Ocean Acres NewsLocal news for Ocean Acres, NJ continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Major retail development planned for Barnegat Lighthouse Drive- May 31, 2008 As Lighthouse Drive leaves Stafford Township and enters Barnegat Township, the homes in the Ocean Acres community disappear and are mainly replaced with three things: dense walls of trees, tall, rusty poles ...http://www.topix.net/city/ocean-acres-nj/2008/05/major-retail-development-planned-for-barn... Ready for the next one- May 20, 2008 Almost a year after the Warren Grove fire destroyed 17,250 acres, another blaze erupted this April in Barnegat.http://www.topix.net/city/ocean-acres-nj/2008/05/ready-for-the-next-one?fromrss=1 Looking ahead to future fire prevention- May 18, 2008 "The more people you have in a forested area, the more fires you're going to have" On a conference-room screen, the familiar 21st-century road map of southern Ocean County blossoms with huge colored blotches, the burn patterns of every forest fire recorded in just one human lifetime. via Asbury Park Presshttp://www.topix.net/city/ocean-acres-nj/2008/05/looking-ahead-to-future-fire-prevention?f... They fled their homes as flames neared- May 16, 2008 "There was a lot of valuables I didn't want to leave behind. It was scary to think you could lose everything you worked your whole life for. We had all the photo albums in a hamper." When William F. Kunze Sr. 71, of Redwood Drive, Barnegat, was ordered to leave his Pinewood Estates home behind on the first day of the Warren Grove forest fire, he waited until the last possible moment. via Asbury Park Press Onlinehttp://www.topix.net/city/ocean-acres-nj/2008/05/they-fled-their-homes-as-flames-neared?fr... Stafford man charged with heroin possession, assaulting a police officer- May 4, 2008 A 29-year-old township man was arrested Saturday night and charged with heroin distribution and assaulting a police officer after police executed a search warrant at his Ocean Acres home. via Asbury Park Presshttp://www.topix.net/city/ocean-acres-nj/2008/05/stafford-man-charged-with-heroin-possessi... |