On the way out: Obama pardons last round of criminals, including Chelsea Manning

President Barack Obama issued what will likely be his final commutations and pardons as commander in chief on Tuesday afternoon. The commutations were for 200 people, including Chelsea Manning, the army private…

Police Blotter

Ocean County Freeholders Weigh in on Joint Base Tanker News

Press Release from the Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders The announcement to locate a new generation of military fuel tanker aircraft at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst has been met with full support…

Politics

Paul Ryan Explains: How Broken is Obamacare?

“You break it, you own it.” That was Democratic Leader Pelosi’s message last week to Republicans who are working to repeal and replace Obamacare. But for too many Americans, this health care law is already…

Politics·US and World News

Fact Checking Councilman Ken Bressi's Slanderous Assault Against JTOWN Magazine

Editorial from JTOWN Magazine editor Phil Stilton Government doesn’t get to decide what is a newspaper and what isn’t, but when the government declares a publication by ordinance to be a newspaper,…

Politics

U.S. Intelligence Chief: Trumped Up Russia "Spy Doc" Not From US Intelligence Community

James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence for the United States and the administration of Barack Obama said today that the “leaked” document which contributed to false news stories by Buzzfeed and CNN was…

Politics·US and World News

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…

Community News·Jersey Shore News·New Jersey News

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…

Business News·Politics

NJ correction officer caught smuggling marijuana to juvenile offenders

Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced that a senior correction officer at the Garden State Youth Correctional Facility in Yardville, N.J., was indicted today on charges that he smuggled marijuana and tobacco…

Police Blotter

What's happening at vacant storefronts in Brick Plaza

https://www.facebook.com/BrickTwpNJGovernment/videos/10158009369670046/ Shortly after filing for bankruptcy in the spring of 2016, Sports Authority closed its Brick Township location which has remained vacant since. Months before, in 2015, the plaza also lost A&P…

Business News·Community News

ISIS Emirs Killed By Turkish Warplanes In Syria

Turkish airstrikes in Syria killed two Islamic State group emirs this week amid ongoing international negotiations over how to end the five-year-old Syrian civil war and halt the militant group also known…

US and World News

With Notice Bill Dead, Double Dipping Newspapers Should Cut Rates Anyway

by Phil Stilton TRENTON-One thing we learned this past week in the fight between the corporate media lawyers and six-figure executives versus Governor Chris Christie is that newspapers offered to cut public…

Business News·Police Blotter

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! The Evolution of the Public Notice

by Phil Stilton TRENTON-Like everything in life, nothing stays the same forever. Aspects of society come and go. Some become prominent and mainstream while others fade away into obscurity. Yet, others evolve…

Business News

Governor Christie: Public Notice Bill Archaic System that Costs Taxpayers $80 Million Annually

by Phil Stilton TRENTON-Last week, the New Jersey legislature once again tried to get a common sense tax savings bill through the defenses of the dishonest and greedy New Jersey media and…

Business News·Community News·Politics

Video: Jackson Council Spars with Resident Over Political Caucus Meeting

by Phil Stilton JACKSON-Township councilman Robert Nixon had nothing to say at the December 13th council meeting when confronted by resident Elenor Hannum about a political caucus meeting held on Saturday, December…

Politics

If Public Notice Law Passes, Gannett Could Pay Dearly for Nearly 20 Year Old Miscalculation

by Phil Stilton NEPTUNE-The Asbury Park Press was once a national leader in online news delivery. It was 1995, then publisher, Jules Plangere Jr., an aging newspaper man had a vision, along…

Business News

Newspapers Public Notice "Compromise" Nothing Short of a Business Tax

by Phil Stilton TRENTON-Today, New Jersey’s newspapers offered lawmakers a compromise on the proposed bill to eliminate the state mandate requiring towns to pay newspapers to publish public notices. Fortunately, according…

Business News·Politics

Lakewood Zoning Board Taunts Citizen Filming Meeting

LAKEWOOD-A video posted this weekend by a YouTuber who goes by the name of “First Amendment Activist” posted a shocking video of Lakewood Township planning board members mocking his right to record…

In the News

Connors, Rumpf & Gove Are ‘NO’ Votes on Gas Tax Increase

Senator Christopher J. Connors, Assemblyman Brian E. Rumpf and Assemblywoman DiAnne C. Gove want their position to be known to legislative colleagues and special interests bent on increasing New Jersey’s gas tax…

Politics

Jackson Council Raises No-Bid Contract Threshold to $40,000

JACKSON-Officials in Jackson Township have raised the threshold at which no-bid contracts can be awarded by the municipal government to $40,000. The action was in response to a July 1, 2015 change…

In the News

Barlo & Associates Architect is Brick Township Chamber’s Business of the Week

BRICK – Barlo & Associates Architect, LLC is the Brick Township Chamber of Commerce’s Business of the Week. Lead by chamber past president Paul Barlo, the award-winning firm has more than 30…

Business News·Community News

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On the way out: Obama pardons last round of criminals, including Chelsea Manning

Ocean County Freeholders Weigh in on Joint Base Tanker News

Paul Ryan Explains: How Broken is Obamacare?

Fact Checking Councilman Ken Bressi's Slanderous Assault Against JTOWN Magazine

U.S. Intelligence Chief: Trumped Up Russia "Spy Doc" Not From US Intelligence Community

Ocean County Beach Replenishment Project Awarded to Weeks Marine

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

NJ correction officer caught smuggling marijuana to juvenile offenders

What's happening at vacant storefronts in Brick Plaza

ISIS Emirs Killed By Turkish Warplanes In Syria

With Notice Bill Dead, Double Dipping Newspapers Should Cut Rates Anyway

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! The Evolution of the Public Notice

Governor Christie: Public Notice Bill Archaic System that Costs Taxpayers $80 Million Annually

Video: Jackson Council Spars with Resident Over Political Caucus Meeting

If Public Notice Law Passes, Gannett Could Pay Dearly for Nearly 20 Year Old Miscalculation

Newspapers Public Notice "Compromise" Nothing Short of a Business Tax

Lakewood Zoning Board Taunts Citizen Filming Meeting

Connors, Rumpf & Gove Are ‘NO’ Votes on Gas Tax Increase

Jackson Council Raises No-Bid Contract Threshold to $40,000

Barlo & Associates Architect is Brick Township Chamber’s Business of the Week

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