North Jersey Police Powerless in Stopping Man Who Got Out of Jail Three Times in One Week Under Bail Reform

HOPATCONG-A man posing as a DPW worker to commit burglaries is on the streets again in North Jersey, thanks to the state’s new public safety assessment and bail reform laws. Police here…

NJSPBA: Criminal Mocked Bail Reform "If they let me out again, I will do more crime."

SOUTH BRUNSWICK-Last night, Governor Chris Christie touted New Jersey’s bail reform as a success, at least one repeat criminal agrees with him. On Saturday, 47 year old George Pescavage, Jr. robbed a…

Toms River PBA: Bail Reform is a "Very Serious" Problem for Everyone Except Criminals

TOMS RIVER-Shore News Network has been called “fake news” by a man whose firm makes millions of peddling bail reform and strong armed by the NJ court system to try to get us…

Toms River Senior Blasts New Jersey Newspaper Public Notices, Fire Elections

TOMS RIVER-A Toms River senior this week blasted New Jersey’s firefighter elections. William McPhail said his local fire department, “Doesn’t know my address to mail a ballot, but know it when they…

Keady: Democrats on Right Side of Issues; Have Momentum in Ocean and Monmouth Counties

The political landscape in Ocean and Monmouth Counties has been ugly of late, but it looks like it’s about to get uglier as deflated progressives at the shore are backed further into…

Singer Sings the Blues After Lack of Support on Bail Reform Funding Bill

LAKEWOOD-Senator Robert Singer, who represents New Jersey’s 30th district, which includes Lakewood Township today withdrew a bill he sponsored to allow governments to exceed the Christie imposed 2% tax cap to pay…

New Jersey Courts Tout Bail Reform as "Forefront of Fairness"

TRENTON-The New Jersey Courts say New Jersey bail reform represents the “forefront of fairness”, according to a statements made on January 7th to the New Jersey Star-Ledger. “The existing bail system is…

New Jersey Bail Reform Is Not What New Jersey Voted for in 2014

In November of 2014, New Jersey voters overwhelmingly supported an election ballot referendum that allowed the state to amend the constitution to allow for a more comprehensive pretrial system for criminal justice cases.…

How New Jersey Bail Reform Act Put Some Ocean County Children at Possible Risk

TRENTON-Law enforcement agencies in Ocean County are shocked and upset this week after New Jersey’s bail reform law has put a man who police say offered a video game console to a child…

Report: Lacey, Stafford, Lakewood and Toms River lead Ocean County in Tax Hikes

TRENTON-A report by New Jersey 101.5 shows that tax rates in Lacey Township, Stafford Township, Toms River and Lakewood far out paced their neighbors in 2016. The report shows Lacey Township with…

NJ State Police Chief Condemns Obama's Cuban Law Enforcement Pact

New Jersey State Police Superintendent, Colonel Rick Fuentes’ issued a response to the signing of the US-Cuban Law Enforcement Pact by then President Barack Obama. The measure was one of many 11th hour actions…

Can Kim Guadagno win over New Jersey Trump Supporters?

Kim Guadagno is about to launch her campaign to be the next governor of New Jersey, hoping to succeed her boss, Chris Christie, but can she win over die-hard Trump fans in…

Meet the Ocean County Republican businessman and actor you may not know is running for N.J. governor

TUCKERTON — Trivia question: Who was the first Republican candidate to jump into the 2017 New Jersey governor’s race? It wasn’t Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, who filed paperwork this past week to…

Guadagno will enter N.J. governor race, reports say

TRENTON — Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno will soon file paperwork and formally throw her hat in the ring in New Jersey’s race for governor, according to several reports. The Asbury Park Press…

Joint Base Mission Refueled After Winning New Tanker Mission

WASHINGTON-Despite efforts by the Obama administration to have another round of efforts to close military bases nationwide in 2015, the mission of Ocean County’s Joint Base MDL (JB-MDL) appears that it will not only…

Ocean County Beach Replenishment Project Awarded to Weeks Marine

by Debra Hoover, NJDEP TRENTON-The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, working in partnership with the Department of Environmental Protection, has awarded a contract to construct long-awaited engineered beaches and dunes for the northern…

NJ Newspaper Public Notice Trough Grows to $1.6m in 10 Days. How Many Have You Read?

In December, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie waged war with New Jersey’s newspapers, some, like the local Gannett paper, Asbury Park Press, on life support from taxpayer funded public notice laws. Christie…

Watch out NJ! Phil Murphy is coming for you guns…

…and he’s armed with misleading data. Phil Murphy, a Democratic candidate for Governor of New Jersey is coming after guns in the Garden State. Murphy, leaning heavily on the national media…

Lt. Governor Guadagno Returns to Jackson for Reorganization Meeting

JACKSON-New Jersey’s Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno, also a candidate for Governor in 2017 will grace the township of Jackson with her presence tonight at the annual reorganization meeting. The Lt. Governor’s…

New Jersey Could Soon Require Background Checks for In-Home Day Care Providers

by Phil Stilton TRENTON-Those running family day care centers out of their homes in New Jersey may soon be subjected to federal background checks if a law moving through the state assembly…

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