Hazlet Mayor Takes Affordable Housing Plan Off The Agenda

Hazlet Mayor Scott Aagre and former Senator Joe Kyillos

Hazlet Mayor Scott Aagre posted the following message on the Township’s website this afternoon:

The Hazlet Township Committee has rigorously been fighting a builder’s remedy lawsuit filed by a developer and the State regarding an acceptable compliance plan to meet the township’s housing requirements. Read the rest of this entry »

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Lillian Burry says John Curley threatened her

Monmouth County Freeholder Deputy Director Lillian Burry said that she is one of the many people who have been abused by disgraced Freeholder John P. Curley.   “Don’t lose sight of that Freeholder Curley has a history of abusing people, individually and collectively,” Burry said during a meeting of the Board last week.

Burry said that she was personally threatened by Freeholder Curley during a closed meeting in 2013.  “With pointed fingers he said, ‘I will get you,’ I mean it was really unnerving and everybody sitting there could feel that way.”

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Deal Lifeguards Rescue 4 From Capsized Hobie Cat

Jake Shirley and Bailey Crochet

Deal Lifeguards Bailey Crochet and Jake Shirley rescued four boaters on Sunday afternoon, after a catamaran capsized  off the Deal Casino beach, according to an announcement by the Interlaken Police Department.

Deal Officers were dispatched to the Casino beach at 2:45 p.m. where they witnessed Crochet and Shirley rowing out to the Hobie Cat in a lifeguard boat in the face of 25-30 mph southwest winds.

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Middletown Welcomes Elite Chiropractic and Wellness

Mayor Kevin Settembrino cuts the ribbon at Elite Chiropractic and Wellness Center with Dr. Staci Addessi, her children Sami and Aiden, and Township Committeemen Tony Perry and Rick Hibell

Elite Chiropractic and Wellness Center opened their new, state-of-the art, facility in Middletown this morning.  Mayor Kevin Settembrino and Committeemen Tony Perry and Rick Hibell were on hand for the ceremonial ribbon cutting.

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Vote By Mail Procedures Changed: Confusion, Outrage and Accusations Likely On Election Day

Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon

If you voted by mail in the 2016 presidential election, you won’t be able cast your ballot in the voting booth/machine this year, unless you write your County Clerk to opt out of receiving a vote by mail ballot.  Pay attention to your mail.  If you voted by mail in 2016, you will receive a Mail-In-Ballot this year too, due to a new law signed by Governor Murphy this month.

Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon announced changes to the vote by mail procedures in a press release on Friday afternoon.

“A new law signed by Governor Phil Murphy in August dramatically changed the Vote by Mail rules in New Jersey. These changes are effective immediately and will impact the November General Election,” Hanlon said.

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Who is paying Curley’s Legal Fees? Are Those Fees Campaign Expenses?

Where is John Curley getting $300,000 to $500,000 to pursue his ridiculous lawsuit?

Angelo Genova, $850 per hour

Disgraced Freeholder John P. Curley’s attorneys, Genova Burns, submitted an invoice for $30,483.92 for their work on Curley’s contempt motion only yesterday in federal court.  Curley sued Monmouth County taxpayers, his fellow freeholders, County Administrator Teri O’Connor and County Counsel Michael Fitzgerald late last year in an effort to keep an investigative report into his alleged conduct of employee harassment, sexual and otherwise, from becoming public.

U.S. District Court Judge Brian R. Martinotti dismissed Curley’s 12 count suit (not covered in the $30,483.92 invoice), but held the freeholders in contempt for revealing parts of the report in their Censure and Reprimand Resolution of Curley in December.  Judge Martinotti ruled the County must pay Curley’s legal fees associated with the contempt motion.  The County has appealed the contempt ruling, arguing that the information in the Censure and Reprimand did not come from the investigative report prepared by retired Acting Supreme Court Justice Mary Catherine Cuff.

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Smith Leads Congressional Delegation To Ethiopia To Push For More Reforms, Release Of Political Prisoners

PM Abiy Ahmed held talks with a US Congressional delegation led by Congressman Chris Smith. The two parties exchanged views on a range of bilateral & regional issues. PM Abiy updated the delegation about Ethiopia’s current political and economic reform initiatives. #Ethiopia pic.twitter.com/qfjDEQR8RZ

— Fitsum Arega (@fitsumaregaa) August 23, 2018

Congressman Chris Smith with Ethipian-American leaders, July, 2017, after the House Foreign Affairs Committee passed a resolution condemning human rights abuses by the now former Ethiopian government

Congressman Chris Smith is in Ethiopia today, leading a bipartisan Congressional delegation to encourage continued political reforms, reinforce human rights issues, and press for freedom for Menashe Levy, an Israeli citizen who has been brutally imprisoned since July of 2015 and beaten in Ethiopia with no access to due process rights.

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Oakhurst Man Gunned Down In Long Branch Restaurant By Illegal Alien

Marco Antonio Rosa Moreira, 45 of the Oakhurst section of Ocean Township, was gunned down in a Long Branch restaurant on Tuesday while dining with the ex-girl friend of his accussed killer and her family, according to an announcement by Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni.

Miguel Leal Câmara, a 40 year old illegal immigrant, was charged with Moreira’s murder.  Christopher Swendeman, spokesman for the Prosecutor’s Office, confirmed  Câmara illegal status which was first reported by MMM earlier this afternoon.  Swendeman did not immediatley know the immigration status of the victim.

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Accused Long Branch Shooter Is An Illegal Alien

Miguel Lee Câmara

MoreMonmouthMusings has learned that Miguel Leal Câmara, the man charged with Murder in yesterday’s shooting in Long Branch, is an illegal alien who overstayed his visa.

Câmara is currently in the custody of the Monmouth County Correctional Institution, charged with Murder, Unlawful Firearm Possession, Unlawful Possession of a Hand Gun, Disarming a Law Enforcement Officer, Resisting Arrest with physical force against a law enforcement officer or another, a well as Criminal Contempt and Violating a Court Order. Read the rest of this entry »

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Critical need for O-, O+ and B- Blood Donations

The Central Jersey Blood Center is experience a critical shortage of type O-, O+ and B- blood, according to an appeal the organization emailed to past blood donors this morning.

“We need your help to fill hospital requests to treat local patients. If you are able, please donate at your earliest convenience.”

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