Point Pleasant|News|
NJ Teen Still Missing After 4 Weeks, Family Says: Patch PM
Also: Man Brings Pellet Gun, Hatchet To NJ Beach: Police / NJ Police Subdue Man Wielding Large Spear: PD / Ex-Cop Sues NJ Town Over Test
![NJ Teen Still Missing After 4 Weeks, Family Says: Patch PM](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/65079/20210615/023305/styles/patch_image/public/police___15143253740.jpg)
Tom Davis is an award-winning journalist and web producer who is New Jersey editor of Patch.com. Tom is a Point Pleasant Boro native who formerly managed the Ocean County bureau for The Press of Atlantic City. He wrote a book that was released in 2011 called A Legacy of Madness: Recovering My Family From Generations of Mental Illness. Until 2010, Tom Davis was a multi-media journalist with The Record of Bergen County, N.J., where he also wrote articles that appeared in The Star-Ledger. He teaches journalism classes at Rutgers University, where he sits on the Digital Committee and is helping to develop more of a digital media presence in the Journalism and Media Studies Department. Tom created Rutgers Reporter, a weekly web newspaper with content produced by his classes. Contact: tom.davis-at-patch.com. Twitter: http://twitter.com/NJShorePatch. Phone: 732-395-8956.
At The Record, he wrote Coping for five years. In 2007, he was named Citizen of the Year by the American Psychiatric Association New Jersey chapter. Davis also received an ambassador award from the New Jersey Governors Council on Stigma in 2008. He taught a groundbreaking course on mental health issues in the media at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey. Tom Davis was one of six people in the nation to win the Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellowship in 2004.
Also: Man Brings Pellet Gun, Hatchet To NJ Beach: Police / NJ Police Subdue Man Wielding Large Spear: PD / Ex-Cop Sues NJ Town Over Test
Gov. Phil Murphy is urging more New Jerseyans to get vaccinated, saying the state has a COVID-19 "pandemic of unvaccinated individuals."
Also: 2 Hurt As Log Flume Malfunctions At Six Flags / 19-Year-Old Dies, 5 Hurt In Pontoon Crash / Cop, Passerby Pull Driver From Burning Car
A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect in 13 NJ counties. Hail, 60-mph winds and power outages are expected. A tornado is possible.
WATCH LIVE: Gov. Murphy was set to speak beginning at 1 p.m. on Monday and he may address schools, vaccines and NJ reopenings amid COVID.
The state is preparing for the school year and plans to release COVID rules regarding masks and social distancing. Here's what's planned.
Check out the top news that made headlines this week across the Patch network in Central Jersey, South Jersey and the Jersey Shore.
A new report says at least eight NJ counties still have a "moderate" risk of coronavirus transmission. Three counties don't. Here why.
Also: NJ Mobster Sentenced In 'Real Housewives' Husband Hit: Feds / Mass Teacher Call-Out In NJ Town / Jersey Devil Coaster Debuts
Also: Here's Where NJ's Getting 'Buzzy' With Cicada Ice Cream / Enough Fentanyl To Kill 2.4M / NJ Playground Closed After Lightning Strike
COVID transmission in Central and South Jersey and at the Shore is now "moderate," according to U.S. officials. Here's what that means.
More than 7,000 are without power in Point Pleasant Boro and Point Pleasant Beach on Wednesday.
Also: NJ Mourns Marine Who Died In Basic Training / NJ Stormy Weather Update / Manalapan-Englishtown: School Face Masks Now Optional
A NJ earthquake was recorded by the USGS, and it impacted much of area. Did you feel it? Here's where it impacted the Garden State.
WATCH LIVE: Gov. Murphy was set to speak beginning at 1 p.m. on Wednesday and may address schools, vaccines and NJ reopenings amid COVID.
More severe weather is expected to hit New Jersey as the region continues to battle a heatwave. Here's what's expected.
Also: NJ Election Results: Primary Day In NJ / Rowan University Deemed Safe After Bomb Threat / Two Asbury Schools Placed On Lockdown
Thunderstorms are expected to hit NJ as extreme heat is compelling a number of school districts to drop their COVID mask rules.
Also: Number Of NJ Kids With COVID In ICU Rose In 2021 / NJ Mass Shooting Update / Trump Endorsement In NJ Gov's Race Is Allegedly Faked
Is your Central or South Jersey town among the best places to live in the U.S.? Find out here.