Why Amazon Did Not Choose New Jersey

By Senator Robert Singer

Senator Robert Singer

A whopping 238 cities across the United States sought to be the home of Amazon’s second headquarters, dubbed “HQ2.” Of all city applicants, Newark, New Jersey offered Amazon the largest tax benefits in the country. Regardless of being one of twenty cities to make the final cut, Newark was passed over by Amazon not once, but twice. It speaks volumes that a package of tax incentives totaling $7 billion could not entice Amazon to choose New Jersey.

Our state’s prime geographic location, diverse workforce, state-of-the-art infrastructure, convenient transportation, and best-in-the-nation schools should have made the Garden State an easy sell. The New Jersey Legislature’s successful bipartisan effort to top all other competing tax incentive offers nationwide should have made the Garden State an easy choice. The competition was fierce to court HQ2, and New Jersey was in play.

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Neptune Man Arrested for Child Abuse Porn

Anthony McCray, 50, of Neptune Township has been arrested and charged with the possession and distribution of videos that depict the sexual abuse of children, according to an announcement by Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni.

On August 3, 2018, McCray distributed 16 videos depicting the sexual abuse of children via a peer-to-peer file-sharing program – an online connection of computers allowing the sharing of files directly between individual users. On November 18, 2018, McCray distributed an additional 86 videos depicting the sexual abuse of children via a peer-to-peer file-sharing program. On February 21, 2019, law enforcement executed a search warrant at McCray’s residence located additional child pornography.

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Baroni gets 18 months for Bridgegate conviction

Bill Barnoni, 47, a former NJ State Senator and the former Deputy Executive Director of the Port Authority of NY/NJ was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison today for his role in the September, 2013 George Washington Bridge lane closure known as Bridgegate, Assistant US Attorney Attorney for the United States Mark Coyne announced.

U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton imposed the sentence in Newark federal court.

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Statement By Paul Caneiro’s Attorneys

Robert A. Honecker, Jr. and Mitchell J. Ansell of Ansell Grimm & Aaron, defense attorneys for Paul Caneiro, issued the following statement regarding his indictment which is handed down by a Monmouth County Grand Jury this morning.

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Frankly Chatting: Amazing Grace

By Steve Frank, FranklyChatting.com

A. Tobias Grace, 1945-2019 R.I.P.

It was the autumn of 1964. The social winds of discord were in the air and nowhere more evident than at Trenton State College where the Theta Nu Sigma fraternity roamed the campus with the rebellious attitude that defined the decade. They subsisted on cheap beer and testosterone; ingratiated themselves to the other frats; and enjoyed the affections of the coeds so enchanted by the lure of the “bad boy”. They were loud and ribald; fiercely insular and prone to debauching themselves on weekends.

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Giant Puppies For Sale At Green Leaf Pet Resort In Millstone

photo by Madwell via Patch

The Green Leaf Pet Resort in Millstone Township has a litter of 10 Canary Mastiff puppies available for adoption. The Presa Canario pups are the offspring of New York Giant’s wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr.’s  dog, Eris, according to a report by Carly Baldwin at Patch.

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Greg’s List: Things to Do in Monmouth County This Weekend, February 22-24, 2019:

By Greg Kelly

Friday, February 22

• Men’s College Basketball: Monmouth U. vs. Canisius (WLB) – MORE INFO
• Minority Male Initiative Conference: “Charting Your Career Course” at BCC (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
• Pier Village Restaurant Week (Long Branch) – MORE INFO
• An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein at BCC (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
• “Legally Blonde” The Musical (Spring Lake) – MORE INFO
• Butterflies Are Free by Center Players (Freehold) – MORE INFO

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Monmouth Young Republicans Announce New Leadership Team

Declaring the dawn of a new era of a strengthened party and ensuring growth for years to come, the Monmouth County Young Republicans announced their new, experienced, leadership team.

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Monmouth Poll: Support for legal weed in NJ is high

62% of New Jersey adults support legalizing marijuana, up from 59% last year, according to a Monmouth University Poll released this morning.

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Congressman Chris Smith Urges Fire Departments to Apply for SAFER grants

Congressman Chris Smith today urged all fire departments, career and volunteer, to apply for federal SAFER (Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emergency Response) grants that are available from FEMA.  The grants are for the recruitment and retention of “front-line” firefighters.  The application period is February 15, 2019 through March 22, 2019 at 5 p.m. ET.

“All eligible career and volunteer fire departments in the Fourth District are encouraged to apply for these Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grants, which help increase the number of firefighters and first responders to provide our communities with more security,” Smith said. “As we have already seen, this grant program has strengthened our district’s local fire departments and volunteer organizations in the past.”

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