WASHINGTON — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Monday ended his presidential campaign, which means one less rival for Gov. Chris Christie. Like Christie, Walker is a sitting governor and had support in the party’s establishment wing. As chairman of the Republican Governors Association, Christie helped Walker win re-election last fall and could be in a position… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: September 21st, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: 2016 Presidential Politics | Tags: 2016 Presidential politics, Chris Christie, Scott Walker | 5 Comments »
US President Barack Obama has long been accused of being a secret Muslim, but a recent CNN poll found that a handful of Americans believe Obama is actually a Jew. According to the poll, Mashable reported on Saturday, close to one in three Americans think Obama is Muslim, while one in a hundred believe he’s Jewish.… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: September 21st, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Barack Obama, News, Obama | Tags: Barack Obama, CNN poll, Obama's religion | 16 Comments »
Highlands residents Kerry and Jamie Gowan speak at May 2015 announcement that FEMA is reopening Sandy related flood insurance claims
WASHINGTON — Hurricane Sandy homeowners who feel they didn’t get a fair shake from their insurance companies now have until Oct. 15 to ask the government to reopen their claims. The Federal Emergency Management Agency extended its deadline to handle as many as 141,800 requests from homeowners who were not in litigation, about 70,000 of them… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: September 21st, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: FEMA, Flooding, Hurricane Sandy, Monmouth County News, Superstorm Sandy | Tags: FEMA, FEMA deadline, FEMA fraud, Hurricane Sandy, Monmouth County News, Superstorm Sandy | Comments Off on Sandy victims’ new claim deadline: Oct. 15
ASBURY PARK – Two city men were hospitalized early Sunday morning after being shot on Bangs Avenue, the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office said. Shortly after 2 a.m. on Sunday, Asbury Park police officers responded to the 1000 block of Bangs Avenue for a report of shots fired. When officers arrived, they found evidence of gunfire but… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: September 21st, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Asbury Park, Monmouth County News | Tags: Asbury Park, Monmouth County News, Shooting | 2 Comments »
WALL TWP. — One person died early Sunday morning after a fire tore through a home in the West Belmar section of town. At around 1 a.m., police, firefighters and first aid personnel responded to the home on Vine Street after receiving a report of a residential house fire, Chief Robert L. Brice said in a… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: September 20th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Monmouth County News | Tags: fatal fire, Monmouth County News, Wall Township, West Belmar | Comments Off on 1 dead after fire rips through Wall Twp. home
ATLANTIC CITY — An appeals court Thursday upheld a lower court ruling allowing the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa to mandate weight limits for servers known as “Borgata Babes,” the New Jersey Law Journal reported. More than 20 of the servers, who are required to wear revealing uniforms, objected to the policy, arguing it only affected… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: September 18th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Casinos, New Jersey, News | Tags: Atlantic City, Borgata Babes, Casinos, New Jersey | Comments Off on Court upholds weight rules for ‘Borgata Babes,’ report says
WASHINGTON — A U.S. District Court judge on Thursday pushed back the trial of U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez for as much as a year to provide time for appeals of motions filed with the court. Judge William Walls said the trial would not start next month as originally scheduled because he expected any rulings on a… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: September 18th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Bob Menendez | Tags: Bob Mendendez, Judge William Walls, Senator Bob Menendez scandals, U.S. District Court | Comments Off on N.J.’s Menendez trial delayed for up to a year
NEPTUNE — The nine children of a Neptune woman who police say was shot to death by her cop ex-husband plans to sue several law enforcement agencies over what they contend was poor training and a lack of disciplinary action after the couple’s repeated domestic complaints. The notice of intention to sue warns of an impending… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: September 17th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Monmouth County News | Tags: Asbury Park, Asbury Park Police Department, Monmouth County News, Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office, Monmouth County Sheriff's Office, Neptune, Neptune Police Department, Phillip Seidle, Shelly Strangler, Tamara Seidle, Tamara Wilson-Seidle, Tammara Seidle | Comments Off on Children of cop accused of killing ex-wife plan wrongful death suit
Former Gov. Jim McGreevey has begun taking his state pension with a little help from Hudson County taxpayers, who will pay for his lifetime health benefits thanks to his recent four-month stint as a county attorney. The decision to allow McGreevey to work for the county for four months and then retire with lifetime benefits has… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: September 17th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Jim McGreevey, New Jersey, New Jersey State Budget, News, Pensions | Tags: Hudson County, Jim McGreevey, NJ Pension Crisis, Pension and benefits abuse | 1 Comment »
ASBURY PARK — The owner of a local bar said he will be purchasing the rights to the Zombie Walk, a record-setting annual event whose founder announced last month he would be cancelling it due to spiraling costs. RELATED: Asbury Park’s Zombie Walk is no more, organizer says The Asbury Park Sun reported that John McGillion,… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: September 17th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Asbury Park, Monmouth County News | Tags: Asbury Park Zombie Walk, Jason Meehan, John McGillion, Johnny Mac's, Monmouth County News | Comments Off on Asbury Park Zombie Walk back from the dead, report says
