Gauntlet Laid by Restaurant Owners, Will Murphy Announce Reopening of Indoor Dining Monday?

TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy claims his reopening of the state is based on science, but that science now differs from the science being used by 49 other governors…

NJ Only State With Total Indoor Dining Ban; Now Restaurant Owners Plan to Fight Back

TOMS RIVER, NJ – When Americans wake up on Monday morning, they will be free to go out to breakfast anywhere they choose. It is a freedom that has enjoyed by Americans…

Bronx Man Caught Using Ocean County Homes to Receive Fraudulent Online Orders

LACEY TOWNHIP, NJ – On Tuesday, August 23, 2020, at 10:36 a.m., Lacey and Berkeley detectives arrested a Bronx, New York resident during a fraud investigation. Prior to the arrest, detectives were…

Murphy Caught Dining at his Favorite Local Restaurant Serving Patrons Indoors

MIDDLETOWN, NJ – After reports Sunday that Nicholas Barrel & Roost, one of Governor Phil Murphy’s favorite local restaurants, was serving patrons inside in an enclosed bar area, the governor himself was…

State Police Superintendent Says Lakeside Diner Getting Hate Mail

LACEY TOWNSHIP, NJ – The owners of the Lakeside Diner in Forked River have been getting hate mail, according to New Jersey State Police Superintendent Patrick Callahan. Callahan reminded residents that it’s…

Is Governor Phil Murphy Moving to Arrest Ocean County Restaurant Owner for Serving Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner?

LACEY TOWNSHIP, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s war against defiant business owners has escalated once again. This time, Murphy’s administration has issued a contempt of court charge against Lakeside Diner…

Restaurant Favorited by Phil Murphy Accused of Allowing Indoor Dining in Viral Video

MIDDLETOWN, NJ – A restaurant liked by New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Nicholas Barrel and Roost, formerly Restaurant Nicholas in Middletown is under fire today after a video was released showing diners…

Murphy Administration Slams Sheriff During Weekly County Call Over Indoor Dining Stance

TOMS RIVER, NJ – In their weekly county call, the Phil Murphy administration railed Ocean County Sheriff Michael Mastronardy after he reversed course on the administration’s effort to shut down the Lakeside…

Mayor Denies State Request to Use DPW Workers to Board Up Lakeside Diner

LACEY TOWNSHIP, NJ – When the state asked Ocean County Republican Sheriff Michael Mastronardy to change the locks this past weekend at the defiant Lakeside Diner in Lacey Township, Sheriff Michael Mastronardy…

Defiant Gym, Diner Dangerous to Phil Murphy’s Daily COVID-19 Narrative

FORKED RIVER, NJ – Nobody in the world denies the existence of COVID-19. Many of us have had friends and family members contract the virus, some bad, some good. In March and…

Ocean County Sheriff Expresses Regrets After Changing Locks at Defiant Diner for Phil Murphy

FORKED RIVER, NJ – After showing up with a locksmith at the Forked River Lakeside Diner, which has been serving indoor meals to patrons since June and defying “Murphy’s Law”, Ocean County…

Opinion: Sheriff Mastronardy Missed His Time to Shine When He Helped Phil Murphy Shut Down Diner in Ocean County

There are times in the career of an elected official when you are given an opportunity to show the people of your community exactly where you stand. There are some great sheriffs…

Ocean County Sheriff’s Department Operation Shuts Down Restaurant For Serving Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

FORKED RIVER, NJ – “They just shut our doors, locked us out and that’s it.” That’s how a small business owner in Forked River described a law enforcement task force that showed…

Jackson Township Town Attorney Charged with Corruption Also Faces IRS Tax Leins

JACKSON TOWNSHIP-Gregory P. McGuckin, Esq of the lawfirm Dasti, Murphy, McGuckin, Ulaky, Koutsouris and Connors as the township general legal counsel has a checkered past, and now, the township attorney is being…

Good News for New Jersey Politicians Who Took PPE Loans Away from Small Businesses…Round 2 Is Coming

LACEY TOWNSHIP, NJ – According to Politico, dozens of powerful political firms in New Jersey took full advantage of Paycheck Protection loans from the federal government during the COVID-19 pandemic. Those wealthy,…

Naked Man Arrested After Police Standoff, Neighbors Told to Shelter in Place

LACEY TOWNSHIP, NJ – A naked man barricaded himself in his Beach Boulevard home on Friday as police officers from Lacey and the Ocean County S.W.A.T. team blocked off traffic and warned…

Murphy Targets Restaurants Skirting the Indoor Dining Ban

LACEY TOWNSHIP, NJ – Governor Phil Murphy today criticized restaurant owners who are trying to skirt his ban on indoor dining by opening front doors and windows, saying those restaurants are in…

McGuckin Law Firm Earned Nearly $2,000,000 in Public Contracts in 2019 According to New Report

TOMS RIVER, NJ – The politically connected law firm of Dasti, Murphy, McGuckin, P.C. earned $1,808,191.35 in public contracts in Ocean County in 2019 and that was before the firm picked up…

McGuckin Backed School Board Team Falls Apart in Final Hour as 10 File in Toms River

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Insiders in Ocean County said a school board slate that was to be supported by New Jersey Assemblyman Gregory P. McGuckin and Toms River Mayor Mo Hill to…

Captain’s Inn Restaurant Closed After Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19

LACEY TOWNSHIP, NJ – The Captain’s Inn restaurant has closed after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. This comes days after the Ocean County Republican Party hosted their annual deck party fundraiser,…

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