TRENTON, N.J. – In his “tell-it-like-it-is” tour of New Hampshire this week, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said the country needs a president who isn’t afraid to be honest about the tough fiscal choices needed to overhaul entitlement programs and keep deficits from ravaging the Treasury. He pointed… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: April 17th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: 2016 Presidential Politics, Chris Christie, New Jersey, New Jersey State Budget | Tags: 2016 Presidential politics, Budget gimmicks, Chris Christie, Christie's legacy | Comments Off on Behind Christie’s Budget Claims, a More Controversial Legacy
New Jersey shed 6,400 jobs in March, according to new federal data, with the biggest losses posted in trade, transportation and utilities and professional and business services. The state’s unemployment rate ticked up last month as well, increasing to 6.5 percent, the preliminary data released by the state labor department on Thursday shows. That’s up from… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: April 16th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Economy, New Jersey | Tags: Job losses, NJ Economy, Unemployment | Comments Off on Thousands of jobs lost in N.J. in March, including losses in the trades
By Greg Kelly
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Friday, April 17
- Jersey Shore Restaurant Week (Monmouth County restaurants) – MORE INFO
- Brighton Beach Memoirs by Center Players (Freehold) – MORE INFO
- South Pacific at Algonquin Arts Theatre (Manasquan) – MORE INFO
- Important Papers: Save or Shred (Long Branch) – MORE INFO
- Nice Work If You Can Get It at Jersey Shore Arts Center (Ocean Grove) – MORE INFO
- Interdisciplinary Conference on Race at Monmouth U (WLB) – MORE INFO
- Atlantic Cinemas Movie Night (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO
- Dentistry From the Heart (Belmar) – MORE INFO
- Beyond the Veil Seance (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
- Defensive Driving Class (Neptune) – MORE INFO
- Cancer Survivorship Program (Hazlet) – MORE INFO
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Posted: April 15th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Greg Kelly, Greg's List, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Things to do in Monmouth County | Tags: Greg Kelly, Greg's List, Things to do in Monmouth County this weekend | Comments Off on Greg’s List: Things to do in Monmouth County this weekend, April 17-19, 2015
As home to one of the handful of international airports through which travelers from Ebola-stricken countries must enter the United States, New Jersey has screened more than a thousand passengers and monitored the health of more than 600 people in their homes. In documents submitted to the Office of Legislative Services, the N.J. Department of Health… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: April 14th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Ebola, FMERA, Fort Monmouth, Monmouth County, New Jersey | Tags: Ebola, Ebola Quarantine, Fort Monmouth, Heath Commissioner Mary O'Dowd, Senator Jennifer Beck | 2 Comments »
MONTGOMERY — The four sons of John and Joyce Sheridan are offering a $250,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of a suspect in their parents’ deaths. That’s despite the fact that authorities have already finished a six-month investigation into the Sept. 28 deaths of Cooper Hospital CEO and John Sheridan, 72,… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: April 14th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: New Jersey | Tags: Acting Attorney General John Hoffman, Geoffrey Soriano, John Sheridan, Joyce Sheridan, Mark Sheridan, NJ Attorney General, Somerset County Prosecutor | Comments Off on Sheridans offer $250K reward in parents’ death, would oppose Christie nominee for prosecutor
MONTGOMERY — The sons of John and Joyce Sheridan Monday released dozens of pages of documents — DNA analyses, autopsies, lab reports on evidence and other files — they say cast doubt on prosecutors’ conclusion their parents died in a murder-suicide. The Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office has said John Sheridan stabbed his wife to death early… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: April 13th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: New Jersey, News | Tags: Geoffrey Soriano, John Sheridan, Joyce Sheridan, Mark Sheridan, Somerset County Prosecutor | Comments Off on Sons release trove of evidence in Sheridan deaths, say prosecutor mislead them and the public
New Jersey First Lady Mary Pat Christie announced today that 18 organizations designated as New Jersey Heroes have been awarded a total of $120,000 in grants to enhance their missions with new programs and services.
A non-partisan, non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization founded by Mrs. Christie in 2010, NJ Heroes’ mission is to recognize, celebrate, and promote the Heroes of New Jersey who inspire fellow New Jerseyans to give back to their community. Since its inception, the organization has awarded approximately $320,000 in grants to 24 New Jersey non-profits.
“I am proud our New Jersey Heroes Foundation was able to expand its grant program for 2015 to help these remarkable organizations continue to do good work in their respective communities throughout the Garden State,” said Mrs. Christie. “Our New Jersey Heroes recipients represent such a broad coalition of causes that touch many people in so many ways. With these grants, we’re providing these groups with an opportunity to make an even greater difference by giving them the ability to improve and expand their programs to further reach community members in need.”
Of the 18 groups honored today, 3 are from Monmouth County:
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Posted: April 13th, 2015 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Monmouth County, Monmouth County News, New Jersey | Tags: Abby Daly, Breast Intentions, Bridge of Books Foundation, Erika Rech, Manasquan, Michael Ricci, Middletown, Mike Ruane, New Jersey First Lady Mary Pat Christie, New Jersey Heroes, NJ Heroes, Operation Beachhead, Rumson | 1 Comment »
By Greg Kelly
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Friday, April 10
- Asbury Park Music in Film Festival – MORE INFO
- South Pacific at Algonquin Arts Theatre (Manasquan) – MORE INFO
- “Huge Flea Market” at Brookside School (Sea Girt) – MORE INFO
- Atlantic Cinemas Movie Night (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO
- Jay Leno at Count Basie Theatre (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
- How to Sell Your Home in Today’s Market (Shrewsbury) – MORE INFO
- Minority Male Initiative at BCC (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
- Rent at Brookdale PAC (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
- Proof by Holmdel Theater Company (Holmdel) – MORE INFO
- Peter Pan’s Death at Grange Playhouse (Howell) – MORE INFO
- April Fools Follies at First Avenue Playhouse (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO
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Posted: April 8th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Greg Kelly, Greg's List, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Things to do in Monmouth County, Things to do on the Jersey Shore | 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, April 10-12, 2015
TRENTON — A Middletown doctor who got busted for driving drunk three times last year agreed to accept a temporary suspension of his medical license. But that didn’t stop him from writing prescriptions, authorities say. The suspended doctor, Kenneth Lewandowski, duped a printing company that produces prescription pads by calling in two big orders last fall… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: April 8th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Monmouth County, New Jersey | Tags: Acting Attorney General John Hoffman, Kenneth Lewandowski, Middletown, Nelson Press, Rumson, Scott Thompsen | Comments Off on N.J. printing company duped in drug ring banned from producing prescription pads
Alain Chahine lost his job two years ago. Since then, he said, he has completed more than 600 applications and sent 200 messages to his network looking for leads. Those efforts produced 18 interviews in 2013, 35 more in 2014 and 12 so far this year, Chahine said. But the number of full-time job offers to… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: April 6th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Economy, New Jersey | Tags: Economy, Long term unemployment, New Jersey, NJ Economy, Unemployment | Comments Off on Forever unemployed: Why N.J.’s long-term jobless rate remains among highest in U.S.
TRENTON, N.J. – In his “tell-it-like-it-is” tour of New Hampshire this week, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said the country needs a president who isn’t afraid to be honest about the tough fiscal choices needed to overhaul entitlement programs and keep deficits from ravaging the Treasury. He pointed… Read the rest of this entry »
New Jersey shed 6,400 jobs in March, according to new federal data, with the biggest losses posted in trade, transportation and utilities and professional and business services. The state’s unemployment rate ticked up last month as well, increasing to 6.5 percent, the preliminary data released by the state labor department on Thursday shows. That’s up from… Read the rest of this entry »
As home to one of the handful of international airports through which travelers from Ebola-stricken countries must enter the United States, New Jersey has screened more than a thousand passengers and monitored the health of more than 600 people in their homes. In documents submitted to the Office of Legislative Services, the N.J. Department of Health… Read the rest of this entry »
MONTGOMERY — The four sons of John and Joyce Sheridan are offering a $250,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of a suspect in their parents’ deaths. That’s despite the fact that authorities have already finished a six-month investigation into the Sept. 28 deaths of Cooper Hospital CEO and John Sheridan, 72,… Read the rest of this entry »
MONTGOMERY — The sons of John and Joyce Sheridan Monday released dozens of pages of documents — DNA analyses, autopsies, lab reports on evidence and other files — they say cast doubt on prosecutors’ conclusion their parents died in a murder-suicide. The Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office has said John Sheridan stabbed his wife to death early… Read the rest of this entry »
New Jersey First Lady Mary Pat Christie announced today that 18 organizations designated as New Jersey Heroes have been awarded a total of $120,000 in grants to enhance their missions with new programs and services.
Alain Chahine lost his job two years ago. Since then, he said, he has completed more than 600 applications and sent 200 messages to his network looking for leads. Those efforts produced 18 interviews in 2013, 35 more in 2014 and 12 so far this year, Chahine said. But the number of full-time job offers to… Read the rest of this entry »