By Greg Kelly
Friday, December 22
Congressman Chris Smith
Congressman Chris Smith issued the following statement explaining his vote against the Tax Reform Legislation which passed the House of Represented and U.S. Senate on Tuesday: Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: December 20th, 2017 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Chris Smith, Monmouth County News, New Jersey | Tags: Congressman Chris Smith, Monmouth County News, New Jersey, Tax reform | 6 Comments »
JTA – The imam of a New Jersey mosque will be sent for “retraining” after delivering anti-Semitic sermons. Sheikh Aymen Elkasaby, imam of the Islamic Center of Jersey City, in a sermon earlier this month, called Jews “apes and pigs,” and urged his followers to: “Count them one by one, and kill them down to the… Read the rest of this entry »
By Greg Kelly
Courtesy of Teddy Bears by the Shore
Friday, December 15
Dozens of people–many from Mexico and Central America–were arrested in New Jersey by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement last week, in a five-day operation that officials on Tuesday said was targeted at “criminal aliens” and those charged with immigration violations. ICE said most of those arrested, who ranged in age 20 to 71 years old, had… Read the rest of this entry »
That really short honeymoon is over. Gov. Chris Christie and Gov.-elect Phil Murphy are at odds over the incoming governor’s request that Christie refrain from spending extra money or doing anything to worsen the state’s finances during his final month in office. Murphy’s 14-item request came in the form of a letter sent to Christie’s office… Read the rest of this entry »
By Greg Kelly
It’s that time of the year when those more fortunate give to those less fortunate. And now more than ever it appears the generosity is needed.
A recent Chronicle of Philanthropy report, How America Gives (which regularly reviews the nation’s charitable ways), shows that only 24% of Americans are now making charitable donations (it was 31% a decade ago).
“Demographic and cultural shifts may also be contributing to the decline,” according to the report. “Millennials have overtaken boomers as the country’s largest generation, and studies widely indicate that they aren’t embracing traditional ideas of giving.” Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: December 11th, 2017 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Greg Kelly, Monmouth County News | Tags: Charity, Greg Kelly, Holiday Giving, Monmouth County News, New Jersey, Season of Charity | Comments Off on The Season for Some Charity
John P. Curley went to federal court to get his ban from the Hall of Records lifted. Then he didn’t show up to fight his censure.
Freeholder John P. Curley did not show up to fight his censure at the Special Meeting of the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders on Friday afternoon in Judge Patricia D. Clearly’s courtroom in the Hall of Records. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: December 9th, 2017 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Monmouth County Board of Freeholders, Monmouth County News, New Jersey | Tags: Angelo Genova, Censure, Coward of the County, Freeholder John Curley, Freeholder John P. Curley, John Curley, John Curley Censured, Jonathan Testa, Judge Mary Catherine Cuff, Maureen Holahan-Saling, Michael Fitzgerald, Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders, Monmouth County News, New Jersey, Serena DiMaso, sexual harassment | 33 Comments »
New national data show that homelessness in New Jersey fell by 50.7 percent during the past decade, the biggest decline in any state during that period. The figures came in an annual report released by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. But Renee Koubiadis, executive director of the Anti-Poverty Network of… Read the rest of this entry »
A storm system is now expected to move closer to the Atlantic coast than was initially anticipated, upping the probability that most areas of New Jersey will see their first snow accumulations of the season this weekend. In a revised forecast issued Thursday afternoon, the National Weather Service forecast office in Mount Holly now calls for… Read the rest of this entry »
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