The Gazette of Really Small News

With five days left before Christmas, the garland  around this lamp post next to the Christmas tree in the Ocean Grove business district was more "nevergreen" than evergreen. Will there be any green left by Christmas Day? And what are the festive festooning's chances of lasting until New Year's Eve'?

Snow transforms a sand dune at the north end of Ocean Grove.

Snow covers sand berms on the beach in Ocean Grove. The berms were created in late September to protect the dunes and boardwalk from Hurricane Jose as it made its way up the coast.

Police are asking the public for information in the death of a 65-year-old man in the woods off Neptune Boulevard in Neptune Township. The badly burned body of the man, who authorities did not identify, was found on the evening of Thursday, Dec. 14, at a site frequented by members of the homeless community, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office. The death does not appear suspicious, and results of an autopsy and toxicological tests are pending, the county prosecutor said. Anyone with information is asked to contact Neptune Township Police Department Detective Eric Chunn at 732-988-8000, ext. 418, or Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office Detective John Leibfried at 1-800-533-7443.