. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) Mel Evans/AP NEW BRUNSWICK — Opposing attorneys painted very different pictures during opening arguments Friday of defendant Dharun Ravi, a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's encounter with another man. Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:22:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS10/302240051/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS10/302240051/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/5BDjihjvQp0/NEWS&source=rss News JACKSON — A burglary suspect arrested Thursday was caught trying to flush heroin, jewelry, coins and other stolen items down a toilet, police said. Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:17:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS/302240075/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS/302240075/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/oS4Zgj0bIBQ/NEWS&source=rss New Jersey News PAULSBORO — The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection says an oil spill inside a southern New Jersey oil refinery was smelly, but not dangerous. Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:33:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS10/302240095/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS10/302240095/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/EyBxjAJhZBk/NEWS&source=rss New Jersey News PATERSON — For Muslims in Paterson, revelations that police from New York City conducted secret surveillance on them several years ago are troubling, particularly for those who endured the intense scrutiny in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks and ma Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:29:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS10/302240084/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS10/302240084/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/qyvBG0YPuVU/NEWS&source=rss New Jersey News CAMDEN — Police have arrested a 19-year-old Camden man in connection to three recent reports of sexual assaults near Camden's Farnham Park. Kevin Cleveland is charged with aggravated sexual assault, kidnapping and robbery. Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:20:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS10/302240088/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS10/302240088/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/9QJBJOG-Adg/NEWS&source=rss News Qumere McClendon was sentenced to 20 years for his involvement in a fatal shooting in Long Branch in November of 2006. File photo FREEHOLD — Michael Montgomery had met a woman, and he was in love. They were living together in Long Branch and planning to host Thanksgiving dinner at her home, so his mom and sister could meet her. Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:12:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS/302240087/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS/302240087/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/M2MyyAWuHPg/NEWS&source=rss News ENGLISHTOWN — Historian and author Kevin Coyne of Freehold will be a guest speaker 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Village Inn Museum, 2 Water Street. Coyne's books include "Marching Home: To War and Back with The Men of One American Town" (2003), and Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:03:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS/302240086/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS/302240086/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/4CzQfUzso-A/NEWS&source=rss New Jersey News NEW CASTLE, DEL. — An oil spill in New Jersey is causing quite a stink in Delaware. Emergency management officials say the New Castle County 911 center has received numerous calls complaining of a petroleum odor. Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:32:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS10/302240060/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS10/302240060/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/VdfnBclDyYE/NEWS&source=rss News Howell Police say the man in the tan jacket has been using a stolen credit card at stores along Route 9 in Howell and Lakewood. If you can identify him, call 732-938-4575. Courtesy of Howell Police Department HOWELL — Police are turning to the public to help identify a man who has been charging up a stolen credit card at retailers along Route 9. Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:04:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS/302240037/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS/302240037/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/vbkkhlV8BBw/NEWS&source=rss New Jersey News PATERSON — Supporters of a northern New Jersey mosque that was on the NYPD's list of surveillance targets plan to rally in support of its congregants Friday. Fri, 24 Feb 2012 07:39:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS10/302240033/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS10/302240033/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/Yq5hwvibUio/NEWS&source=rss New Jersey News Rain is likely to linger into the afternoon along with cloudy skies and a high near 53 today. The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory that will be in effect from 5 p.m. today and remain in place overnight until 4 a.m. Fri, 24 Feb 2012 07:02:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS10/302240032/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS10/302240032/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/u5PlHXqmKQg/NEWS&source=rss New Jersey News CLIFFSIDE PARK — Police in Cliffside Park are searching for a man they say broke into a home and sexually assaulted two people before fleeing when the homeowner chased him away. Bergen County Prosecutors John Molinelli says police received a call at 6 a.m. Fri, 24 Feb 2012 07:02:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS10/302240031/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS10/302240031/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/ydyjuuGQjaU/NEWS&source=rss News SPRING LAKE — The local surfing and body boarding community has organized a memorial paddle-out for Connor Cameron, the Spring Lake Heights youth that died Feb. 15 on the railroad tracks near Wall Road crossing. The memorial will be held at 1 p.m. Fri, 24 Feb 2012 06:42:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS/302230062/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS/302230062/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/dkaYX7pF0ZY/NEWS&source=rss News Fire investigators look for the cause of a fire that destroyed five pleasure boats and damaged several others at the Ocean Beach Marina on Bay Way Ave. in the Lanoka Harbor section of the township. Tim McCarthy/Staff Photographer LACEY — Five dry-docked boats were destroyed and another two boats damaged by an early Thursday morning fire at the Ocean Beach Marina. Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:40:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS/302230033/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS/302230033/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/0pmZ18phnMo/NEWS&source=rss News BELMAR — The Belmar Restaurant Tour is returning on March 11, and will feature more than two dozen of the borough's favorite restaurants ranging from independent shops to established names. Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:38:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS/302230060/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS/302230060/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/NVNnoNzcdgY/NEWS&source=rss News A fire burns at a home at 53 Ruth Place in Eatontown on Thursday. Courtesy of John Durchak EATONTOWN — Fire burned a two-story home Thursday and rendered the building uninhabitable, police said. The fire is believed to have started accidentally, officials said. Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:23:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS/302230044/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS/302230044/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/gyPZEj1IBn8/NEWS&source=rss News RED BANK — The long-awaited replacement of the so-called Hubbard Bridge over the Swimming River could start as early as the beginning of 2013, said Monmouth County engineers, who detailed plans at Wednesday's Borough Council meeting. Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:18:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS/302220110/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS/302220110/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/GDY1-xE0zpI/NEWS&source=rss News John Reilly (12th grade) as the Cat in the Hat with Emily Cajzer (8th grade) as JoJo in "Seussical The Musical" at Southern Regional High School. SOUTHERN REGIONAL PHOTO The Southern Regional Theatre Company presents the musical "Seussical" in the Joseph P. Echle Performing Arts Center in the 9/10 building of the high school. This whimsical show is a compilation of many of the books of Dr. Seuss with the "Cat In the Hat" Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:09:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS/302240062/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS/302240062/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/KDKwPIYs46o/NEWS&source=rss News LITTLE SILVER — From March through May, Luigi's Famous Pizza and Ristorante, 86 Oceanport Avenue will donate $1 from each dine-in table to the Red Bank Middle School PTO and the Red Bank Middle School Athletics Foundation. Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:36:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS/302230053/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS/302230053/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/App-Breaking/~3/ctfD0VneGFQ/NEWS&source=rss Jersey Mayhem MIDDLETOWN — An Asbury Park woman who escaped police custody remains in Monmouth County Jail on a host of charges, including terroristic threats and aggravated assault on a police officer. Robin A. Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:35:00 00 http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS14/302240023/1001/NEWS&source=rss http://www.app.com/article/20120224/NJNEWS14/302240023/1001/NEWS&source=rss