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Belmar wants its last 2 families displaced by Sandy ‘Home by Summer’

Belamar home by summerBELMAR – For more than two years, after Hurricane Sandy destroyed her family’s 14th Avenue home, Teresa Keefe, her three children and her mother have been living in a Lakewood apartment with relatives. Keefe shares a room with her 14-year-old daughter, Shayla, while her mother, Isabelle, and 9-year-old daughter, Alyssa, sleep in a dining room and… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: February 6th, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Belmar, Hurricane Sandy, Matt Doherty, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Superstorm Sandy | Tags: , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

N.J. pension fund earned 7.3 percent in 2014, but it remains in a big hole

assetContent (38)TRENTON — New Jersey’s pension fund earned 7.3 percent on its investments last year, which state officials said beat market expectations. But those gains didn’t live up to the 7.9 percent annual rate experts say is needed to keep troubled pension fund from adding to its liabilities. The investments returned 7.27 percent, but were hurt largely… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: February 1st, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: New Jersey, New Jersey State Budget, News | Tags: , , | Comments Off on N.J. pension fund earned 7.3 percent in 2014, but it remains in a big hole

Demolition of Sandy-ravaged Sea Bright apartments clearing way for state land deal

assetContentSEA BRIGHT —One of the most visible reminders of Hurricane Sandy’s destruction in Sea Bright is about to be a footnote in history. Demolition of the Anchorage Apartments, a riverside condominium complex that sat empty behind a chain link fence for two years, began Saturday morning to make way for a park. The site has been… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: January 31st, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Monmouth County, New Jersey, Sea Bright | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Demolition of Sandy-ravaged Sea Bright apartments clearing way for state land deal

Christie’s Atlantic City emergency action bad for N.J.’s other troubled cities, Moody’s says

assetContentTRENTON — A Wall Street ratings agency said today that Gov. Chris Christie’s installation of a financial management team to guide Atlantic City out of financial peril may hurt not only Atlantic City’s credit worthiness but all of the state’s financially strapped cities. The appointment of fixers indicates the state may be less willing to bail… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: January 28th, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Atlantic City, Moodys, New Jersey | Tags: , , , | 1 Comment »

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Posted: January 26th, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: New Jersey | Tags: | 2 Comments »

Two River Theater’s ‘Absurd Person Singular’ is both funny and unsettling

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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: | Filed under: Monmouth County, New Jersey, Red Bank, Things to do in Monmouth County | Tags: , , , , | Comments Off on Two River Theater’s ‘Absurd Person Singular’ is both funny and unsettling

‘Blind Faith’ killer Marshall up for parole, report says

assetContent (33)TRENTON — The Toms River man who has been in prison for decades since the notorious murder of his socialite wife will soon get a chance at parole, The Asbury Park Press reported Thursday. A panel last week approved a hearing before the full parole board for Robert Marshall, 75, who was convicted in 1986 in… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: January 23rd, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Crime, Crime and Punishment, New Jersey | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on ‘Blind Faith’ killer Marshall up for parole, report says

Paint cans replace spray tans as new Jersey Shore reality show focuses on Sandy recovery

assetContent (29)A new reality television show plans to film on the Jersey Shore this spring but expect less “gym, tan, laundry” and more hammers, paint and sawdust. The series is a part of a project launched by Humanity TV’s TravelTelevision to focus attention on the ongoing Hurricane Sandy rebuilding effort in New Jersey and drive people to… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: January 20th, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Hurricane Sandy, New Jersey, Superstorm Sandy | Tags: , , , , , | Comments Off on Paint cans replace spray tans as new Jersey Shore reality show focuses on Sandy recovery

Ebola scare on Newark flight as CDC holds passengers on plane

assetContent (28)NEWARK — Officials from the Centers for Disease Control today were sent to check for signs of Ebola in a woman who vomited on a flight to Newark Liberty International Airport after she had been in Sierra Leone, officials said. The woman, a health care worker returning from the West African nation still battling an Ebola… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: January 20th, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Ebola, New Jersey, Newark | Tags: , , , | Comments Off on Ebola scare on Newark flight as CDC holds passengers on plane

Opinion: GOP Legislators May Finally Be Ready to Buck Christie, Override Veto

repost-us-image-13906378By Carl Golden

Rarely has a possible legislative override of a gubernatorial veto been as fraught with political implications as that involving Gov. Christie’s rejection of legislation to revise and reform the operations of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Entering his sixth year in office, Christie has run the table in having his…

Posted: January 20th, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: 2016 Presidential Politics, Chris Christie, New Jersey, NJ GOP, NJ Senate Republicans, NJ State Legislature, Opinion | Tags: , , , , | 5 Comments »