Top Southern Ocean County Stories Of 2016

This may seem like a long "best of" list, but the Barnegat-Manahawkin Patch covers Waretown, all the towns on Long Beach Island, and Little Egg Harbor.

Barnegat Man Charged With Fentanyl-Induced Death Of Stafford Man, Prosecutor Says

Stafford Township Home Values Plunged Over Past Five Years

Study Finds A Hefty Drop In Barnegat Home Values Over Past Five Years

No Easy Answers To Barnegat Cops' Contract Dispute

Veteran Legislator, Longtime Surf City Mayor Leonard T. Connors Dies At 87

Long Beach Township Police Charge Building Contractor With Theft

Leonard J. Morano Jr., Former Mayor of Barnegat, Dies At 75

More Lane Shifts Ahead For Manahawkin Bay Bridges Project, State DOT says

Barnegat Committee Appoints Dugan As Acting Police Chief

Former Stafford Police Dispatcher Sold Drugs During Work Breaks : Indictment States

Young Stafford Cat Shot In The Head Is Now Recovering In A Foster Home, Report Says

Ocean County Couple Arrested For Stealing More Than $1 Million From Sandy Victims: AG's Office

Former Barnegat Administrator Was Job Hunting While On Sick Leave, Report Says

Beware Of Portugese Man O' Wars Found On Jersey Shore Beaches

Resident Chides Stafford Councilman For Missing Bulk Of Meetings

Beach Haven Cops Charge Stafford Man With Lewdness After He Spends Two Days On Beach With Genitals Exposed

Manahawkin Contractor Charged With Sandy Fraud, Bilked Homeowners Out Of $280,750

Barnegat Man Who Brutally Beat Man Outside Of Waretown Bar Gets 7 Years In State Prison

UPDATE: Pennsylvania Man Died Of Accidental Drowning Off Long Beach Township: Prosecutor's Office

Two Women, Baby Died In Head-On Crash In Little Egg Harbor

Stafford Police, Ocean Mental Health Services To Partner In Pilot Program To Help Residents

Barnegat Mayor, Public Works Employees Rescue Turkey Chicks From Storm Drain

Barnegat Township Committee Can't Comment On What Happened With Suspended Police Chief:Mayor

Spodofora Rival Awarded $34,000 In Civil Suit

Barnegat Woman Struck And Killed In Hit-And-Run Monday Morning: Cops

Lysander The Parakeet Is Home Safe, Thanks To A Good Samaritan And Surf City Police Officers

Still No Answers In Ocean County SWAT Team Shooting Of Former NYPD Lieutenant

Barnegat's Jason Groome And Boston Red Sox Agree On $3.65 Million Signing Bonus

Boy Who Almost Died In 2015 Surf City Sand Collapse Reunites With His Rescuers

1916 Shark Attacks On The Jersey Shore Were An 'Anomaly,' Expert Says

Thomas Dellane Sworn In As New Stafford Township Police Chief

State Will Not Reimburse Barnegat For Costs Associated With Search For Escaped Baby Killer

UPDATE: Escaped Prisoner Prompts Barnegat, Waretown, LBI School Lockdowns

Attorney General's Office Adds 7 More To List Of Sandy Scammers

Intoxicated Woman Strolls Down Little Egg Street With 3-Foot Machete

A Father Lost In The Great Atlantic Storm Of 1962

Image: Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol