Greg’s List: Things to Do in Monmouth County This Weekend, February 23-25, 2018

By Greg Kelly

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Friday, February 23

• Wild Horses by NJ Repertory Company (Long Branch) – MORE INFO
• “Girlfriends Getaway Weekend” (Ocean Grove) – MORE INFO
• Bye Bye Birdie at Spring Lake Community House – MORE INFO
• The Bridge of San Luis Rey at Two River Theater (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
• Pier Village Restaurant Week (Long Branch) – MORE INFO
• Jersey Shore Wine Weekend (Spring Lake) – MORE INFO
• Irish Film Festival (Middletown) – MORE INFO

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Trump pushes bump stock ban

President Trump announced Tuesday that he is banning “bump stock” accessories for semi-automatic firearms in the wake of last week’s school shooting in Florida. Mr. Trump said he signed a directive ordering Attorney General Jeff Sessions to craft regulations banning “bump stocks” and other devices that turn semi-automatic firearms into automatic weapons. He said the new… Read the rest of this entry »

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Aberdeen student in police custody after making threat, officials say

A student in a northern Monmouth County school district was taken into police custody Saturday after the student made a “terroristic threat,” school officials and police said. The officials in Aberdeen Township would not disclose the nature of the alleged threat when pressed by NJ Advance Media but said there is “currently no active security threat… Read the rest of this entry »

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Nutley closes all schools Friday due to threat in Instagram video

The Nutley School District has closed all schools on Friday as police investigate a security threat posted to social media. “Because of the nature of the world in which we live, there was no other decision to be made,” Superintendent Julie Glazer said in a statement late Thursday. All evening events planned for Friday have also… Read the rest of this entry »

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Women Encircle a Crying Mom Whose Toddler Was Having a Meltdown at the Airport

While airports might typically be associated with stress, they can also be places for strangers to help out during those very times of travel anxiety. One such incident happened to Beth Bornstein Dunnington when she was flying out of Los Angeles earlier this month. The mom from Waimea, Hawaii was at LAX waiting to board her… Read the rest of this entry »

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Monmouth Sheriff’s Office 9-1-1 Communications Center Receives National Recogintion

Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden and Undersheriff Robert Dawson were in Washington yesterday to accept the the Outstanding 9-1-1 Call Center/Program Award from the NG9-1-1 Institute and the Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus.   The ceremony took place at the Rayburn House Office Building.

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Russians sentenced to prison in largest hacking prosecution in U.S. history

The numbers were staggering by any measure. More than 160 million credit card numbers were stolen. According to federal prosecutors, the losses were in excess of $311 million. And at least 17 large financial institutions, retailers and other entities that processed credit card transactions were hacked in an audacious and complex operation that operated under the… Read the rest of this entry »

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Greg’s List: Things to Do in Monmouth County This Weekend, February 16-18, 2018

By Greg Kelly

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Friday, February 16

• Bye Bye Birdie at Spring Lake Community House – MORE INFO
• When Shakespeare’s Ladies Meet at BCC (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
• Lovers & Other Strangers by Center Players (Freehold) – MORE INFO
• Hot Latin Nights with the Mambo Kings at Count Basie Theatre (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
• Free Tax-Aide Program (Shrewsbury, Wall Twp.) – MORE INFO
• Rare Wildlife Revealed Art Exhibit at Monmouth U. (WLB) – MORE INFO
• Simulcast Racing at Monmouth Park (Oceanport) – MORE INFO

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Arnone Report: Freeholders continuing to cut budget

By Monmouth County Freeholder Director Tom Arnone

Freeholder Director Tom Arnone speaks at the NJTPA Board Meeting – Jan 22, 2018

I hope everyone is doing well! Despite the Groundhog’s prediction, we are only a few weeks away from the start of spring and warmer weather.

I would like to briefly discuss the budget my colleagues and I on the Board of Chosen Freeholders introduced during our meeting on February 8^th.

As it currently stands, County taxes would increase by only 1 percent. However, I cannot stress enough that this budget is still a working draft with the opportunity, rather the goal, to make additional cuts to keep the tax levy as flat as possible. If the budget stayed the same and was adopted as-is, this would be the first slight tax increase in seven years while continuing to keep the great services and infrastructure improvements throughout the County.

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Equifax data breach affecting 145M customers worse than initially disclosed

The Equifax data breach exposed more of consumers’ personal information than the company first disclosed last year, according to documents given to lawmakers. The credit reporting company announced in September that the personal information of 145.5 million consumers had been compromised in a data breach. It originally said that the information accessed included names, Social Security… Read the rest of this entry »

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