ABOARD THE CHAMBER TRAIN — Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick (R-Union) said Thursday he’d like to restore aid to New Jersey’s municipalities to lower property taxes, but the state simply can’t afford it. Lawmakers have introduced a bill ( A302) to restore hundreds of millions of dollars in energy tax receipts and Consolidated Municipal Property Tax… Read the rest of this entry »
The Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders will introduce their new budget to the public on Feb. 25 at the Monmouth County Library Eastern Branch in Shrewsbury and at 7 p.m. on March 24 at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters on Symmes Drive in Manalapan. Both meetings start at 7 p.m.
The $469.85 million budget is $18.2 million less than last year’s, reduces the county tax levy to the 2010 level and reduces spending to the 2007 amount. County property taxes are reduced by $4.9 million.
Posted: February 25th, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: Monmouth County Board of Freeholders, Monmouth County News, Property Taxes | Tags: Freeholder Deputy Director Serena DiMaso, Freeholder Director Tom Arnone, Freeholder Lillian Burry, Gary Rich, John Curley, Lillian Burry, Monmouth County Boad of Freeholders, Monmouth County News | Comments Off on Freeholders Reduce County Spending By $18.2 millionBy Greg Kelly
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Friday, February 26
LAWRENCE — Former state treasurer Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff who resigned last July will be talking at Rider University next week about the budgetary challenges facing the state. “Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff has been a leading player inside the Christie administration for several years,” said Benjamin Dworkin, director of the school’s Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics, which is sponsoring… Read the rest of this entry »
The storm that brought rain and strong gusts of wind to New Jersey overnight caused nearly 2,000 customers in Monmouth and Ocean counties to wake up without power on Thursday morning. As of 6 a.m. Jersey Central Power & Light was reporting that 1,256 of its customers in Monmouth County were without power, with Long Branch… Read the rest of this entry »
A jury in St. Louis late Monday night ordered J&J, based in New Brunswick, NJ, to pay $72 million in damages to her family. Last April, NJ Spotlight published an… Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON — The political arm of the anti-tax group Club for Growth will run almost $1 million worth of ads beginning Wednesday that attack Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump. The Washington-based advocacy group, which has funded challenges to Republican Senate incumbents it disagrees with, said the ads would run in Arkansas and Oklahoma and appear online… Read the rest of this entry »
Two men were arrested after being caught with more than $70,000 in stolen spices at a northern Monmouth County storage facility, State Police said. Luis Rivera, 50, of Jersey City and Samir Helou, 56, of Brooklyn, N.Y. were charged with possession of stolen property, according to a news release. Helou was also charged with possession of… Read the rest of this entry »
FREEHOLD – A Monmouth County grand jury has indicted a 20-year-old Asbury Park man on six counts, including attempted murder, after he allegedly exchanged gunfire with a police officer in November. At approximately 7:15 p.m. on Nov. 4, an Asbury Park police officer attempted to conduct a field stop of Dante Allen, 20, of Asbury Park,… Read the rest of this entry »
TRENTON — With the cost of college rising and graduates swimming in student debt, New Jersey lawmakers are calling for a cap on in-state tuition hikes at the state’s public college and universities. The Assembly Higher Education Committee on Monday approved a bill ( A552) that would place an annual 4 percent cap on in-state tuition… Read the rest of this entry »
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