The Mental Health Association of Monmouth County Celebrates 65th Years of Providing Vital Free Programs and Services to Monmouth County Residents

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Shrewsbury, NJ:  On Thursday, September 24^th the Mental Health Association of Monmouth County (MHA) will host a 65^th Birthday Party at Taka, 660 Cookman Avenue, Asbury Park, NJ.  Guests will enjoy an Asian themed buffet and live music by Dawg Whistle with Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Vini Lopez, Paul Whistler, and Jon Sebastion Brice.  The party begins at 6:30pm and tickets are $95 each.

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Scott Walker quits GOP prez race, which is good news for Christie

WASHINGTON — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Monday ended his presidential campaign, which means one less rival for Gov. Chris Christie. Like Christie, Walker is a sitting governor and had support in the party’s establishment wing. As chairman of the Republican Governors Association, Christie helped Walker win re-election last fall and could be in a position… Read the rest of this entry »

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One Percent of Americans Think Barack Obama is Jewish

US President Barack Obama has long been accused of being a secret Muslim, but a recent CNN poll found that a handful of Americans believe Obama is actually a Jew. According to the poll, Mashable reported on Saturday, close to one in three Americans think Obama is Muslim, while one in a hundred believe he’s Jewish.… Read the rest of this entry »

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Sandy victims’ new claim deadline: Oct. 15

Highlands residents Kerry and Jamie Gowan speak at May 2015 announcement that FEMA is reopening Sandy related flood insurance claims

WASHINGTON — Hurricane Sandy homeowners who feel they didn’t get a fair shake from their insurance companies now have until Oct. 15 to ask the government to reopen their claims. The Federal Emergency Management Agency extended its deadline to handle as many as 141,800 requests from homeowners who were not in litigation, about 70,000 of them… Read the rest of this entry »

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Tax Board Rejects Curley’s Call To Suspend Assessment Program

Prosecutor Mum On Whether He Will Investigate Anonymous Allegations

Freeholder John P. Curley

The Monmouth County Board of Taxation voted unanimously on Friday to reject Freeholder John Curley’s call that they suspend their new method of assessing values on properties in the county for property tax purposes.

Curley’s call to suspend the program came last week after he said received an anonymous letter from a group of realtors, appraisers, tax assessors and former tax assessors alleging that the program, “Tax Assessment Demonstration Program,” is not being implemented in accordance with the law that created it and implying that Matthew Clark, the Tax Board Administrator, has inappropriate dealings with the program vendors.

Curley referred the anonymous letter to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni, declaring in his own letter to the prosecutor that it is “omnipotent (sic) that all government business be conducted with full transparency, ethical and legal standards.”   Curley also wrote Tax Board President James Stuart to request the tax assessment program be suspended while Gramiccioni investigates.  He then released the anonymous letter and his letters to Gramiccioni and Stuart to the Asbury Park Press.

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Two men shot in Asbury Park

ASBURY PARK – Two city men were hospitalized early Sunday morning after being shot on Bangs Avenue, the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office said. Shortly after 2 a.m. on Sunday, Asbury Park police officers responded to the 1000 block of Bangs Avenue for a report of shots fired. When officers arrived, they found evidence of gunfire but… Read the rest of this entry »

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1 dead after fire rips through Wall Twp. home

WALL TWP. — One person died early Sunday morning after a fire tore through a home in the West Belmar section of town. At around 1 a.m., police, firefighters and first aid personnel responded to the home on Vine Street after receiving a report of a residential house fire, Chief Robert L. Brice said in a… Read the rest of this entry »

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Court upholds weight rules for ‘Borgata Babes,’ report says

ATLANTIC CITY — An appeals court Thursday upheld a lower court ruling allowing the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa to mandate weight limits for servers known as “Borgata Babes,” the New Jersey Law Journal reported. More than 20 of the servers, who are required to wear revealing uniforms, objected to the policy, arguing it only affected… Read the rest of this entry »

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N.J.’s Menendez trial delayed for up to a year

WASHINGTON — A U.S. District Court judge on Thursday pushed back the trial of U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez for as much as a year to provide time for appeals of motions filed with the court. Judge William Walls said the trial would not start next month as originally scheduled because he expected any rulings on a… Read the rest of this entry »

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Children of cop accused of killing ex-wife plan wrongful death suit

NEPTUNE — The nine children of a Neptune woman who police say was shot to death by her cop ex-husband plans to sue several law enforcement agencies over what they contend was poor training and a lack of disciplinary action after the couple’s repeated domestic complaints. The notice of intention to sue warns of an impending… Read the rest of this entry »

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