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STONE HARBOR – Big waves and rip currents at the Jersey Shore from recent storms in the Atlantic Ocean were no match for a pod of dolphins earlier this week. The dolphins dazzled onlookers at the 102nd Street beach in Stone Harbor on Tuesday afternoon as they leaped and played in the swells. Cape May County…
LAKEWOOD–Earlier this month, the office of the New Jersey comptroller announced a new program to address the problem of Medicaid fraud in Ocean County. The pilot program gives Ocean County residents 90 days to come forward if they have either purposely or inadvertently received unwarranted Medicaid benefits. These residents will be able to avoid criminal prosecution…
TRENTON — Amid whistles, cowbells and shouts from opponents, the proposal of a controversial cross-state pipeline cleared its last major hurdle Thursday as it received the blessing of New Jersey’s Pinelands Commission. The Southern Reliability Link, a 28-mile long, $180 million natural gas pipeline proposed by New Jersey Natural Gas, was approved by the Pinelands Commission…
MANCHESTER — An 85-year-old township man stabbed his son in the stomach with a large knife following a verbal argument between the two, police said. Victor Brescia was arrested without incident and charged with aggravated assault with a weapon and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose following the Wednesday morning incident at a home…
JACKSON — The Orthodox Jewish community in Jackson won’t be allowed to construct an eruv after the township council voted Wednesday to change a local ordinance, according to a report on APP.com. Without an eruv, a symbolic boundary often comprised of PVC pipe and wire placed on utility poles, Orthodox Jews are not permitted to carry…
LAKEWOOD — A 30-year-old township man was arrested Thursday after he struck a police officer with his car, police said. Rashad Anderson, who was arrested in neighboring Jackson Township, was charged with aggravated assault of a police officer and eluding, Lakewood police Detective Lt. Gregory Staffordsmith said. Ttwo officers were investigating suspected drug activity involving a…
NEW BRUNSWICK — A 20-year-old man has been charged with stabbing another Rutgers student following an altercation outside an off-campus fraternity party early Sunday, according to a report. Robert Mannifield, of North Brunswick, attacked the other student with a box cutter type object on Delafield Street between between Courtland and Bristol streets around 12:45 a.m., authorities…
BRICK TOWNSHIP — Ten students — some of them athletes on other district sports teams — were suspended for their part in a brawl during last Saturday’s football game between crosstown rivals Brick Memorial and Brick Township. A school-district spokesperson confirmed the suspensions to NJ.com. The length of the suspensions will be determined by their respective…
JACKSON-Jackson Township Council President Ken Bressi who has a reputation of being boisterous and sometimes violent during his many tenures in public office lashed out Tuesday night at an Orthodox Jewish man who challenged the Vietnam veteran on an ordinance that blocked the construction of an eruv.
Each meeting, Bressi starts his council meetings by thanking the veterans for preserving the freedoms we hold so dearly in America, freedom of speech and freedom of religion, among others.
One Orthodox man who questioned Bressi’s allegiance to those freedoms after Bressi’s council voted unanimously to shut down a proposal by the local Orthodox community to build a public eruv in the town, got a front row seat to the councilman’s latest outburst.
“All that we are asking was that the language including the opportunity to request permission to request a variance,” the man said. He went on to question the council about their commitment to freedom, saying their decision to infringe upon the religious freedom of the Orthodox community was kin to “pissing on the graves” of American veterans.
Bressi erupted in a violent tirade against the man, at one point telling him to leave the meeting and to “get the hell out of here”, if he doesn’t “salute the flag”.
“You don’t have to be here!” Bressi screamed at the top of his lungs.
Bressi cut the man’s right to speak before the public in the meeting, ordering him to sit down.
The man later apologized for his comment and Bressi acknowledged he could have toned down his response.
*Correction: Councilman Bressi said “Salute the flag”, which from audio and the loud volume in the audio system sounded like “approve the plan”. Additionally, the commenter never said whether or not he wanted to salute a flag.
The creation and beginning of a girls system for the U.S. Soccer Development Academy this fall forced a lot of girls to chose between high school soccer and Academy, but for some the option was left open to get the best of both this school year. None of the girls who took that route will play…
