Jackson Township says goodbye to longest serving councilman

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – The Township of Jackson said farewell to retiring longtime councilman and U.S. Marine Corps veteran Ken Bressi on Tuesday. Bressie, for decades, has served the township and decided…

Mo Hill gets his $8,000,000.00 to buy long abandoned Oceanfront property in Ortley Beach

TOMS RIVER, NJ – In the end, everyone is happy. Toms River Mayor Mo Hill and Maria Maruca are able to spend $8,000,000 of taxpayer money to purchase the long-abandoned Joey Harrison’s…

Shore Legislators Who Proposed $15,000 Executive Order Fine, Upset With Murphy Bar Ban

TOMS RIVER, NJ – New Jersey Assemblyman Gregory P. McGuckin casts a rather large shadow in Ocean County, but when it comes to the state level, he had difficulty pushing his $15,000…

Bribery, Political Corruption, The FBI and The Attorney General in Toms River, Here’s What We Know So Far

TOMS RIVER – Birdsall Engineering was one of many pay to play and political corruption and bribery scandals to hit Toms River and Ocean County in recent years. In fact many of…

Jackson Republicans Lose School Board Election as 10,000 Elect Town’s First Orthodox Jewish School Board Member

JACKSON, NJ – When Jackson GOP President Todd Porter found out an Orthodox Jewish man was running for a one-year seat on the Jackson Township Board of Education, he sprung into action…

Jackson Candidates Get Large Pay-to-Play Checks From Developers, Engineers and Lawyers

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – Jackson Township Republicans Marty Flemming, Steve Chisolm and Nino Borrelli are running unopposed for office in November, but the trio maintains a long tradition of pay to play…

Six Vying for Three Spots on Jackson Township School Board

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – Six candidates, four on the ballot, and two write-ins are vying for three spots up for grabs in the 2020 general election. In Jackson Township two three-year seats…

Jackson Township Lawyer McGuckin Loses Two Major Decisions In Federal Religious Bias Lawsuit

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – Jackson Township lawyers, under the guidance of chief legal counsel Greg McGuckin, whose law firm Dasti, McGucking & Murphy also serves as the Lakewood Zoning Board attorney has…

See How Ocean County Freeholders Created a New Job for Political Partygoer During the COVID-19 Pandemic

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Sometimes, you just don’t want to see how the sausage is made in local government, but emails released today by request from Ocean County show exactly how a…

Trump Condemned Jackson Township Discrimination of Orthodox Jews Shortly Before Finding Out He Tested Positive for COVID-19

BEDMINSTER, NJ – Hours before alerting the world that he had tested positive for COVID-19, President Donald J. Trump met with some of his biggest financial donors, including Dr. Richard Roberts, of…

NJ Senator Sam Thompson Says He’s Not Going Anywhere

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – A political strategy hatched by the Ocean County Republican Party to find a new home for embattled Jackson Township Mayor Michael Reina apparently has a very fatal flaw. …

Jackson Township Just Hired the Lawyer Who Lost to the DOJ to Defend Against Federal RLUIPPA Lawsuit

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – Attorney Howard Mankoff, once touted by Mayor Michael Reina as the superstar land-use lawyer who will defend the township against a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by Agudath…

Thanks For Nothing, Murphy Asks for $34.2 Million in Storm Relief, None for Ocean County

TRENTON, NJ – Governor Phil Murphy is asking the Trump administration to approve a request of $34.2 million in federal disaster recovery funds to help pay for costs associated with Hurricane Isais…

On Wednesday Freeholders Have to Decide on Controversial Patronage Hiring

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Ocean County Freeholders Gary Quinn and Virginia Haines, 74, are continuing to play their political game of chicken and moving forward with their plans to award a new…

Inside Corruption: Fozman to Get Patronage Job at County Connection

BRICK TOWNSHIP, NJ – Ocean County GOP Chairman Frank B. Holman and his crew of corrupt cronies are once again giving their most loyal political soldiers public jobs as rewards for political…

Freeholders Quinn, Little Have Big Problem to Face In 2021

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Ocean County Freeholders Gerry P. Little and Gary Quinn have a huge problem to face this coming January. That problem is what to do with Jackson Township Mayor…

Ocean County Political Boss Rakes In $6 Million in Public Contracts as Party Falls Apart Around Him

TOMS RIVER, NJ – In the Mel Brooks comedy classic, History of the World Part One, there’s a scene where Brooks plays King Louis XVI and Brooks says, “It’s good to be…

Jackson Councilman Kern Says Accident Changed His Perspective of Life

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – Jackson Township Councilman Andy Kern, a Republican said that a June 2017 accident has changed his entire life’s perspective. “After a fall three years ago, in June of…

Ocean County Surrogate Jeff Moran’s Campaign Used Straw Donor to Hide Political Contributions

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Ocean County Surrogate Jeffery Moran’s 2018 political campaign managers used a straw donor to illegally funnel money from at least one Democrat donor into the Republican’s campaign checking…

Emails Show Ocean County GOP Campaign Using Straw Donor to Hide Campaign Donation from Democrat Party Lawyer

TOMS RIVER, NJ – It has long been rumored the Ocean County GOP has been funneling money from Democrat campaign donors to Republican political campaigns through straw donors. There has never been…

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