Doug Hood

4 days ago | mycentraljersey.com | Doug Hood

Doug HoodTeam Ox crosses the Churchill Bridge from Brielle to Point Pleasant Beach passing a biker with a flat tire. Bike MS: Coast the Coast is a fundraising event that benefits the National MS Society and those suffering from Multiple Sclerosis. Riders are challenged to ride various distances varying from 25 miles to 100 miles starting in Deal. The 100 mile riders traveled south to Island Beach State Park and back north to Deal.

5 days ago | app.com | Doug Hood

Doug HoodFirst responders including Toms River Police Department, Ocean County Sheriff’s Department, and Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office investigate a crime scene on Adams Avenue. Toms River, NJ Friday, May 9, 2025Doug Hood/Asbury Park PressFirst responders including Toms River Police Department, Ocean County Sheriff’s Department, and Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office investigate a crime scene on Adams Avenue.

5 days ago | app.com | Kathleen Hopkins |Doug Hood

TOMS RIVER -- Investigators have flooded a location on Adams Avenue, where a joint investigation by township police and the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office was underway Friday morning. "It was reported possibly as a shooting and a stabbing," said police Sgt. Adam Worth. "That's the only information we got in the beginning."Worth said an investigation by police and the prosecutor's office is ongoing. "It's a kind of fluid situation that we're working through," he said.

6 days ago | app.com | Doug Hood

Doug HoodRuben Santiago and Caitlin Gibson, both of Lakewood, appear before Ocean County Superior Court Judge James J. Gluck. The couple has been charged with murder in connection with the death of their three month-old daughter. Toms River, NJ Thursday, May 8, 2025Doug Hood/Asbury Park PressSantiago appears top right. Ruben Santiago and Caitlin Gibson, both of Lakewood, appear before Ocean County Superior Court Judge James J. Gluck.

1 week ago | app.com | Doug Hood

Doug HoodFrank Siller, who lost his younger brother on 9/11, speaks to the crowd gathered as the Tunnel to Towers Foundation broke ground for the Bayville Veterans Village, a community of 98 single-occupancy apartments and 24 standalone “comfort homes” designed as affordable housing for military veterans on a seven-acre wooded tract along Route 9 in Berkeley. Stakeholders, veterans, and supporters showed up for a groundbreaking ceremony with hundreds in attendance.