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The Auditor: Christie to help Lonegan retire campaign debt, Buono loses Metuchen and more

The Auditor: Christie to help Lonegan retire campaign debt, Buono loses Metuchen and more (via NJ.com)

Gov. Chris Christie isn’t done helping Steve Lonegan, the former Republican U.S. Senate candidate. The Auditor is told that Christie — who endorsed Lonegan, his former rival, and held one fundraiser for him during his unsuccessful campaign against…

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Posted: December 1st, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: News, NJNewsCommons | Tags: , , , , | 6 Comments »

Marlboro Teen Is Reunited With Parents

Karwan family photo via News12's facebook page.

Karwan family photo via News12’s facebook page.

Michael Karwan, the missing autistic teenage who was located in Cleveland, Ohio last night, has been reunited with his parents, according to a statement by Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Grammiccioni.

Grammiccioni said that Karwan, 19, was reported missing from his parents’ home on Tuesday, Nov. 19, sparking an intensive search of the region that spread into upstate New York. Over the next week, Karwan traveled by bus from Monmouth County to Manhattan and from New York via Philadelphia and Pittsburgh before arriving in Cleveland, Ohio. Upon his arrival in Cleveland on Saturday, Karwan attempted to check-in to an overcrowded men’s shelter run by Lutheran Metropolitan Ministries (LMM), but was referred to the Volunteers of America (VoA) shelter.

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Posted: November 27th, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: Autism, Marlboro, Monmouth County Prosecutor, News | Tags: , , , , | Comments Off on Marlboro Teen Is Reunited With Parents

Autistic Marlboro teen Michael Karwan found safe in Ohio

Congressman: Autistic Marlboro teen Michael Karwan found safe in Ohio Demolition contractor faces murder charges in Philadelphia building collapse (via NewsWorks)

Michael Karwan, the autistic Marlboro teeanger who left his home more than week ago after an argument with his parents, was found safe in Ohio Tuesday evening, a congressman said.  “Michael Karwan has been found safe in Cleveland and will soon reunite…

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Posted: November 27th, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: News, NJNewsCommons | Tags: , | Comments Off on Autistic Marlboro teen Michael Karwan found safe in Ohio

N.J. court bars sex offenders from Facebook, LinkedIn and other social media

N.J. court bars sex offenders from Facebook, LinkedIn and other social media (via NJ.com)

File photo TRENTON — A state appeals court ruled today that sex offenders on parole don’t have the right to use popular online services such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. The three-judge panel said that opening up social media to those parolees…

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Posted: November 26th, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: News, NJNewsCommons, Social Media | Tags: , | Comments Off on N.J. court bars sex offenders from Facebook, LinkedIn and other social media

Chris Christie will let insurance companies decide whether to extend 800,000 policies

Chris Christie will let insurance companies decide whether to extend 800,000 policies (via NJ.com)

Gov. Chris Christie will allow insurance companies in New Jersey to decide whether to reinstate the insurance policies of 800,000 people who received recent letters saying they would be canceled because they did not meet the standards of the Affordable…

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Posted: November 26th, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: News, NJNewsCommons, ObamaCare | Tags: , | Comments Off on Chris Christie will let insurance companies decide whether to extend 800,000 policies

New Jersey Utility Customers Could Get Hit by Double Whammy

New Jersey Utility Customers Could Get Hit by Double Whammy (via NJSpotlight)

Talk about rate shock. The state’s gas and electric utilities aim to recover at least $1.27 billion in costs they incurred restoring power and service after extreme storms in the past few years, and the costs keep rising. Public Service Electric &…

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Posted: November 25th, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: News, NJNewsCommons | Tags: , , , , , , | Comments Off on New Jersey Utility Customers Could Get Hit by Double Whammy

Israel slams ‘bad’ deal between Iran, world powers

Israel slams ‘bad’ deal between Iran, world powers (via AFP)

A nuclear deal struck between Iran and world powers in Geneva was “bad” as Tehran had obtained “what it wanted”, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Sunday. “This is a bad agreement that gives Iran what it wanted: the partial lifting…

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Posted: November 24th, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: Iran, Israel, News | Tags: , , , | Comments Off on Israel slams ‘bad’ deal between Iran, world powers

Iran, world powers agree nuclear deal

Iran, world powers agree nuclear deal (via AFP)

World powers on Sunday reached an agreement with Iran over its nuclear programme, their chief negotiator Catherine Ashton and Iran’s foreign minister said. “We have reached agreement between E3+3 and Iran,” Ashton’s spokesman Michael Mann quoted her…

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Posted: November 23rd, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: Iran, News | Tags: , | Comments Off on Iran, world powers agree nuclear deal

Booker, Menendez vote yes on historic “nuclear option”

Booker, Menendez vote yes on historic “nuclear option” (via NJ.com)

New Jersey’s two senators were among 52 votes in the upper chamber today in favor of the so-called “nuclear option” eliminating the filibuster and allowing a simple majority to approve executive and judicial branch appointments. The ‘majority rules’…

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Posted: November 22nd, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: News, NJNewsCommons, U.S. Senate | Tags: , , , | 14 Comments »

Scott Walker stands up for Chris Christie’s conservative credentials, report says

Scott Walker stands up for Chris Christie’s conservative credentials, report says (via NJ.com)

TRENTON — At least one prominent Republican isn’t buying the idea that Gov. Chris Christie is a moderate. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker defended Christie in the wake of criticism that the New Jersey governor isn’t conservative enough for some Republicans…

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Posted: November 21st, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: 2016 Presidential Politics, Chris Christie, News, NJNewsCommons, Republican Governors Association | Tags: , , , , | Comments Off on Scott Walker stands up for Chris Christie’s conservative credentials, report says