19 Jersey Shore beaches under advisory for high bacteria counts

Nearly 20 beaches along Monmouth and Ocean counties were listed as being under water quality advisories on Wednesday due to elevated bacteria counts, according to the state Department of Environmental Protection. According to data released by the DEP’s New Jersey Cooperative Coastal Monitoring Program on Monday, 19 beaches between Sea Bright in Monmouth County and along… Read the rest of this entry »

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Gramiccioni confirmed by NJ Senate as Monmouth County Prosecutor

FREEHOLD — After serving in an acting capacity for four years, Christopher Gramiccioni is officially Monmouth County’s prosecutor. Two weeks after he was subjected to a grilling by the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Senate on Monday confirmed his nomination to a five-year term. In the days leading up to his committee confirmation hearing on July 14,… Read the rest of this entry »

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O’Scanlon: If Pensions are on the ballot, delay TTF until after the election

Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon, the Republican Assembly Budget Officer, said today that no New Jersey legislator can responsibly vote on a bill to replenish the state’s Transportation Trust Fund (TTF) if a constitutional amendment requiring the state to make specified annual payments to state employees pensions funds is on the ballot this November.

“No legislator from either party can cast a responsible vote on any TTF plan until we know if the disastrously flawed Democrat constitutional amendment will be on the ballot.  If the Senate Democrats irresponsibly vote to place the amendment on the ballot they are voting to put any TTF decision off until after November – at least.

O’Scanlon said that the constitutional amendment proposed by the Democratic majority has three fatal flaws:

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Wanted By The Ocean Township Police

The Ocean Township Police Department is asking the public’s help in identifying the woman in the attached photo.

Detective Lieutenant Timothy Torchia didn’t say what the woman is suspected of doing in the Ocean Township Target strore on Saturday night, but it is save to surmise she wasn’t responded to the help wanted sign.

Anyone who recognizes the woman is asked to contact Detective Michael Legg at 732-531-1428 Ext 2236 or via email at [email protected].

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Escaped psychiatric hospital patient found, police say

EWING — The Trenton Psychiatric Hospital patient who escaped the facility Saturday has been located, Ewing police said Sunday evening. Tyrik Haynes, 22, was located by state Human Services police officers, Ewing police posted on social media at about 4:30 p.m. Sunday. “Due to the ongoing investigation by Human Services Police, they did not provide much… Read the rest of this entry »

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He tortured and killed 19 cats. Now some fear he’s at it again

A half hour into his interview with police, Anthony Appolonia broke down, according to the chief investigator on the case. Appolonia said he was sorry. He begged authorities not to be mad. And in gruesome detail, he described how he had tortured and killed 19 kittens and cats he adopted through newspaper ads in just two… Read the rest of this entry »

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A senior day care Center in Havana

By Muriel J. Smith

Visiting a senior day care center in the heart of old Havana was an unforgettable experience. As the oldest in our group of six spending five days in Cuba, and being short of four score in years myself by a couple of months, I was particularly eager to see the health, care, and welfare of senior Cuban citizens.

In spite of the best efforts of caring people, and the inherent happiness of people who have known far better times, it was pathetic.

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How to beat the traffic in Belmar

Hopefully the rain will let up this weekend and residents and tourists alike can enjoy our beautiful Monmouth County beaches. The only downside of a trip to the beach is traffic and parking.  Belmar Mayor “Lawless Matt” Doherty has a solution to that problem.  Land a helicopter on borough property at Silver Lake!

On July 7 a friend of the mayor’s who just happened to donate $2500 to Dirty Doherty’s campaign coffers chartered a helicopter to fly him and his very recently betrothed fiancée away for a romantic getaway .  Our friends at Common Sense for Belmar have been all over the story.

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Cuba: art and music, race and Joann Chesimard, income inequality

By Muriel J. Smith

Photos by Tricia Curtin and Nancy Zockoll

Part Three of a series 

They’re a musical group, the Cuban people. They love to dance, are proud of the salsa, automatically start to move rhythmically whenever they hear music, and can dance at outdoor restaurants on cobblestoned streets with abandon and joy.  There are plenty of discotheques and nightclubs in and around Old Havana, and it seems that 90 pesos, about $10 American, is the going fee for entry. The one evening our group of six Americans and eight Cubans decided to go, the club had had a fire earlier in the evening, so the club part was closed. The restaurant, however, was open, but we opted to move on.

There is no doubt there are two different and distinct styles of living in Cuba.

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Arnone: Shark River dredging to restart imminently

Freehold Director Tom Arnone told MoreMonmouthMusings that the NJ Department of Transportation has agreed to restart the Shark River dredging project despite the fact that the Transportation Trust Fund has yet to be renewed and funded. The news came to Arnone from a DOT official via phone after business hours on Wednesday.

NJ DOT spokesman Kevin Israel confirmed that the project will restart in an email to MMM.

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