News Updates as of 16 April 2010

• Robert Hayes of Perth Amboy, already detained on obstruction charges, has now been formally charged with last week's rape and murder of Petra Rohrbaugh, among other charges. Read more in the Asbury Park Press or My Central Jersey.com.
• A Laurence Harbor man allegedly drove his Toyota  into oncoming traffic, ran into a curb, and flipped his car on Route 34 in Matawan on Monday afternoon, according to APP. His car burst into flames, causing the man to suffer severe burns.
• Per The Independent, local environmental groups will be hosting an event to help clean up a freshwater tributary of Whale Creek in Cliffwood Beach on 1 May from 10 am to noon. Volunteers with proper gear (see article for details) will meet at the pumping station at the corner of North Concourse and Greenwood Avenue.
• William Vogt, once the owner of a Matawan liquor store, has died at the age of 87 in Short Hills, NJ, per North Jersey.com.