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…

AP: Trump hails ‘historic’ new paid parental leave law

6 Democrat Mayors in Minnesota Just Endorsed Trump

IRON RANGE, MN – Six Democrat mayors split with their party and joined the Trump train this week. Harbors Mayor Chris Swanson, Virginia Mayor Larry Cuffe, Chisholm Mayor John Champa, Ely Mayor…

Politically Connected Ocean County Pay to Play Law Firm Received $1.1 Million in Public Contracts in 2019

TOMS RIVER, NJ – A politically connected law firm in Toms River received $1,168,375.79 in public contracts across Ocean County in 2019 according to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission’s Pay…

German Supermarket Lidl to Open New Stores in Brick, Little Egg Harbor and 8 Others in NJ

BRICK TOWNSHIP, NJ – Mayor John Ducey said today the Brick Township Lidl supermarket could open by the end of 2020. Lidl US announced plans today to open 50 new stores by…

Half-Million Mail-In Ballots Nationwide Were Rejected So Far in 2020; New Jersey Ranked in Top 5

TRENTON, NJ – So far in 2020, with COVID-19 as an excuse, states hosted mail-in ballot elections this spring. In total 558,032 ballots were rejected by NPR this weekend. In the…

Wegmans Valencia Oranges Sold In NJ Recalled for Listeria, Could be Fatal to Young Children

FREEHOLD, NJ – Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. is recalling its four-pound bag of Valencia Oranges, two-pound bag of lemons, bulk lemons, and a variety of in-store produced seafood and restaurant foods items…

Freeholder Haines Shuts Down Lakewood Parks

LAKEWOOD, NJ – Ocean County Freeholder Virginia Haines, 94, today announced she is once again closing parks in Ocean County. This time, two parks in Lakewood will be shut down as the…

1993 Cold Case Solved After Police Use Suspect’s DNA on Public Genealogy Website

SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash. – Investigators who never gave up on a 27-year-old murder that had become a cold case decided to take DNA from the crime scene in 1993 and send it…

Murphy’s List: Washington, D.C. & Puerto Rico Added to Jersey 14-Day Quarantine List

TRENTON, NJ – More than half of America now faces mandatory quarantine restrictions if traveling to New Jersey as the number of places on Murphy’s List. That now means anyone traveling to…

Hill-Haines Plan to Funnel Millions of Dollars in County Open Space for Surf Club Purchase Thwarted

TOMS RIVER, NJ – A plan hashed out by Toms River Mayor Maurice Hill and Ocean County Freeholder Virginia Haines to move tax dollars illegally from the Ocean County Natural Land Trust…

Gurbir Grewal Upset Because Trump Doesn’t Want to Count Illegal Aliens in U.S. Census

TOMS RIVER, NJ – The U.S. Census is used to determine how many Americans live in each town, county and state in America. This year, President Donald J. Trump has signaled he…

Most of America Now On New Jersey’s Out of State Quarantine List

TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey, a state that ranks second in the number of COVID-19 deaths per capita in America has just added 10 more states to its mandatory COVID-19 quarantine list. …

Rodrick: Pay to Play Politics Is Destroying Toms River, I cannot Sit idly By and Watch

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Pay to play politics in New Jersey, Ocean County and even in Toms River is nothing new, but in 2019 when a political regime shift occurred within the…

Trump, Barr Crack Down Against MS-13 Gang Activity

NEW YORK, NY– Today, President Donald J. Trump and Attorney General William P. Barr announced significant cases related to Joint Task Force Vulcan (JTFV), an initiative launched in August 2019 aimed at disrupting,…

Contractor Charged for Stealing Government Equipment from U.S. Military Base in Afghanistan

FAIRFAX, VA – A three-count indictment was returned today in the Eastern District of Virginia, charging an American military contractor for her alleged role in a theft ring on a military installation…

Men Sent to Prison For Targeting U.S. Servicemembers

SAN ANTONIO, TX – A federal judge in San Antonio sentenced 32-year-old Trorice Crawford of San Diego, California, to 46 months in federal prison for his role in an identity-theft and fraud…

“Operation Wu Block” defendant pleads guilty

ATHENS, Ga. – A defendant charged in an ongoing, large-scale drug trafficking investigation dubbed “Operation Wu Block,” has pleaded guilty for her crime, said Charlie Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle…

Political Insider: Haines to punish Bacchione for not hiring Greg McGuckin, Opposing Frank Holman

TOMS RIVER, NJ – The queen of Ocean County, Virginia Haines, 84, has decided to go through with her plan to use the Ocean County Natural Land Trust Board appointments to punish…

Inside Story: Why Freeholder Ginny Haines Really Wants to Fire John Bacchione

BERKELEY TOWNSHIP, NJ – If you’ve been following the news, you’ll know that New Jersey Assemblyman Gregory P. McGuckin has been gobbling up jobs across Ocean County faster than Ms. Pac Man…

Hundreds of Boaters Travel the Barnegat Bay in Trump, Law Enforcement Support Boat Parade

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Several hundred boats today participated in the President Donald J. Trump boat parade, filling the Barnegat Bay from Toms River north to Mantoloking. The entire bay was a…

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