Chris Christie’s Port Authority appointee David Samson’s judgment defended amid scandals (via NJ.com)
TRENTON — For four decades, David Samson has quietly prospered at the nexus of New Jersey’s powerful legal and political worlds as his clout and connections have enriched his law firm, Wolff & Samson. The firm, one of New Jersey’s largest, has…
By Greg Kelly
Saturday, February 1
• Vegetable Gardening 101 (Middletown) – MORE INFO
• Library Family Fun Saturday (Shrewsbury) – MORE INFO
• Make a Seashore Snow Globe (Long Branch) – MORE INFO
• Men’s Health Matters (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
• Fluorescent Minerals (Howell) – MORE INFO
• Winter Hike & BBQ at Shark River Park (Wall Twp) – MORE INFO
• Admit One at NJ Repertory Theater (Long Branch) – MORE INFO
• Pajama Tops at First Ave Playhouse (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO
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• Soup, Sandwich & a Seminar (Holmdel) – MORE INFO
• Tours of the Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial (Holmdel) – MORE INFO
• Festive Flutes Concert (Howell) – MORE INFO
• Comedian Jordon Ferber Show & Dinner (Aberdeen) – MORE INFO
• Lords of Mercy at The Stone Pony (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
• “Properly Dressed” Historical Exhibit (Freehold) – MORE INFO
• Outsmart Your Smartphone Presentation (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
• Book Sale (Eatontown) – MORE INFO
• Pat Guadagno (Rumson) – MORE INFO
• Neil Simon’s Broadway Bound by Monmouth Players (Middletown) – MORE INFO
• Baby the Musical at Center Playhouse (Freehold) – MORE INFO
Posted: January 30th, 2014 | Author: admin | Filed under: Greg Kelly, Greg's List, 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 | Comments Off on Greg’s List: Things to do in Monmouth County this weekend, January 31-February 2, 2014
Settlement Reached in Lawsuit of Long Branch BOE, Ferraina (via Long Branch-Eatontown Patch)
The Long Branch BOE’s insurance carrier will pay $600,000 for former district employee. By Christopher Sheldon A settlement has been reached in the lawsuit brought against the Long Branch Board of Education (BOE) and former superintendent Joseph Ferraina…
Super Bowl 2014: Broncos RB Knowshon Moreno looking to join exclusive New Jersey club (via NJ.com)
MIDDLETOWN — The heavyweight college coaches rarely make it to the Jersey Shore, unless maybe it’s for a vacation. So when Urban Meyer, who was coaching at Florida at the time, Virginia Tech’s Frank Beamer and several other of the top college coaches…
FREEHOLD, N.J. – Federal officials are taking steps which may help residents of the hard-hit neighborhood of North Middletown as they face potential flood insurance increases as a result of new flood maps expected to be unveiled this week.
U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) said that as a result of congressional inquiry and meetings with local officials from Middletown, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other state and federal agencies, FEMA has agreed to implement a comprehensive study and evaluation of the East Keansburg Levee system which FEMA had previously “de-certified” for flood protection, resulting in proposed steep flood insurance hikes for homeowners. If the study recognizes the levee system as flood protection that may prevent devastating flooding as it did during Superstorm Sandy and Hurricane Irene, it could lead to reduced risk assessment and lower insurance costs.
“Thousands of residents of North Middletown are looking at the very real possibility of their flood insurance premiums skyrocketing because FEMA no longer views some levee systems as adequate flood protection,” said Smith. “But as residents there know, for more than 40 years this neighborhood has been well served by a flood management system of levees, dunes, and pumps. This unique system has been effective since its installation in the 1970s. Even during Hurricane Irene and Superstorm Sandy, when much of the coast was badly flooded, the roughly 1,400 homes in North Middletown remained protected. To omit an evaluation of this levy system and a substantive analysis of any form of protection it might offer would be unfair to the residents.”
Smith sent a letter to FEMA Region II chief Jerome Hatfield on November 8 requesting the agency do a study, to which Hatfield replied that FEMA did not at the time have adequate funding.
“We are thankful that FEMA has now identified funding to undertake this important study, particularly after correspondence in which Administrator Hatfield stated that FEMA was looking to explore this option and work together with local stakeholders,” said Smith. “We hope this new study will enable FEMA to determine the effectiveness of the East Keansburg Levee system and provide them with the most comprehensive and up-to-date information as they conclude analysis of the region’s flood maps.”
Posted: January 27th, 2014 | Author: admin | Filed under: Chris Smith, FEMA, Flood Maps, Flooding, Press Release, Superstorm Sandy | Tags: Congressman Chris Smith, East Keansburg, FEMA, Flood Insurance, Middletown, National Flood Insurance Plan, North Middletown, Press Release | 1 Comment »New Jersey, New York and federal officials, along with their private sector partners in the transportation and hospitality industries have been working to thwart human trafficking associated with the Super Bowl since the day it was announced the big game would be played in New Jersey this year.
Congressman Chris Smith, Chairman of the House committee that oversees global human rights, will hold a hearing this afternoon at 2PM to examine the measures that are being deployed this week before the game.
“As sports fans prepare for February’s Super Bowl, the prospect of human trafficking threatens to darken the festivities,” said Smith, author of the landmark Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000. “Fortunately, we have learned from past sporting events and have new best practices, such as training for the transportation and hospitality industries to help identify and rescue victims being trafficked in plain sight. This hearing will examine how we can transform this Super Bowl —and other major sporting event worldwide— from potential trafficking-fests to trafficking-free zones.”
Representatives from the State Department, the Department of Homeland Security, AMTRAK, the airline industry and End Child Prostitution and Trafficking-USA are scheduled to testify.
The hearing will be live-streamed here.
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Posted: January 27th, 2014 | Author: admin | Filed under: Chris Smith | Tags: Congressman Chris Smith, Human Traffickiing, Super Bowl | 1 Comment »
As Chris Christie faces scandal, NJ Republicans wait for guidance (via NJ.com)
TRENTON — New Jersey’s Republican county chairmen will gather tonight in Princeton for a dinner meeting where they’ll hear from Gov. Chris Christie’s chief strategist, Mike DuHaime. They’ll have a lot to talk about. As Christie fights two…
Ice boating returns to the Navesink River (via NewsWorks)
With arctic air continuing to surge into the region, ice boaters are seizing on the opportunity to cruise on the frozen Navesink River, a tradition dating back to the late 19th century. After an ice inspection Sunday morning, the North Shrewsbury…
By Matt Rooney, SaveJersey.com
Having trouble keeping track of the Bridgegate sideshow going on in Hoboken, Save Jerseyans?
Fear not; we’ve put together a streamlined timeline for you to consult/post/share and, once you’ve reviewed it from beginning to end, I don’t think you’ll conclude that the chronology is flattering for Hoboken’s Mayor:
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Winter 2010 to Fall 2012
Mayor Dawn Zimmer is only one year into her new job when she decides to endorse the Governor’s property tax cap. She’s backed other major initiatives since then.
October 2012
Hurricane Sandy strikes New Jersey and floods much of Hoboken.
November 2012
Over the next year and change, Zimmer repeatedly — both online and in the real world, too — praises Chris Christie for his Sandy aftermath assistance without qualification:
Posted: January 26th, 2014 | Author: admin | Filed under: Bridgegate, Christie Administration, Dawn Zimmer, Hoboken | Tags: Bridgegate, Chris Christie, Dawn Zimmer, Hoboken, Kim Guadagno, Matt Rooney, SaveJersey | 5 Comments »
Robert Menendez says he’s fighting a smear campaign against ‘ridiculous’ allegations (via NJ.com)
JERSEY CITY — Saying he was the target of a yearlong “false smear campaign,” U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez yesterday blasted a television news report that said he allegedly used his office to help campaign contributors. At events in his native Hudson…
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