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John James Fleming, 82, of Wall Twp., passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 18, 2026 at Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune.
John was born in East Orange and had resided in West Orange before moving to Wall Twp. 56 years ago.
He had been employed in transportation for most of his life, working for many years with Roselli Brothers and at the time of his retirement ...

Brian Edward Dugan, Jr., of Avon-by-the-Sea, New Jersey, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family after a humble and courageous eight-year battle with esophageal cancer.

Brian was born on July 30, 1967, in Neptune, New Jersey to Brian Edward Dugan, Sr. and Mary Dugan. He spent his early childhood in Avon starting at the age of three, and where he built ...

POINT PLEASANT BEACH — Beach residents will have something to look forward to in the future, in regards to the old Coast Guard station at 61 Inlet Drive. 

Mayor Douglas Vitale said that while the building has remained vacant, there are hopes of the Point Beach Historical Committee turning it into a maritime and borough museum for the public. That plan might also i...

MANTOLOKING — Borough officials are preparing to seek funding through the New Jersey Department of Transportation’s 2027 Municipal Aid Program for a series of traffic calming and pedestrian safety improvements, including proposed speed humps on Barnegat Lane, sidewalk upgrades on Downer Avenue and a sidewalk extension along Princeton Avenue.

The proposed projects wer...

LAVALLETTE — The students of Lavallette Elementary School participated in a water safety program presented by the Zac Foundation and NJ Swim Safety Alliance last Thursday in an effort to provide them with life-saving skills. 

The program at the school is a partnership between a national water safety nonprofit, The ZAC Foundation, which created the program, and the...