Jersey Central Power & Light has won approval to build a 16-mile transmission line in Monmouth County, a project state officials say is needed to avoid substantial outages to the utility’s customers in the area. The $64 million project gained unanimous approval yesterday from the New Jersey Board of Utilities, a decision possibly…
Posted: January 27th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: JCP&L, Monmouth County | Tags: Board of Public Utilities, BPU, JCP&L, Monmouth County | 1 Comment »
Col. Joseph R. Fuentes, Superintendent of the New Jersey State Police and Director of Emergency Management has signed a directive prohibiting vehicular traffic on all roads in New Jersey effective at 11 Pm this evening, January 26, 2015. A copy of the directive which includes exemptions from government personnel, public utility vehicles, public and private plow trucks and healthcare workers and patients can be be viewed here .
Governor Chris Christie said via twitter that the ban will be subject to revocation at day break depending on the conditions then.
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Posted: January 26th, 2015 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Chris Christie, Christie Administration, Monmouth County, NJ State Police | Tags: Bizzard of 2015, Chris Christie, Christie Administration, Col. Joseph Fuentes, Emergency Management, NJ State Police, Nor'Beaster, Snowmageddon | 3 Comments »
“I smell smoke and I think my house is on fire.” “Where is the nearest pond to go ice-skating on?” “I think my father is having a heart attack.” “My cable just went out. Do you know when it’ll be back on?” Those are just a few examples of calls that Morris County-area police departments say…
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FREEHOLD, NJ – Meteorologists are predicting hazardous weather overnight in Monmouth County and the Department of Public Works and Engineering is monitoring the situation and prepared to take action.
“The County’s snow room is open and we are monitoring the storm’s progress and we have 135 trucks outfitted with spreading and plowing capabilities,” said Freeholder Thomas A. Arnone, liaison to the County’s Department of Public Works and Engineering. “Our process helps us manage the personnel needed at the County’s ten highway districts and dispatch crews as needed.”
According to the National Weather Service, snow, freezing rain and windy conditions are expected in Monmouth County overnight.
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Posted: January 25th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Monmouth County, Monmouth County Board of Freeholders, Press Release, Serena DiMaso, Tom Arnone | Tags: Emergency Management, EMS, Freeholder Deputy Director Serena DiMaso, Freeholder Tom Arnone, Monmouth County, Press Release, Public works, Snowmageddon | Comments Off on Monmouth County Government Ready For Snowmageddon
Robert Newell, photo via facebook
A federal court officer from Monmouth County committed suicide in a courthouse in New York on Thursday morning, reports said. Robert Newell, 50, shot himself once in the head in a basement locker room at the Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse in Lower Manhattan, the Post and the Daily News reported separately. The shooting took place just… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: January 23rd, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Hazlet, Monmouth County | Tags: Hazlet, NY Federal Courthouse, NYPD, Robert Newell, Suicide, U.S. Marshall's Service | Comments Off on Retired cop from Hazlet commits suicide in NYC courthouse, report says
T. CHARLES ERICKSON From left, Michael Cumpsty, Mary Birdsong, Scott Drummond and Liz Wisan co-star in “Absurd Person Singular.”
You know Christmas Eve isn’t going well when you seem to be spending most of your time in the kitchen. And if that happened three years in a row … well, you’d really be having a streak… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: January 23rd, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Monmouth County, New Jersey, Red Bank, Things to do in Monmouth County | Tags: Abusrd Person Singular, arts, NJArts, Red Bank, Two River Theater | Comments Off on Two River Theater’s ‘Absurd Person Singular’ is both funny and unsettling
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By Greg Kelly
Friday, January 23
- The Glass Menagerie at Algonquin Arts Theatre (Manasquan) – MORE INFO
- SPUR Beer & Wine Tasting Event (Rumson) – MORE INFO
- Meet Author Katie Coyle (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO
- Men’s College Basketball: Monmouth U vs. Niagra (WLB) – MORE INFO
- Till Death Do Us Part by Spotlight Players (Matawan) – MORE INFO
- Swimming at the Ritz at NJ Repertory Theatre (Long Branch) – MORE INFO
- Simulcast Racing at Monmouth Park (Oceanport) – MORE INFO
- New York Sightseeing Cruise via Seastreak Ferry (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO
- Live Harness Racing at Freehold Raceway – MORE INFO
- “Willy Wonka” Musical (Tinton Falls) – MORE INFO
- Yoga for Adults (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
- Member Miniatures: Big Art in Small Packages (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
- Kids Night Out (Fair Haven) – MORE INFO
- Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) at First Ave Playhouse (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO
- Absurd Person Singular at TRT (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
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Posted: January 22nd, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Greg Kelly, Greg's List, Monmouth County, Things to do in Monmouth County | Tags: Greg Kelly, Greg's List, Monmouth County, Things to do in Monmouth County this weekend | Comments Off on Greg’s List: Things to do in Monmouth County this weekend, January 23-25, 2015
Frank LaRocca resigned his post as a Councilman in Marlboro and his chairmanship of the Marlboro Democratic Committee earlier this month in order to become Keyport’s new Municipal Court Judge.
By NJ law, the vacancy is filled by the Party Committee of the departing office holder’s party nominating three candidates to fill the position. The governing body then selects one of the three to fill the vacancy until the next election.
The three candidates selected by the Marlboro Democratic Committee were Republicans until they each changed their affiliation to Democrat yesterday.
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Posted: January 21st, 2015 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Jon Hornik, marriage, Monmouth County | Tags: Carol Mazzola, Councilwoman Randi Marder, Dr. Peter Bufano, Frank LaRocca, Jeff Cantor, Judge Frank LaRocca, Marlboro, Marlboro Township, Mayor Jon Hornik, Michael Scalea, Vincent Rantinella | 5 Comments »
By Art Gallagher
Graphic by Robert Hazelrigg. Click on photo for RobertHazelrigg.com
Prominent New Jersey Republicans seem to finally be moving out of Governor Chris Christie’s shadow.
This afternoon The Star Ledger reported that Monmouth County State Senator Joe Kyrillos was among the 15 or so New Jersey Republicans who met with former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, a top rival of Christie’s for the 2016 GOP Presidential nomination, last week at a dinner hosted by Lawrence E. Bathgate. Bathgate, an Ocean County attorney, is one of the top Republican fundraisers in the nation. Also attending the dinner held at the Union Club in Manhattan was Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean Jr, according to The Record’s Charles Stile, who first reported the event.
Such potential defections from the Christie camp were unthinkable just 15 months ago. Christie’s attempt at ousting Kean as Senate Minority Leader immediately following his 2013 re-election, and the resulting fallout as Kean, Jr’s father, the former Governor, went national in criticizing Christie can explain the younger Kean’s flirtation with the Bush campaign.
But Kyrillos being anything other than solidly in Christie’s corner is big news. Their relationship was personal before it was political. Christie introduced Kyrillos to his wife Susan. He swore Christie into his first elected office, Morris County Freeholder. Kyrillos was the Chairman of the Christie for Governor campaign in 2009.
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Posted: January 21st, 2015 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: 2016 Presidential Politics, Chris Christie, Jeb Bush, Joe Kyrillos, Monmouth County, Tom Kean JR, Tom Kean Sr | Tags: 2016 Presidential politics, Brian Nelson, Chris Christie, Jeb Bush, Joe Kyrillos, Larry Bathgate, Lawrence Bathgate, Tom Kean JR | 23 Comments »
By Art Gallagher
In his OpEd published this morning, former Kean and Whitman Administration spokesman Carl Golden makes the case why it is safe for New Jersey’s Republican legislators to defy Governor Chris Christie and join the Democratic majority in overriding Christie’s of the Port Authority reform legislation.
The two identical bills that Governors Christie and Cuomo vetoed on the Saturday between Christmas and New Years Day had passed overwhelmingly with bi-partisan support in both houses of the New Jersey and New York legislatures. The bills would have required increased transparency and accountability on the part of Port Authority of NY/NJ.
In vetoing the bills, Christie and Cuomo endorsed reforms proposed by a panel they had appointed and urged both legislatures to adopt them instead. But as Golden noted in his OpEd, the vetoes have been widely viewed as maintaining the status quo of disfunctionality, wasteful spending and gubernatorial abuse at Port Authority.
In his five years in office, none of Christie’s vetoes have been overridden, even if the original bills passed the legislature with bi-partisan support and by veto proof majorities. Republican legislators have frequently “flip-flopped” and changed their votes to uphold the Governor’s will. As Golden explains,
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Posted: January 20th, 2015 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Mike Doherty, Monmouth County, NJ GOP, Opinion, Port Authority | Tags: Art Gallagher, Carl Golden, Chris Christie, Port Authority of NY/NJ, Senator Michael Doherty, Senator Mike Doherty, Veto override | 3 Comments »
