Members of the New Jersey Zombie Walk “Thriller” Dance Team perform at the inaugural Highlands Zombie Parade & Pub Crawl on Oct. 24, 2015. (Rob Spahr | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)
Friends and colleagues often ask how my five years in New Jersey state government compared to my prior service in New York City and New York State government. What is different or distinct about New Jersey’s political/government culture? In particular, are there any differences in “public culture” that negatively impact New… Read the rest of this entry »
Middletown, NJ- Board of Education Member Vincent Brand has accused his fellow Board Member, Joan Minnuies, of using her official capacity on the Board for the benefit of her daughter’s employment at Middletown High School North and of using her position to recruit Middletown North students to volunteer at her granddaughter’s birthday party in exchange for a letter stating that they performed volunteer hours.
Minnuies says that Brand’s accusations, which were lodged as an Ethics Complaint with New Jersey’s School Ethics Commission, are “bogus” and “political motivated.” Minnuies is standing for reelection next Tuesday.
According to Brand’s complaint, Minnuies opposed efforts by Dr. William George, Schools Superintendent, to hire a new business instruction teacher, Miss Devan Crimi, at MHSN because Crimi is also an “elite” lacrosse and field hockey coach who was an Academic and Athletic All-American in lacrosse while a college student at Adelphi University. Minnuies daughter, Jenna Minnuies Jackson, is employed by the school district as a coach of field hockey, bowling and lacrosse.
BELMAR – In February, borough officials and The Saint Vincent De Paul Society of St. Rose in Belmar announced a fundraising campaign, called “Home by Summer,” aimed at getting the borough’s last two families displaced by Hurricane Sandy back in their own homes by June. Well, June came and went – as did the entire summer… Read the rest of this entry »
WALL TWP. — A family dog died in a fire that gutted the inside of a house on Friday, police said. Police responded to a home on Leslie Street shortly before 4 p.m. for a report of a structure fire at a private residence. The residents were not home at the time of the fire, but… Read the rest of this entry »
The countdown to $1.50 gas by Christmas continues. Jeff Pelton, senior petroleum industry analyst for GasBuddy.com hasn’t wavered from his bold prediction in mid-September that the price would drop to six quarters a gallon. GOT QUESTIONS? Ticked off about mass transit? Wondering about road construction? E-mail your questions to NJ.com’s transportation expert Larry Higgs. He’ll answer… Read the rest of this entry »
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HIGHLANDS – When organizations decide to hold an event for the first time, they often don’t know what kind of turnout to expect. Fortunately for the Highlands Business Partnership, an inaugural event it held on Saturday was not dead at all. In fact, it was “undead.” The inaugural Highlands Zombie Parade & Pub Crawl drew hundreds… Read the rest of this entry »
4,000 bags of heroin, crack cocaine, powder cocaine, marijuana, drug distribution paraphernalia, $8,000 in cash,a .22 caliber handgun, 9mm replica handgun and several knives were seized on Thursday when the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office’s Gang Bureau and the Long Branch Police Street Crimes Unit arrested Robert Strohlin, 46, of 177 West End Ave, and his roommate Syr Berry, 47, according to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni.
Strohlin and Berry’s arrests was part of a months-long investigation into illegal drug distribution in Long Branch.
WASHINGTON — Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson led Donald Trump in a poll of likely Republican caucus goers released Friday, the second survey in two days to show the businessman and national GOP front-runner falling out of first place in the initial 2016 contest for convention delegates. The Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics Iowa Poll gave Carson 28… Read the rest of this entry »
