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The following is a Letter to the Editor submitted by New Jersey Health and Senior Services Commissioner Mary E. O'Dowd: Dear Editor, Hospitals depend on a ready supply of blood ...

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Would you like to post events, announcements and blogs to Patch? Keep this article handy each time there is something you'd like to share with our community. To post events to the si...

Credit Patricia A. Miller

  Some residents of South Seaside Park have long felt they are the forgotten ones in this oceanfront section of the township, far removed from the mainland. Mayor Carmen F. Amat...

Credit John Buechner

A lot of people might think the best time to water their lawn is at night. But in fact, watering your lawn in the early morning hours, between 5 and 9 a.m., is far more effective.  T...

Credit Douglas Bergen

President Barack Obama signed a bill on July 6 that extends the National Flood Insurance Program for five years. Property owners in Berkeley Township and other coastal areas rely on ...

Credit Karen Wall

Protesters holding cutouts of Canada geese and buttons picturing the birds urged the Ocean County Board of Freeholders again to abandon a contract with the federal government that provide...

Credit Joanne Johnson Yuro

Update: Resident Joanne Johnson Yuro says the goat's owner was located and the pygmy will be returned to Atlantic Farms. Original story: Have you lost a goat? If so, Toms R...

Credit Anthony Bellano

  If you like local wines but have trouble finding them at the liquor store, now there's an option to ship them directly to your home, thanks to recent legislation. The Garden S...