Josh Welle using free Wifi at Panera Bread in Ocean Township last month
In a podcast published last week, former congressional candidate Josh Welle said that if he runs for election again it will likely be for a national office and that it would likely be in 4-6 years.
Last December after he became the 20th Democrat to lose to Congressman Chris Smith, Welle told NJGlobe that he was considering a run for State Assembly in the 13th district to replace retiring Assemblywoman Amy Handlin.
Monmouth County Freeholder Gerry Scharfenberger received the GOP endorsement for Handlin’s seat at a convention in Freehold yesterday. Democrats are set to endorse their candidates next Saturday. Welle’s name is not in the mix for Assembly, according to a Democrat who doesn’t want to be known for talking to MMM. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: March 10th, 2019 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: 2019 elections, Monmouth County, Monmouth County News, New Jersey | Tags: Assemblywoman Amy Handlin, Beyond the Uniform, Congressman Chris Smith, Gerry Scharfenberger, Josh Welle, Justin Nassiri, NJ 4, NJ CD 4, Rumson | 5 Comments »
Agent disputes Welle campaign’s excuse
Welle the Weasel attacks MMM owner Art Gallagher
Josh Welle declined to answer MMM’s questions about his company, Severn Pacific Inc, when we got him on the phone this morning and again when we met him in Red Bank this afternoon. However, his company issued a statement to NewJerseyGlobe which blamed the company’s external business agent, Harvard Business Services of Lewes, Delaware, for failing to dissolve the company during the summer of 2017.
Per NewJerseyGlobe:
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Posted: October 4th, 2018 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: 2018 Elections, Monmouth County News | Tags: CD-4, Congressman Chris Smith, Delaware, Harvard Business Services, Josh Welle, Josh Welle's delinquent taxes, New Jersey, NJ 4, NJ CD 4, Severn Pacific Inc | 9 Comments »
Congressman Chris Smith, GE Solar Executive CEO Erik Schiemann, Plant Manager Cyndi Bray-McDaniel and Ingersoll-Rand Chairman-CEO Michael Lamach
Congressman Chris Smith was in Hamilton on Tuesday to celebrate the installation of a new 1.9 million, 5000 panel, solar power array at Ingersoll-Rand’s Trane Residential HVAC manufacturing facility.
The plant, which has been operational since the 1940’s ,employs almost 1200 people in two shifts. The new solar array will provide 15% of the facility’s electricity and is part of the company’s commitment to reduce their global greenhouse gas emissions by 35% by 2020.
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Posted: August 16th, 2018 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: 2018 Elections, Chris Smith, Monmouth County News, New Jersey | Tags: 2018 elections, CD-4, Congressman Chris Smith, GE Solar, Hamilton, Ingersoll-Rand, Mercer County News, Monmouth County News, NJ 4, NJ CD 4, Ocean County News, Trane, Trenton | 2 Comments »
Josh Welle, a candidate for the Democrat nomination for congress in the 4th congressional district, and his wife Angela, went live on facebook on Wednesday night in a bizarre fundraising appeal while they were regrouting their shower. Here’s the first two minutes of their shower scene:
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Posted: May 24th, 2018 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: 2018 Elections, Chris Smith, Monmouth County News, New Jersey | Tags: 2018 elections, Angela Welle, CD-4, Congressman Chris Smith, Giuseppe "Joe" Grillo, Jim Keady, Josh Welle, NJ 4, NJ CD 4 | 3 Comments »
Congressman Chris Smith
Two River Theater Company in Red Bank and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts will each received competitive federal grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Congressman Chris Smith announced.
“These two organizations are making significant contributions to our communities through promoting access to and participation in the arts and reaching out to young people,” Rep. Smith stated.“They are leaders in helping promote a public good. The Two River Theater has been a long-standing treasure in Monmouth County, fostering an appreciation for the arts for generations of participants and theater-goers.”
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Posted: May 10th, 2018 | Author: admin | Filed under: Art, Chris Smith, Monmouth County News | Tags: Congressman Chris Smith, Monmouth County News, National Endowment for the Arts, New Jersey, New Jersey State Council on the Arts, NJ CD 4, Red Bank, Two River Theater | 1 Comment »
Four Monmouth County high school students enrolled in Communications High School in Wall Township were named the winners of the Congressional App Challenge from New Jersey’s 4th District, Congressman Chris Smith announced on Wednesday.
“The App Challenge encourages school students to become active in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields, computer science and programming by creating and exhibiting their software applications,” said Smith. “This challenge is an important step to inspire creativity, career skills and teamwork, which can help participating students to be poised for high-tech jobs of the future.”
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Posted: November 30th, 2016 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Chris Smith, Congress, Education, Monmouth County News | Tags: Armando LMastra, Communications High School, Congressional App Challenge, Congressman Chris Smith, Connor Bruneau, Education, Kevin Dixson, Monmouth County News, NJ CD 4, STEM, Steven Topper | Comments Off on Congressman Smith Announces Congressional App Challenge Winners
