Video: “Somebody is dead here” –Colts Neck 9-1-1 call

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Hornik will seek fourth term as Marlboro mayor

Marlboro Mayor Jon Hornik

Jonathan Hornik will run for a fourth consecutive term as Mayor of  Marlboro Township.

The mayor announced his candidacy on the Tommy G Show Tuesday afternoon during MMM publisher Art Gallagher’s guest appearance on popular drive time radio show.

First elected in 2007 when he defeated incumbent Republican Dr. Robert Kleinberg in a race that got statewide attention when Kleinberg incurred the pubic wrath radio personality Jim Gearhart and Asbury Park Press columnist Bob Ingle by falsely claiming Gearhart’s endorsement.  Kleinberg then went on the air with Gearhart the day before the election to argue with the host and defend his campaign mail.

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Pearl Lee considering LD 11 Assembly bid

Pearl Lee

Pearl Lee, the Republican candidate for Red Bank Mayor last month, told MMM that she reached out to Monmouth Republican Chairman Shaun Golden to express her interest in challenging Democrat Assembly Members Eric Houghtailing and Joann Downey in the 11th legislative district next year.

Lee, 64, a retired small business owner, had never sought elected office before securing the Republican nomination for Red Bank Mayor last year as a write-in candidate in the June primary.  She sought the nomination after learning that  the local party failed to field a candidate to challenge Democrat Mayor Pat Menna.

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Tune into the Tommy G Show 3PM on Tuesday

Art Gallagher is back on the Tommy G Show on Tuesday afternoon, December 4 at 3 PM.

Tommy’s show is always good for laughs and provocative conversation about local, state and national news.  On the agenda on Tuesday afternoon is a discussion about the horrific murders in Colts Neck late last month and some of the big changes coming to New Jersey courtesy of Governor Phil Murphy and Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal.

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Welle mulls a run for Assembly in LD 13

Josh Welle marching in Asbury Park with Sen Bob Menendez and Congressman Frank Pallone

NewJerseyGlobe is reporting that Josh Welle said he is considering as run for State Assembly in from the 13th Legislative district.

“It’s something I’m taking a look at,” Welle told the New Jersey Globe.  “I’m going to take the next few weeks to see if that makes sense and see if it’s the best way for me to serve.”

Welle, who is registered to vote in Virginia, did not say if he would seek the Democrat or Republican nomination for Assembly.   He’s been a registered Democrat for less than two years, declaring himself a D after he was turned down for a White House Fellowship in the Trump Administration in 2017.  Shortly thereafter he started running for the Democrat nomination for Congress from New Jersey’s 4th district.

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President George H.W. Bush Speaks At Trenton-Robbinsville Airport, October 22, 1992

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George H. W. Bush, 1924-2018

George H.W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States, died last night at the age of 94.

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Paul Caneiro Pleads Not Guilty, Will Remain In Custody

Asbury Park Press pool photo

Paul Caneiro pleaded not guilty to murdering his brother Keith, sister-in-law Jennifer, nephew Jesse and niece Sophia in Monmouth County Superior Court this morning.

Through his attorneys, Robert Honecker and Mitchell Ansell of Ansell, Grimm and Aaron, Caneiro stipulated that the State has probable cause to detain him through trial and he waived his right to a detention hearing,  He did not contest the prosecution’s motion to keep him in custody through the completion of his trial.

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Gone For The Weekend Almost Sold Out

Andrew Bane, movie star

MMM ran into Andrew Bane and Troy Burbank outside of Atlantic Cinemas this afternoon as they were entering to prepare the theater for tomorrow night’s “work in progress” premiere of Gone For The Weekend,  a romantic comedy shot entirely in Monmouth County that Burbank has been working on for two years.

Bane said that 180 tickets are already sold for the 260 seat showing at 8:30 on Saturday night followed by an after party at On the Deck in the Atlantic Highlands Marina.  Tickets can be purchased online or at the door if there are any left.

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Gramiccioni: Colts Neck Murders Are The Most Brutal Of His Career

Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni said that the Colts Neck murders of Keith Caneiro and his family were the most brutal he has witnessed in his career and that he would prosecute the case as a Captial Crime if New Jersey had the death penalty.

Paul Caneiro, 51 of Ocean Township, is charged with four counts of murder, aggravated arson and weapons charges, in the deaths of his brother Keith, Jennifer Caneiro, Keith’s wife, and the couples children, Jesse, 11 and Sophia 8, on November 20 at their home in Colts Neck.

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