ASBURY PARK —When most New Year’s revelers were nursing hangovers on Thursday morning, hundreds of daring partiers worked up enough courage to take a plunge into the frigid ocean off Asbury Park. New Year’s Day in Asbury Park means it’s time for the Sons of Ireland’s annual Polar Bear Plunge for brave souls who are willing… Read the rest of this entry »
Atlantic Highlands Mayor Fred Rast. file photo
A simmering feud within the Atlantic Highlands GOP boiled over into the public eye yesterday afternoon during the Borough’s reorganization meeting as three of the five Republican elected officials split with two of their newly reelected colleagues to elect a Democrat up for reelection this year as Council President.
Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno who was on hand to swear in veteran Councilmen Jack Archibald and Peter Doyle to their new terms was not pleased by the drama. “You’re killing me,” Guadagno said to Mayor Fred Rast, a Republican who supported the unorthodox move, according to a prominent county Republican who was present.
Republican Councilman Lou Fligor nominated Democrat Roy Dellosso to be Council President. Jacob “Jake” Hoffman, also a Republican, joined Fligor, Dellossa, and Democrat Robert Sutton in electing Dellosso to the largely ceremonial post. Archibald and Doyle voted no.
Posted: January 2nd, 2015 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Atlantic Highlands, Monmouth County | Tags: "Jake" Hoffman, Atlantic Highlands, Fred Rast, Jack Archibald, Lou Fligor, Lt Gov Kim Guadagno, Peter Doyle, Robert Sutton, Roy Dellosso | 18 Comments »
HAZLET — The sister of a Hazlet mother killed in an apparent murder-suicide has set up an online account to raise money for the woman’s two young children. Lisa Dreissig established the gofundme account on Tuesday to serve as a college fund for her sister Christine Dzienisiewski’s son and daughter. “Our family is filled with grief,… Read the rest of this entry »
UPDATE: AsburyParkSun reports that if the Monmouth County Board of Elections decision to not count the disqualified Vote By Mail ballots is overturned, that a runoff election between Mayor John Moor and Remond Palmer could be triggered.
Asbury Park Mayor-elect John Moor told MMM that he was informed by City Attorney Fredrick Raffetto this afternoon that the City has been served with a lawsuit seeking to overturn the results of both the municipal and Board of Education elections that were held on November 4, 2014. According to Moor’s recalculation, the plaintiffs are Remond Palmer, the “A-Team” candidate for mayor and Arva Council, an “A-Team” candidate for Board of Education.
Moor said that his understanding is that the plaintiffs are seeking to have the results of the election overturned and for the 353 Vote By Mail ballots disqualified by the Monmouth County Board of Election to be counted.
Posted: December 31st, 2014 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Asbury Park, Monmouth County | Tags: A-Team, Amy Quinn, Asbury Park, Asbury Park elections, Asbury Together, Ava Council, Board of Education, Jesse Kendle, Joe Woerner, John Moor, Mayor and Council, Remond Palmer, Vote by mail, Yvonne Clayton | 3 Comments »Winners
Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon led the effort to terminate New Jersey’s Red Light Camera Program.
O’Scanlon and Co. have been relentless in monitoring the Red Light Camera Program and telling the truth about it. They have hired independent experts to investigate complaints and document fraud within the program. They have sorted through data that has regularly been obfuscated by the red light camera companies (and bureaucrats friendly to them) to reflect improved safety conditions at RCL intersections where in fact conditions had often worsened. They have worked hard in getting the word out about the program’s failure and corruption. They have countered expensive advertising campaigns by the red light camera companies and countered expensive lobbyists working the halls of the Statehouse, without the benefit of the profits the red light camera companies stole from the motoring public to fund their efforts.
In thwarting the Red Light Camera Program’s renewal, O’Scanlon has proved himself to be “the real deal”….a leader who fights for the right thing because it is the right thing. He is an example of what a “public servant” should be.
Christine Giordano Hanlon
Dubbed The Architect by Monmouth GOP Chairman Shaun Golden, Hanlon designed Golden’s defeat of John Bennett for leadership of the County Party, avenging her razor thin 3 vote defeat by Bennett in 2012. By building a coalition of previous regional rivals and splitting Bennett’s 2012 coalition, which he failed to nourish, Hanlon demonstrated strategic leadership without seeking the limelight or accolades.
Polar Bear Plunges
Tomorrow begins the first of the NJ Polar Bear Plunges
The Sons of Ireland Polar Bear Plunge is on
Thursday, January 1st at Convention Hall in Asbury Park
HAZLET – Authorities on Monday identified the couple who were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide at their township home. Christine Dzienisiewski, 37, was killed, while it appeared her husband, 37-year-old Richard Dzienisiewski, died from self-inflicted wounds, said Thomas Huth, director of the major crimes bureau at the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. First Assistant Prosecutor Marc…
On a recent weekend I drove to a spot along the beach in Brick Township to see how my tax dollars were doing. About 40 million of them are going to build a steel wall that will protect a four-mile stretch of beach running from Mantoloking southward. Once I parked, I realized there was no way… Read the rest of this entry »
HAZLET – Two people were found dead in a township home Saturday night and one of the deaths has been ruled a homicide, authorities said. Police responded to a Peter Place residence at 7:53 p.m. and found man and woman, both 37, dead, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office spokesman Charles Webster. A medical examiner determined… Read the rest of this entry »
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s announcement this month that he would “actively explore” a U.S. presidential campaign has led to a CNN poll released Sunday showing him as the early front-runner for the Republican Party U.S. presidential nomination in 2016. Bush, favored by 23 percent of respondents, had a 10-percentage-point lead over New Jersey Gov. Chris… Read the rest of this entry »© Copyright 2026 | MoreMonmouthMusings | All Rights Reserved