An Ocean County man drilled nails into his wife's head and chest with a construction nail gun before turning the tool on himself in what investigators are calling an apparent murder-suicide, the Inquirer reports.

James B. Tomkinson, 77, of Stafford Township was pronounced dead this morning at the Atlantic Regional Medical Center, where he was being treated for head and chest injuries he inflicted on himself, according to township police and the Ocean County Prosecutor's office.

The day before, Tomkinson, a retired school teacher, killed his wife Susan, 76, with the nail gun, inflicting fatal head and chest injuries, while in their Cutlass Avenue home, police said. Police were summoned to the scene after a relative discovered the couple and called 911, said Lt. Thomas Dellane.

The motive is still under investigation. Dellane said there were no prior police calls to the house.

Stafford Township sits west of Long Beach Island.

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One man's source of electric power is causing an ill wind to blow in Long Beach Island, the Associated Press reports. Two of Michael Mercurio's neighbors have filed a lawsuit to stop him from using a windmill in his backyard that helps to heat and light his house. The suit contends the windmill is too noisy, creates shadows on their property and spoils their sleep.
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With all the recent flap over beaches in Surf City, I came here this morning expecting to talk to vacationers who were frightened by the unexploded munitions found under the sand, which had beaches there closed from March until last Wednesday. I clearly underestimated the will of inveterate beach bums. Everyone I talked to, to a person, said they were being careful and not digging too deep in the sand, but that a little thing like unexploded munitions wasn't going to keep them away from the beach.

Here, folks walk to the 4th Street beach in the late morning. Hardy souls, all.

Oh, and for you weather-watchers, it's still beautiful here. It's 72, about as cool as it's been, but the clouds seem to be giving way to sunshine. In my four or so years of working Memorial Day weekend at the Shore, this is hands-down the best weather weekend I've seen. Merchants - and their cash registers - agree with me, too.

Don Myers, beach patrol supervisor in Long Beach Township, said the weekend has been the busiest Memorial Day holiday ever. Myers credits the weather.

"This is right-in-the-summer kind of weather," he said, adding that the sun made up for 55-degree water. (Thanks, Jeff.)

From Belmar to Cape May, shore towns and organizations will honor the memory of those Americans who have died in military service to our country. A list of services scheduled for Saturday and Monday follows.

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Jersey Shore communities have a whole bunch of crazy rules about what you can and can't do on the beach, the Associated Press reports. Did you know you can't draw dirty pictures in the sands of Belmar, or ride a camel on the beach in Wildwood? And keep your ruler ready if your kids are digging in the sand on Long Beach Island.
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