Student lied about seeing escaped convict Arthur Buckel in Marlboro, police said

MARLBORO — A Marlboro Township High School student claimed he spotted an escaped convict in the area on Friday, forcing the lockdown of the school before police determined he was lying. Michael Ozinitsky, 20, of Marlboro, was charged with obstruction of the administration of law or other governmental functions after police determined he lied about seeing… Read the rest of this entry »

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Sea Bright Mayor Dina Long: “Leadership is not a mystery”

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Christie nominates Gramiccioni for Monmouth County Prosecutor

Acting Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni

The “Acting” my soon get dropped from Christopher Gramiccioni’s title.  Governor Chris Christie has nominated the Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor for a full term.  If confirmed by the Democratic State Senate, Gramiccioni will have a five year term.

Gramiccioni, an alumni of Christie’s U.S. Attoney’s Office, joined the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office in 2011 as First Assistant Prosecutor.  He was promoted to Acting Prosecutor on July 1, 2012 after his predecessor, Peter Warshaw became a Superior Court Judge.

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Bennett lands in Lavallette

John Bennett

John O. Bennett III, the former Acting Governor, former Monmouth GOP Chairman and former Borough Administrator of Oceanport is the new Administrator of the Borough of Lavallette in Ocean County.

Bennett’s job in Oceanport ended on April 30th when he was replaced by Ray Poerio, an Edison resident who had been the Recreation Director of Scotch Plains, Union County.

Bennett announced his retirement from the Oceanport job last fall after he, and his part time work as an attorney, became an issue in the local election.  After Mayor Michael Mahon was defeated by current Mayor Jay Coffey’s write-in campaign, Bennett reapplied for the Oceanport job.

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Sea Bright Library First Saturday Recital Will Celebrate Mother’s Day

May 7 is the first Saturday of the month which means the Sea Bright Library will be hosting its monthly organ recital and sing along.

Councilman Charlie Rooney launched the program earlier this year to give the organ pipes a workout and bring the community together to enjoy the library which is housed in the Sea Bright United Methodist Church.

Rooney has arranged for Judy Grimes to play the organ and lead the community in song. Grimes is bringing song books to help the participants sing along.

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Greg’s List: Things to do in Monmouth County this weekend, May 6-8, 2016

By Greg Kelly

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Friday, May 6

• Colts Neck Kitchen Tour – MORE INFO
• Villainous Company by NJ Repertory Company (Long Branch) – MORE INFO
• Greenhouse Plant Sale at BCC (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
• MSHS Food Truck Fest (Middletown) – MORE INFO
• “And Then There Were None” by South Street Players (Spring Lake) – MORE INFO
• Red Bank Mayor’s Charity Ball – MORE INFO
• Paint the Town Pink ’16 Events – MORE INFO
• Avoiding Identity Theft (Shrewsbury) – MORE INFO
• The Little Mermaid at Count Basie Theatre (Red Bank) – MORE INFO

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Support Grows For Controversial Property Tax Assessment Program As Shrewsbury Opts Back In

A bi-partisan effort to explain the controversial pilot program for assessing Monmouth County properties, the Assessment Demonstration Program, is generating support for the program as one of the eight municipalities that opted out of the program has reenlisted and other towns are choosing to stay with the program that is reducing the amount of property tax appeals filed.

The biggest problem the program has faced is confusion between the alleged improprieties and conflicts of interests in the implementation of the program exposed by an Asbury Park Press series which instigated an investigation by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office and the benefits and weaknesses of the program itself.

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Empty boxes: A list of the 20 N.J. towns where a Sports Authority will close

The announcement this week that Sports Authority will close all its stores nationwide sent another jolt through the commercial real estate industry. The nationwide retailer had originally released a smaller list of stores that it planned to close, but on Monday announced it would liquidate its holdings at auction May 16 and close all 140 stores… Read the rest of this entry »

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Blasting the myths and making the case for reasonable speed limits

By Declan O’Scanlon

The Asbury Park Press editorial board recently took a position AGAINST setting speed limits based on engineering criteria and FOR setting limits based on the hunches of unqualified elected officials and bureaucrats.  The position is so fundamentally flawed, so based on decades-old defunct myths, so devoid of any basis in actual fact, that it’s hard to decide where to begin.

My speed limit initiative is a simple one – set speed limits based on sound engineering criteria.  I would remove uninformed or profit-motivated elected officials and bureaucrats from the process. Traffic laws shouldn’t be based on the random hunches of any of us. Setting any law by hunch only diminishes the public’s confidence in ALL laws. That’s not a way to enhance safety anywhere. Why should the public take a 25 mph school speed limit seriously when we randomly post such speed limits all over – including stretches of roadway that should be posted at 40?  Don’t even get me started on the damage random limits have on the image of our police – who become the face of these arbitrary laws.

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Greg’s List: Things to do in Monmouth County this weekend, April 29-May 1, 2016

By Greg Kelly

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Friday, April 29

• The Little Mermaid at Count Basie Theatre (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
• Crossing Delancey by Center Players (Freehold) – MORE INFO
• Arbor Day Tree Walk on Sandy Hook – MORE INFO
• New Jersey Marathon Weekend – MORE INFO
• Running Through Fire by Lighthouse Productions (Monmouth Beach) – MORE INFO
• NJHDA New Jersey Shipwreck Symposium (Wall Twp.) – MORE INFO
• Daffodils & Daiquiris: A Spring Open House (Middletown) – MORE INFO

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