Blaze Burns Portion of Durand Park

Passing teen accidentally started fire; no charges will be filed, police say

A brush fire that torched a portion of a township park Tuesday was accidentally started by a passing teen, police said Wednesday. East Freehold Fire Company and New Jersey Forest Fire Service were called to Durand Park in around 5:47 p.m. for a report of a brush fire, Freehold Townsip Police Sgt. Jerry Kiwit said.  The blaze burned about a half acre of the park before firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze, Kiwit said. A 15-year-old boy was walking in the area of 224 Randolph Rd. when he found a working lighter alongside the road, Kiwit said. While using the lighter, the boy accidentally started the fire. Realizing it was out of control, the boy tried to alert someone fishing in the nearby lake for help. The boy then called 9-1-1, …

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FBPD Save Three in Piscataway Fire

Freehold Borough police officers noticed smoke coming from a home in Piscataway and ran to assist those inside.

Five Freehold Borough police officers saved the lives of three Piscataway residents after they observed smoke coming from a home on River Road. While traveling back to Freehold from training in Somerset earlier this week, Officer Jaye Slatas, Shaun Hobbs, Nick Iozzi, Mark Garahan, and Det. John Reiff, sprang into action although they were far from home. “While in Piscataway, Slatas observed smoke coming from a house,” Police Chief Glenn Roberts said. “The officers ended up kicking in the front door and alerted the two residents on the first floor that there was a fire. The two had no idea there was even a fire upstairs.” After getting the two residents out, the officers continued through the home until they reached a separate apartment …

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Hurricane Sandy

STORM: Snow Brings New Outages For Some

Others have had no power at all for 10 days

Gov. Christie told a gathering on Long Beach Island on Wednesday that the coming Nor'easter and anticipated snowfall would likely cause "a setback" in the work underway for full power restoration. Boy, he wasn't kidding. JCP&L, on its website, is acknowledging that the nor'easter has created new outages, often for customers who were hit with outages in the height of Sandy's destructive path, had power restored and are now in the cold darkness yet again. "Late Wednesday, heavy, wet snow and high winds from the nor'easter resulted in approximately 120,000 additional power outages in the Jersey Central Power & Light service territory," says the JCP&L website. The company serves 13 counties in New Jersey, including Monmouth and Ocean. There …

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Sunday Morning Blaze Injures Firefighter

Two buildings were destroyed