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Man arrested after shore cab driver is robbed at gunpoint, police say

assetContent (77)NEPTUNE CITY — A borough man, who evaded authorities for two hours, was arrested early Saturday for allegedly robbing a taxicab driver at gunpoint. The incident started in Eatontown when Christopher Cutler, 24, caught a cab to drive him to his apartment in the Brighton Arms complex on West Sylvania Avenue, Neptune City Public Safety Director… Read the rest of this entry »

Posted: March 13th, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Monmouth County News | Tags: , , , , | Comments Off on Man arrested after shore cab driver is robbed at gunpoint, police say

Opinion: This is the speech Obama never gave and Trump never will.

By Stuart J. Moskovitz

Stuart MoskovitzThis nation is in the midst of a crisis. I’m not talking about the economy, or foreign policy or even terrorism. I am talking about a crisis that is worse than even those three. Let’s call it the fourth horseman.

We have encountered crises in this nation before. Many times. There is not a crisis this nation has faced that it has not overcome and become stronger. I believe we can do that with the economy. i believe we can do that with foreign policy. I even believe we can do that with terrorism. For the fourth crisis, however, I need your help. Everyone’s help. Each and every citizen and resident of this nation, no matter where you came from, how you got here, what your race, religion or national origin is, what your political beliefs are.

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Posted: March 13th, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Opinion | Tags: , | 5 Comments »

New Jersey gas prices rise sharply

assetContent (76)TRENTON (AP) — Motorists are seeing sharply higher prices at the pumps in New Jersey. AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price of a gallon of regular gas in the state on Friday was $1.65, up 8 cents from last week. But that’s still much lower than the price from a year ago, when motorists were paying… Read the rest of this entry »

Posted: March 12th, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: News | Tags: , , | 2 Comments »

No rail strike: NJ Transit and unions reach settlement

assetContent (75)NEWARK — NJ Transit officials and members of its rail unions have reached a tentative agreement on their long-simmering contract dispute, averting a strike that threatened to paralyze the region. No immediate details on the settlement were announced, or when union members might vote on the proposed accord, but for now commuters can breathe a sigh… Read the rest of this entry »

Posted: March 11th, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: News, NJ Transit | Tags: , , | Comments Off on No rail strike: NJ Transit and unions reach settlement

Suspended Neptune cop pleads guilty, avoids life sentence in ex-wife’s killing

assetContentFREEHOLD — A suspended police sergeant who police say shot his ex-wife to death in front of their young daughter last year accepted a plea deal on Thursday that will allow him to avoid spending the rest of his life in prison. Philip Seidle, 51, pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter and child endangerment in the June… Read the rest of this entry »

Posted: March 10th, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Asbury Park, Monmouth County News, Neptune Township | Tags: , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Suspended Neptune cop pleads guilty, avoids life sentence in ex-wife’s killing

Feds pitching in: EPA, DEP addressing lead levels at Newark schools

assetContentNEWARK — The Environmental Protection Agency will be assisting the state in its continuing probe into elevated levels of lead found in the drinking water at 30 Newark public school buildings, an EPA spokesman confirmed Thursday. “The New Jersey (Department of Environmental Protection) has requested EPA’s assistance,” spokesman John Martin said Thursday. The lead levels reported… Read the rest of this entry »

Posted: March 10th, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: EPA, New Jersey, Newark, News, NJ Department of Environmental Protection | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Feds pitching in: EPA, DEP addressing lead levels at Newark schools

NJ Transit, unions say they would like to reach a settlement on Thursday

assetContentNJ Transit and union officials have both said they would prefer to reach a settlement on Thursday and avoid a Sunday morning rail strike. “Our concern is to get it done at the table,” Stephen Burkert, union coalition spokesman said at Wednesday’s NJ Transit board meeting. “We’d like to get this done tomorrow (Thursday) if we… Read the rest of this entry »

Posted: March 10th, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: NJ Transit | Tags: , , | Comments Off on NJ Transit, unions say they would like to reach a settlement on Thursday

Moody’s: Atlantic City faces big trouble without state takeover

assetContent (74)TRENTON — A Wall Street credit rating agency suggested in a report Wednesday that Atlantic City would face significant financial shortfalls without the state taking over large swaths of the city’s local government. Moody’s Investor Services released the report a day before the state Legislature begins considering two measures aimed at helping the Jersey Shore gambling… Read the rest of this entry »

Posted: March 10th, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Atlantic City, News | Tags: , , | 1 Comment »

Jury convicts N.J. man in first ISIS trial in U.S.

assetContent (73)BROOKLYN–An Air Force veteran from New Jersey, charged with planning to “fight jihad,” was convicted by a federal jury Wednesday of attempting to join the terror group ISIS. Tairod Pugh, 48, of Neptune–arrested last year just weeks after being fired from his job as an aircraft mechanic in Kuwait–was accused of traveling to Turkey in an… Read the rest of this entry »

Posted: March 10th, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: ISIS, Monmouth County News, War on terror | Tags: , , , , , | Comments Off on Jury convicts N.J. man in first ISIS trial in U.S.

Kiefer Sutherland’s new country band will rock Asbury Park

assetContent (72)ASBURY PARK — Bauer meets banjo? Veteran actor Kiefer Sutherland will visit The Stone Pony in Asbury Park this spring, not to discuss his film career or time spent on the famed Fox thriller “24,” but as the frontman for a country-rock group. The Kiefer Sutherland Band, which released its debut album “Down In a Hole”… Read the rest of this entry »

Posted: March 9th, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Asbury Park, Monmouth County News | Tags: , , , , , , | Comments Off on Kiefer Sutherland’s new country band will rock Asbury Park