Kim Guadagno vows to slash your N.J. property taxes by as much as $3,000

TRENTON — Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, the early Republican front-runner for governor, told NJ Advance Media on Tuesday she would slash New Jersey’s notoriously high property taxes by up to $3,000 for homeowners who pay more than 5 percent of their household income on school taxes. Guadagno said her proposal — which she plans to officially… Read the rest of this entry »

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Greg’s List: Things to do in Monmouth County this weekend, April 14-16, 2017

By Greg Kelly

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Friday, April 14

• Men’s College Baseball: Monmouth U. vs. Marist (WLB) – MORE INFO
• Women’s College Soccer: Monmouth U. vs. Columbia (WLB) – MORE INFO
• The Women of Padilla at TRT (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
• The Addams Family Musical at BCC (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
• The Illusionists at Count Basie Theatre (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
• Visit the Easter Bunny at Monmouth Mall (Eatontown) – MORE INFO
• Arbor Day Tree Walk On Sandy Hook – MORE INFO

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Why April will bring significantly higher gas prices

Along with warmer weather and longer days, the month of April will likely bring higher gas prices. For naysayers who say they’ve heard this before, pump prices increased a nickel last week driven by rising crude oil and wholesale gas prices. “It’s countrywide. We’re on the threshold of a couple of significant increases,” said Tom Kloza,… Read the rest of this entry »

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Hundreds of new workers to move into historic Bell Labs building, report says

HOLMDEL — A Manhattan-based insurance company has secured a deal to lease 90,000 square feet of the historic Bell Laboratories in central New Jersey, the Wall Street Journal is reporting. Guardian Life Insurance Company of America will relocate hundreds of employees to the building in Holmdel, the report said. Somerset Development LLC, the company that redeveloped… Read the rest of this entry »

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Sen Jennifer Beck: Sick leave reform is due, our property taxes depend on it | Opinion

By Jennifer Beck Ending egregious sick and vacation leave payouts is an effort that has been years in the making, but the overtaxed residents of New Jersey have waited long enough. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have introduced legislation that takes aim at these abuses, and we were even able to pass $15,000 sick… Read the rest of this entry »

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Donald Trump’s son-in-law has a plan for reinventing the shopping mall | Mulshine

I took a walk around the local strip mall the other day. The only traffic was a guy in a muscle car doing burn-outs. In the old days, the cops would have been on him in a minute. But no one was there to notice him except for me. The parking lot was empty except for… Read the rest of this entry »

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Greg’s List: Things to do in Monmouth County this weekend, April 7-9, 2017

By Greg Kelly

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Friday, April 7

• Baseball of the 1940s and 1950s Presentation (Shrewsbury) – MORE INFO
• Multiple Family Dwelling by NJ Repertory Company (Long Branch) – MORE INFO
• “Of Mice and Men” by Holmdel Theatre Company – MORE INFO
• Godspell at Spring Lake Community Theatre – MORE INFO
• Easter Festival at The Grove (Shrewsbury) – MORE INFO

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Monmouth County jail is scanning the inside of inmates

FREEHOLD – The Monmouth County Correctional Institution is the first correctional facility in New Jersey to purchase and operate a full-body X-ray device to detect concealed objects on inmate, according to the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office. Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden said in a press release that the goal of the equipment is to prevent the… Read the rest of this entry »

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Accumulated Sick-Day Payouts: ‘Local’ Problem Hits $2 Billion and Counting

Public workers in a majority of New Jersey’s municipalities, school districts, and all but two of its counties are due almost $1.9 billion in pay for unused absences when they retire, with at least one employee slated to receive as much as $500,000. To put things in perspective: If this obligation were spread throughout the state,… Read the rest of this entry »

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Greg’s List: Things to do in Monmouth County this weekend, March 31-April 2, 2017

By Greg Kelly

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Friday, March 31:

• Glen Burtnik’s Summer of Love VII at Count Basie Theatre (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
• Godspell at Spring Lake Theatre – MORE INFO
• Multiple Family Dwelling by NJ Repertory Company (Long Branch) – MORE INFO
• “Of Mice and Men” by Holmdel Theatre Company – MORE INFO
• “Night & Day” Art Show (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO
• AARP Tax-Aide Program (Wall Twp.) – MORE INFO

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