Vicari photo on right courtesy of Brick.Shorebeat.com. Arnone photo via facebook
Monmouth County Freeholder Director Tom Arnone and Ocean County Freeholder Director Joe Vicari, New Jersey’s top Italian American Freeholder Directors are supporting Jersey Shore businesses by promoting the extension of the summer season through September. Why not push it two more weeks until Columbus Day?!
Two adults, an 86 year old female and a 51 year old male, were found dead in a Central Ave, Lakewood, home by Township Police Officers performing a wellness check, according to an announcement by Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer.
Colleges and career institutes in New Jersey’s 4th Congressional District will receive $24 million in emergency COVID-19 funding from the CARES Act, the $2 trillion stimulus bill to help communities devastated by the coronavirus pandemic signed by President Trump on March 27, according to an announcement from Congressman Chris Smith.
Green Leaf Pet Resort is offering free dog daycare to all hospital employees who live in Monmouth and Ocean Counties throughout the month of April at both its Ocean Township and Millstone locations.
This is a wonderful benefit for the brave women and men who are putting themselves at risk as the COVID-19 pandemic is reaching its peak in New Jersey.
Facebook has shut down the controversial page Rise Up Ocean County, one the the page administrators confirmed.
The page which has a history of opposing development in Ocean County and of ridiculing the Orthodox Jewish community has been condemned as anti-Semitic by the Ocean County Board of Freeholders, Governor Phil Murphy Attorney General Gurbir Grewal and U.S. Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Elan S. Carr.
Former Ocean County Republican Chairman George Gilmore was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison and three years supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Ann Thompson in Trenton federal court, according to independent journalist Gavin Rozzi who was present at the sentencing hearing.
The New Jersey State Police posted an appeal for public help in locating Marvin Sanders, 37, of Shrewsbury Township. Sanders, who is known to hang out on Toms River and Manchester, is wanted for failure to register as a sex offender.
Sanders is a black male, 5’11”, and 195 pounds. He may also go by the name of Marven or Maurice.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Hamilton Criminal Investigation Office at 609-584-5000 ext. 5288. The State Police post on facebook had a typo in the phone number and in Sanders’ name.
Frank Holman defeated Frank Sadegi 254 -229 in a special election for Ocean County Republican Chairman, according to sources at the convention in Toms River.
Holman replaces George Gilmore who resigned one week after being convicted by a federal jury for failing to pay his employees payroll taxes and lying on a loan application.
The new chairman was supported the County’s legislative delegation and freeholders. Sadeghi was supported by Gilmore.
Former Monmouth County GOP Executive Director Tom Szymanski managed Holman’s campaign. Szymanski had a very good week. He managed Rob Acerra’s winning campaign in Ocean Township too.
George Gilmore, the Toms River attorney who was found guilty last month of twice failing to pay his employees’ payroll taxes to the IRS after withholding the money from their paychecks and also of lying on an application for a $1 million plus loan, is continuing to strong arm and threaten Ocean County Republicans, according to several GOP loyalist who witnessed Gilmore’s behavior at the Ocean County Federation of Republican Women’s Annual Gala last Thursday night.
Gilmore’s criminal defense attorney, Kevin Marino, said his client had no intention of resigning as Ocean Republican Chairman, when the federal jury returned their verdict in Trenton on April 17. On April 24, Gilmore finally submitted his resignation. He continues to control the Chairman’s PAC, and is raising money for the PAC through direct solicitations and through the Ocean GOP Gala which is being held on Thursday evening at the Eagle Ridge Golf Club in Lakewood. Read the rest of this entry »
