TRENTON –Three state senators on Monday said they’ve sued Gov. Chris Christie’s administration seeking to slam the brakes on the governor’s $300 million renovation of the historic Statehouse. The lawmakers — two Republicans and a Democrat — say the Christie administration violated the state constitution by cheating the Legislature and the public out of their say… Read the rest of this entry »
TRENTON — A state lawmaker introduced legislation on Monday that would legalize marijuana in New Jersey, saying he was laying the groundwork to pass a new law almost as soon as Gov. Chris Christie leaves office. Sen. Nicholas Scutari’s bill would make New Jersey one of a small but growing number of states where marijuana is… Read the rest of this entry »
TRENTON — A state lawmaker on Monday is scheduled to unveil legislation that would legalize, regulate, and tax recreational marijuana in New Jersey. State Sen. Nicholas Scutari (D-Union) will formally announce the Democratic-sponsored measure noon at Monday at a news conference at the Statehouse in Trenton. Medical marijuana is already legal in the state. But if… Read the rest of this entry »
Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli has been hammering Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno for months with negative mailings and videos. Now, four weeks before the June 6 gubernatorial primary, the Guadagno team is punching back to make sure the race doesn’t tighten as Republican voters start paying closer attention.
Posted: May 13th, 2017 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: 2017 Elections, 2017 NJ Gubernatorial Politics, New Jersey | Tags: 2017 GOP primary, 2017 Gubernatorial race, Jack Ciattarelli, Kim Guadagno, New Jersey | 8 Comments »Governor Chris Christie commemorated the opening of the Seabrook House outpatient drug treatment facility in Shrewsbury this morning by shouting down “NIMBY” protesters from the neighborhood who are not happy that the facility is located 200 yards from an elementary school.
The Governor shouted to the protesters that some students attending the school will one day drug and alcohol treatment and that they will be the people complaining that there is not enough treatment available.
Posted: May 11th, 2017 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Chris Christie, Monmouth County News | Tags: Gov Chris Christie, Monmouth County News, NIMBY, Opioid Addiction Crisis, Seabrook House, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury Mayor Donald Burden | 2 Comments »
DEAL — Borough officials pulled a controversial ordinance that would have required permit parking on five streets near the beachfront. The ordinance, which is the borough’s third attempt in almost two years to enforce parking regulations near the beach, was set for a public hearing on Wednesday. But officials pulled the ordinance prior to the meeting,… Read the rest of this entry »
The second debate among the candidates for the Democrat nomination for NJ Governor will be broadcast tonight on NJTV at 8PM.
According to the latest Quinnipiac poll, former Goldman Sachs executive Phil Murphy has a commanding lead over former U.S. Treasury Official Jim Johnson, Senator Ray Lesniak and Assemblyman John Wisniewski, but over half of Democrat voters are still undecided.
The Democrat and Republican primaries will be held on June 6.
Posted: May 11th, 2017 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: 2017 NJ Gubernatorial Politics, Monmouth County | Tags: 2017 Democrat nomination for NJ Governor, 2017 Gubernatorial race, Assemblyman John Wisniewski, Jim Johnson, New Jersey, Phil Murphy, Sen Ray Lesniak | Comments Off on Watch the Second Democratic Gubernatorial Debate
Friendly rivals? Lt Gov Kim Guadagno and Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli
Democratic front runner Phil Murphy has a commanding financial lead in the gubernatorial race, having already spent 10 times more than his nearest rival, new campaign finance data shows. The New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission released the 11 primary candidates’ 29-day pre-election finance reports on Wednesday and the numbers show Murphy clearly in the lead. The… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: May 11th, 2017 | Author: admin | Filed under: 2017 Elections, 2017 NJ Gubernatorial Politics | Tags: 2017 Gubernatorial race, New Jersey | 1 Comment »By Muriel Smith
Barbara Mitchell of Middletown nominated Lillian for the Honor.
ATLANTIC CITY_ Freeholder Director Lillian Burry was honored as a Woman of Distinction by the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs at its 123rd annual convention at the Golden Nugget Monday night, the first Monmouth County Freeholder to ever be accorded the honor.
In accepting the honor, Burry joined the ranks of such luminaries as Deborah Tobias Poritz, the first woman to be both Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court and state Attorney General, Virginia Bauer, former state Secretary of Commerce, and Dr. Formica Palma, the first woman president of the Medical Society of New Jersey and the Academy of Medicine of New Jersey.
Burry was nominated by Barbara B. Mitchell of Middletown, a long time active member of the Federation and the Women’s Club of Middletown.
Posted: May 10th, 2017 | Author: admin | Filed under: Lillian Burry, Monmouth County News | Tags: Freeholder Director Lillian Burry, Monmouth County News, NJ State Federation of Women's Clubs, Women of Distinction | 2 Comments »By Greg Kelly
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