Golden, Peters, Arnone and DiMaso Announce Reelection Campaign

Sheriff Shaun Golden and Freeholder Director Tom Arnone

Before an enthusiastic crowd of over 600 Monmouth County supporters at the Eagle Oaks Country Club in Farmingdale, Sheriff (and County GOP Chairman) Shaun Golden announced that he, Freeholders Tom Arnone and Serena DiMaso, and Surrogate Rosemarie Peters are all running for reelection in November.

“We don’t need to make Monmouth County great again,” Golden declared with a reference to Donald Trump’s campaign slogan, “Monmouth County is great!”

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Prosecutor seeks additional victims of Middletown con man

Christopher D. Biello. photo via facebook

The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office is concerned that a Middletown con man may have fleeced far more people than they already have identified.

Christopher D. Biello, 43, of Coe Place in the Port Monmouth section of the township, was arrested last week and charged with 14 crimes including Theft by Deception, Impersonation, Fraudulent Use of a Credit Card, Forgery and Falsifying Records following a year-long investigation.

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Middletown reschedules dog rabies clinic for February 20th

The Middletown Township Health Department has rescheduled the Dog Rabies Clinic that was canceled due to the recent snow storm.

The new date is February 20, 2016. The clinic will be held from 9am to 11am at the Croydon Hall Gym, located at 900 Leonardville Road, Leonardo.

The clinic is for dogs only and is free of charge to both residents and non-residents. All dogs must be on a leash and must be accompanied by an adult 18 years of age or older. Late fees for 2016 dog licenses will not be charged until March 1st to accommodate residents who need the clinic to get a valid rabies vaccination for their pet. Please contact Animal Control at 732-615-2097 if you have any questions.

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Neptune City teen’s vote counts. Special election set for council race

Michaela O’Brien, photo via facebook

Michaela O’Brien’s vote has been counted, 84 days after she cast it, and as a result the Neptune City Council election between Democrat Michael Skudera and Republican Richard Pryor is tied at 602-602.  A special election between the two currently former councilmen will be held on March 22.

O’Brien, an 18 year old Brookdale student voting for the first time on November 3, voted by provisional ballot when her name did not appear in the poll book at the Neptune City First Aid Building.  O’Brien turned 18 in August and registered to vote on or about October 13, according to the election contest complaint file by Jason Sena, Esq on behalf of Pryor.

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Christie apologizes to North Wildwood Mayor

During his press conference this afternoon, Governor Chris Christie confirmed published reports that he has personally apologized to North Wildwood Mayor Patrick Rosenello for calling him “crazy” during a Town Hall meeting on the presidential campaign trail in New Hampshire yesterday.

Christie said that the “crazy” remarks were not the first time, and probably won’t be the last, that he got carried away at town hall style event.

He said he felt bad about the remarks when he woke this morning and called Rosenello at 8 or 8:30 a. m.

Christie said that he suspected that the young woman who asked the question that prompted his rant was a plant from an adversary, since the woman would not give the governor the names or phone numbers of her family in New Jersey so that he could call them.

View the interaction that caused the controversy below:

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Christie to hold press conference at 2:30

Christie announced an agreement to restructure Atlantic City’s debt and municipal government. 

Christie apologizes to North Wildwood Mayor 

Governor Chris Christie has scheduled a press conference for 2:30 this afternoon from his outer office in Trenton.  View it live here:

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Christie back on the campaign trail in New Hampshire

Governor Chris Christie has three campaign stops in New Hampshire this afternoon and three tomorrow, according an email announcement by his campaign this morning.

This morning, he thanked New Jersey resident for staying home.

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Christie Coming Home to Make New Jerseyans Feel Safe and Secure

Governor Chris Christie is scheduled to brief the press on the State’s storm preparedness from a Department of Transportation garage in Newark (New Jersey) this evening at 8 p.m.

Christie, seemingly put-upon, told a town hall gathering in New Hampshire that he is returning to New Jersey ” …to make sure that the people of my state feel safe and secure and know that despite the fact that I’ve been on the phone seven or eight times in the past two days to get updates from the National Weather Service and to lay out the plans for how we’re going to deploy resources, talk to the National Guard, talk to the Department of Transportation, talk to the Department of Environmental Protection, make sure everybody knows what they’re doing, they’ll feel better if I’m there. So I’m going to go back this afternoon. …”

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Snowstorm picks up speed, will hit N.J. sooner, forecasters say

The big blizzard that’s dumping snow over Virginia and Maryland could start dropping snow on southern New Jersey as early as 4 p.m. Friday and is expected to move up to northern New Jersey by about 10 p.m., forecasters said. “The storm has sped up in terms of the initial start times,” said Sean Rowland, a… Read the rest of this entry »

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Middletown Rabies Clinic Cancelled

Middletown Township has announced that the rabies clinic scheduled for Saturday, January 23 has been cancelled due to the expected storm.

The Health Department is currently working to reschedule the clinic for a date in February. The new date will be announced on the Township’s website (www.middletownnj.org).

Please note late fees for 2016 dog licenses will not be charged until March 1st. Please call 732-615-2097 with any questions.

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