Seeking FEMA Money For ‘The Full Universe Of Victims’
New Jersey’s two U.S. senators say the number of Hurricane Sandy cases currently in federal court doesn’t begin to represent all the victims harmed by the government’s “unfair” process to recover insurance claims after the storm. Those victims, lawmakers say, are entitled to FEMA settlements. On Friday, Democratic Sens. Robert Menendez and Cory Booker wrote to… Read the rest of this entry »
Menendez aides attemp to avoid testifying in grand jury probe of senator, report says
TRENTON — A current aide and a former counsel to U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez are refusing to testify in front of a grand jury about alleged favors the senator did for a political donor by citing a constitutional clause, according to a report. According to court documents obtained by the New Jersey Law Journal, the aides… Read the rest of this entry »
Christie touts a familiar subject at CPAC
Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention Act Will Improve Mental Healthcare for Veterans
By Congressman Chris Smith
As the former chairman of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee and the author of more than a dozen laws to modernize, expand and improve the services provided by the Veterans Administration (VA), I see the need to review and evaluate existing programs to ensure that they align with the promise a grateful nation makes to those who wear and have worn the uniforms of the United States military. As President Lincoln so eloquently said at the end of the Civil War: “Let us strive…to care for him who shall have borne the battle…” a phrase later adopted as the motto of the VA.
That is why I co-sponsored and twice voted for the “Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans (SAV) Act.” This bipartisan legislation is named in honor of the late Iraq and Afghanistan War veteran whose story is not unfamiliar to many who have attempted to navigate the VA’s bureaucracy to receive the care they have earned. Clay Hunt was one of the many veterans who experience some form of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of their service, yet he did not receive adequate mental health care in the VA system and took his own life at the age of 28.
Posted: February 26th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Chris Smith, Veterans | Tags: Chris Smith, Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans, Congressman Chris Smith, Post Traumatic Stress, Veterans Administration | Comments Off on Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention Act Will Improve Mental Healthcare for VeteransFort Monmouth marina expansion violates environmental regs, state stays
OCEANPORT —Developers looking to open a restaurant and bar at the Fort Monmouth marina in Oceanport have been cited for expanding the building without obtaining state environmental permits. The violation notice from the state Department of Environmental Protection says the developers, Asbury Park Development Partners LLC, expanded the former boathouse at the marina by 1,750 square… Read the rest of this entry »
Unlawful weapons charges dropped against N.J. man stopped with antique pistol
Weapons charges against a Maurice River Township man found to be in possession of an antique handgun have been dropped, the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office announced Wednesday. Gordon Van Gilder, 72, of Port Elizabeth, had been returning home Nov. 19 after retrieving a nearly-300-year-old flintlock pistol from a Vineland pawn shop when his vehicle was pulled… Read the rest of this entry »
Two-year-long sea level rise along N.J. coast an ‘extreme’ event, study says
Posted: February 26th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Environment | Tags: Atlantic Coast, Atlantic Sea level rise, sea level rise, Sea rise | 1 Comment »Greg’s List: Things to do in Monmouth County this weekend, February 27-March 1, 2015
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Friday, February 27
- Jersey Shore Wine Weekend (Long Branch) – MORE INFO
- The M Spot at NJ Repertory Theater (Long Branch) – MORE INFO
- Lantern-Lit Night Hike in Hartshorne Woods (Highlands) – MORE INFO
- Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes at The Stone Pony (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
- Atlantic Cinemas Movie Night (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO
Big trouble for Little Tots owner
The owner of an Asbury Park daycare center funded by a contract with the city’s Board of Education told the board they hired a janitor for $40,000 but hired an undocumented worker who she paid ‘under the table’ instead, according to a nine count indictment returned by a Monmouth County Grand Jury.
Sylvia Brodrick, 59, of the Oakhurst section of Ocean Township, is the was arrested Tuesday and charged with two counts each of third degree Theft by Deception, third degree Tampering with Public Records, second degree Making False Representations in Payment Claims on a Government Contract, second degree False Material Representation in Connection with Performance of a Government Contract, and one count of third degree Identity Theft. After surrendering to authorities Tuesday morning, Broderick was released by Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Anthony J. Mellaci, Jr., J.S.C. pending a future court date, according to a statement by Acting Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni.
Posted: February 25th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Asbury Park, Crime, Crime and Punishment, Monmouth County, Monmouth County Prosecutor, News | Tags: Acting Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni, Asbury Park, Asbury Park Board of Education, Crime, Little Tots, Little Tots II, Sylvia Brodrick | Comments Off on Big trouble for Little Tots owner