Raising Awareness and Remembering
Ocean County Commissioners joined with Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer and members of the Prosecutor’s Office to recognize Overdose Awareness Day on Aug. 31. In honor of those Ocean County residents that have died from fatal overdoses, a purple pinwheel garden was placed outside the Prosecutor’s Office at 119 Hooper Avenue, Toms River.
Recognizing the Winners
As part of National County Government month activities, fourth graders in Ocean County again created posters choosing what they consider the best qualities of a County that is home to more than 650,000 residents.
Recycling Recycling Igloos
It’s not every day when you get to describe a recycling container with phrases like eye-catching, colorfully striking, and attention grabbing. But a group of high school students at Brick Memorial High School took their creative and artistic skills and transformed faded and old recycling igloos into more than just useable recycling containers but works of art.
Saluting Basic Police Recruit Class #114
The Ocean County Police Academy graduated 47 new police officers during a graduation ceremony June 8 at Georgian Court University, Lakewood.
Ocean County Library Breaks New Ground
With ceremonial shovels in hand, Ocean County Commissioners joined with officials from Stafford Township, the state of New Jersey and the Ocean County Library, to celebrate the start of construction on a new state of the art County library branch in Stafford Township.