Fifth person shot in Neptune in 5 days (via NJ.com)
NEPTUNE – One person was shot on Milton Avenue late Thursday in the third night of gunfire in the township in less than a week, authorities said. The male victim suffered non-life threatening injuries, Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office spokesman…
Opinion: Christie’s Available Options Have Gone From Bad to Worse (via NJSpotlight)
Being governor is all about having options, settling on a course of action, marshaling legislative and public support, and then implementing it smoothly and effectively. From time to time, though, issues arise for which none of the available options…
Consistently ranked as one of the most dangerous cities in New Jersey, the crime on our streets has been more than ever on the minds of residents. In an effort to continue the discussion already underway in our community I will be sharing a few ideas that have helped me better grasp the issue as well as suggesting some possible actions. In a series of three letters I will address the fundamental underpinnings of crime, enforcement, and how to better support our community members.
Aristotle said, “Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.” To understand our crime issue, we must first understand the devastating role poverty plays in our community. The socio-economic and emotional impacts of poverty directly correlate with insufficient family and community support. This absence of adequate support limits options and makes it near impossible for our young people to succeed.
The Center for Disease Control publishes risk and protective factors for youth violence. The risk factors, such as low parental income and diminished economic opportunity, read like a laundry list of Asbury Park’s problems. Poverty not only increases the risk factors but also decreases protective ones. Our youth live in broken homes, substandard housing, and without basic services like simple healthcare. As a result many turn to gangs for protection, financial opportunity, and a sense of belonging. This American Life did a two-part special on Harper High School (part I & part II) in Chicago that illustrates the lack of options for poor minority youth in urban areas like Asbury Park. For too many, gang involvement and violence are a given, not a choice.
Posted: May 29th, 2014 | Author: admin | Filed under: Asbury Park, Crime, Monmouth County | Tags: Asbury Park, Asbury Park Pulp, Crime, Crime in Asbury Park, Joe Woerner, Youth | 1 Comment »
By Greg Kelly
Friday, May 30
• Nature Cruise at Manasquan Reservoir (Howell) – MORE INFO
• Church Indoor Flea Market (Shrewsbury) – MORE INFO
• Doo Wop Extravaganza at PNC Bank Arts Center (Holmdel) – MORE INFO
• Jerry Topinka & Friends (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
• Children’s High End Sample Sale (Wall Twp) – MORE INFO
• Circle BMW i3 Ride & Drive Event (Eatontown) – MORE INFO
• Chris Turner & the Steel Rail Blues (Belmar) – MORE INFO
• Red Bank RiverFest – MORE INFO
• Linda Chorney at The Wonder Bar (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
• The Gin Game at First Ave Playhouse (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO
• Paint the Town Pink Events (County wide) – MORE INFO
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Aberdeen) – MORE INFO
• Draw the Jersey Devil (Manalapan) – MORE INFO
• “What’s So Funny?” Exhibit (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
• Toyota NHRA Summernationals at Raceway Park (Englishtown) – MORE INFO
• Rainbow Connection: 50 Years of LGBT Theater (Ocean Grove) – MORE INFO
• Kids Night Out (Fair Haven) – MORE INFO
• BlackBerry(R) 10: Doing More (Hazlet) – MORE INFO
Posted: May 28th, 2014 | Author: admin | Filed under: Greg Kelly, Greg's List, Monmouth County, Things to do in Monmouth County | Tags: Greg Kelly, Greg's List, Things to do in Monmouth County, Things to do in Monmouth County this weekend | 2 Comments »
The Belmar Arts Council is primarily a volunteer organization that is housed in a building located at the corner of 7th Avenue and River Road near the railroad tracks in the Borough of Belmar.
It is dedicated to improving the quality of life for our residents, visitors and neighbors by helping the arts to flourish and offering diverse and exciting experiences in both the visual and performing arts for people of all ages
in a quaint coffee-house atmosphere.
Report: Gunfire wounds 2 in Neptune for second consecutive night (via NJ.com)
NEPTUNE – One night after two Asbury Park men were shot in the township, two more people were reportedly shot here on Monday night. Lt. Scott Cox of the Neptune Township Police Department told the Asbury Park Press that the latest shooting occurred…
Governor Christie: My parents decided to adopt because they wanted to add to our family, and it gave me the ability to have a sister in my life for now the last 39 years, and it’s important that we don’t diminish the joy felt by families experiencing adoption. I want them to have that opportunity and I also want the young woman who makes the decision to give up her child to be protected as well. So we’re bringing all that together today through the signing that we just experienced. We’re bringing forth the needed changes and the safeguards that will protect the privacy of the woman who offers her child for adoption if she so desires that privacy and ensures that we allow the child and his or her adoptive parents to have access to medical information and other information later on to help them care for their own health and the health of their family. As a result of the legislation that I just signed New Jersey is bringing a new open approach to adoption and birth records by removing the lengthy and burdensome requirement of obtaining a court order in order for adopted children and adoptive parents to access those birth records, and by preserving privacy options for birth parents by allowing them to select a preference for contact, either direct contact or contact through a confidential intermediary or access to medical records only with continued privacy. Now these changes achieve our intended goals of protecting and respecting the interests of all of the people involved in the adoption process while at the same time making sure that the miracle of adoption, the miracle that was experienced by my own family and is still being experienced by us today is available to as many people in New Jersey who have an open heart and a willingness to share their home and their lives with a new member of the family.
Posted: May 27th, 2014 | Author: admin | Filed under: Chris Christie, News, NJ State Legislature | Tags: Adoptee Birth Records Bill, Adoption, Birth Records, Sen Diane Allen, Sen Joseph Vitale | 1 Comment »
Man tries to enter two Freehold middle schools, ‘shelter in place’ activated (via NJ.com)
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Students and staff at eight Freehold Township middle and elementary schools were ordered to shelter in place after a man tried to gain access to two middle schools, authorities said. At around 10:50 a.m. a man tried to enter Clifton…
Bill Gives NJ Adoptees Much More Access to Info on Birth Parents, Medical History (via NJSpotlight)
People who were adopted in New Jersey would get access to their birth records – or, if their birth parents object, to their birth family’s medical history — under a bill heading to Gov. Chris Christie’s desk after a 34-year effort to enact such…
Analysis: Christie Administration Eyes Shift to ‘Hybrid’ Pension System (via NJSpotlight)
While Gov. Chris Christie is still several weeks away from announcing his proposal to overhaul New Jersey’s pension and retiree health benefits system, his plan seems most likely to center on a “hybrid” model that would give current employees…
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