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A New Jersey man who developed lung disease after working around Ground Zero following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has been awarded $369,000, according to a report. James Delman, now 63, of Toms River, received the payment from the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund last month, NJLawJournal.com said. A locksmith and carpenter for the Metropolitan Transportation…
A lifelong resident of Toms River, Joell Lanfrank passed away on Sunday after being pulled from the Atlantic Ocean in Seaside Park.
SEASIDE PARK — A 44-year-old woman died Sunday after she was pulled from the ocean off Seaside Park, officials said. The woman was brought in by lifeguards around 2 p.m., according to Ocean County Sheriff Michael Mastronardy. He said additional information on the incident would have to come from Seaside Park police Chief Francis Larkin, who…
A disgraced former U.S. congressman whose criminal case played a pivotal role in last year’s presidential election was sentenced to 21 months in prison Monday for sending a sexually suggestive picture to an underage girl. Anthony Weiner, who once represented a New York district in Congress, wept as U.S. District Judge Denise Cote handed down the…
Jim Heaney, a U.S. Marine who served in Beirut is gaining notoriety today after joining in on the #NFLBurnNotice campaign calling on former NFL fans to burn their gear.
Heaney served in the Marines during 1980 and 1984 along with his wife who served as a Marine during Desert Storm.
He has been a lifelong Steelers fan, that is until the team refused to come out onto the field to stand for the national anthem.
Some of the items, he admits were gifts from his children, even including his favorite hat.
“Here’s a hat my daughter got me last Christmas,” he said. “I’m really sad about that, but I’m not watching again.”
“You know how many veterans watch you play and enjoy watching you play? And you throw that away,” he said. Heaney said the American flag represents that battle flag that freed slavery and said, “You don’t even care about that.”
Heaney called fellow veteran Alejandro Villanueva, the only member of the Steelers to stand for the national anthem, his brother.
Initial reports were that the entire Pittsburgh Steelers football team would forego the pregame national anthem for their game in Chicago after comments from President Donald Trump set a firestorm across the NFL. Well, that turned out to not be entirely true, as one member of the Steelers did come out of the locker room for…
TOMS RIVER — Police in Toms River have arrested a 22-year-old man they say stole from a donation box at a church in town earlier this month. Vincent Passalacqua was arrested Wednesday and charged with burglary and theft for allegedly swiping money from Christ Episcopal Church on Sept. 4. The theft was captured on surveillance cameras…
MANCHESTER — A 63-year-old man and his adult son were caught Thursday growing 29 marijuana plants in their Manchester backyard, authorities said. After getting a tip, cops obtained a search warrant and found the plants during an early-morning raid of the home on Weldon Road in the Holly Oaks section of town, Manchester police said Friday…
Just as Hurricane Harvey wrapped up its devastation of Houston, Irma got into line behind it and quickly built into the strongest Atlantic hurricane in recorded history. Now, the Category 5 storm Maria leaves behind widespread destruction on the Caribbean island of Dominica, and it’s now taking aim at Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.…
SHRESBURY-Governor Chris Christie was heckled by protesters and lashed out at fellow Republicans at the grand opening of a drug treatment facility here.
Christie said the drug problem that plagues Ocean and Monmouth Counties is being ignored by local Republican leaders.
The incident was reported by the Star Ledger.
“The stigma is still there,” said Christie, whose in the final months of his second and last term in office. “Republicans, in particular, get caught in that vise between wanting to look tough on crime, but if I say this stuff, will that diminish my tough on crime image?”
“You still have politicians in New Jersey, particularly on the local level, that are shutting out treatment (centers) because they don’t think they have a problem in their town,” Christie said.
