After nearly bankrupting every small business in New Jersey, Phil Murphy reminds today is Small Business Saturday

TRENTON, NJ – On Thanksgiving Day, there were plenty of empty chairs across New Jersey including those who perished from COVID-19 and those who were not allowed to attend the annual family…

Watch: Toms River Councilman Alleged to Have Given Uncle $189,000 Political Pay to Play Job

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Toms River Councilman Josh Kopp’s uncle by marriage, Doug Klee, of Owen Little & Associates received $189,000 this year taxpayer money after being appointed to the Toms River…

Watch: Toms River Councilman Says No Pay for No-Show Town Lawyer McGuckin

TOMS RIVER, NJ – For the 12th time since being appointed as head of the Toms River legal department, New Jersey Assemblyman Gregory P. McGuckin has been a no-show at town hall…

Watch: Resident Calls Out Toms River Councilwoman Maruca’s Personal Ties to Family of $8,000,000 Potential Land Sale

TOMS RIVER, NJ – I don’t personally know the owner of the former Ortley Beach Surf Club Joey Barcellona personally and I’ve lived in Ocean County nearly my entire life. You probably…

NJBIZ names HFA one of top 50 accounting firms

TOMS RIVER, NJ – NJBIZ has named HFA, a local accounting firm, one of the 2020 Accounting Power 50 – the most influential men and women in the profession that keep the…

Birdwatching Event at Fort Monmouth’s East Gate Showcases Monmouth County Lifestyle

The flexibility of remote work has convinced hundreds of homebuyers now is the time to fulfill longtime dreams to make the famed Jersey Shore a year-round residence. Monmouth County has unquestionably become…

PA Gov Wolf orders scaled down Thanksgiving…Feeling lonely on Thanksgiving? The government is here to help

Harrisburg, PA – Last week, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf ordered his residents to not travel on Thanksgiving, curb parties and scale down celebrations with family all for the sake of fighting COVID-19. …

Massive State Investigation Continues in Toms River to Uncover Possible Public Corruption Crimes

TOMS RIVER, NJ – The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office and the Department of Labor and Workforce Development are continuing their massive investigation into the inner workings of possible political corruption in…

Toms River Mayor Maurice Hill, Maruca Continue Fight to Overpay Landowner Friend for Surf Club Property

TOMS RIVER, NJ – In the real estate investment game, the idea is to buy low and sell high. If you’re Toms River Mayor Maurice “Mo” Hill, you buy high and sell…

Former Purdue Professor Sentenced for Scheme to Defraud the National Science Foundation

HAMMOND, IN – Dr. Qingyou Han, 62, of West Lafayette, Indiana, formerly a Purdue University professor and the Director of its Center for Materials Processing Research, was sentenced today to 2 years’…

Another Postal Worker Charged for Stealing Mail

BOSTON – A U.S. Postal employee was arrested today and charged in connection with stealing mail on at least 21 occasions. Angela Gomez, 40, of Lynn, was charged in a criminal complaint…

New Mexico Goes Back Into COVID-19 Quarantine Lockdown, Residents “Must” Remain at Home

SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and state health officials on Wednesday announced several tightenings intended to clarify the intent of the emergency public health order effective through Monday, Nov. 30,…

Atlanta pharmacy operators sentenced to federal prison for more than $4 million WIC fraud scheme

Three owners and operators of an Atlanta pharmacy have been sentenced to federal prison for a multi-million dollar fraud scheme that targeted the Georgia Women, Infants, and Children (“WIC”) program. The defendants…

ICE Removes 154 Criminal Illegal Aliens Who Promised to Leave, But Never Did

WASHINGTON – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Senior Official Performing the Duties of Director Tony Pham announced Thursday in McAllen, Texas, an ongoing national enforcement effort called “Operation Broken Promise,” targeting…

Mo Hill, Ginny Haines Dealt Crushing Political Blow As Freeholders Block $60 Million Political Piggy Bank Slush Fund

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Ocean County Freeholder Director Joe Vicari objected to the county’s change to the open space land trust that would have allowed RNC Committeewoman and Ocean County Freeholder Virginia…

Pennsylvania Nazi-Obsessed Felon Sentenced to Prison

PITTSBURGH – A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 32 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release on his conviction of possession…

Houston Cuban National Used Fake FedEx Truck to Transport Illegal Aliens into Texas

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A Corpus Christi federal jury has convicted a legal permanent resident who resided in Houston for transporting illegal aliens in a vehicle disguised as a FedEx truck, announced…

Utah Man and His Company Indicted for Wildlife Trafficking

MIDVALE, UT – A Utah man and his company were charged in an indictment today with violating the Endangered Species Act and Lacey Act for their role in illegal wildlife trafficking, announced…

Philadelphia Goes Into COVID-19 Lockdown, Restaurants, Gyms, Schools, Colleges Ordered to Close

PHILADELPHIA, PA – The second wave of COVID-19 lockdowns are closing in on New Jersey, where Governor Phil Murphy has indicated he too might be edging closer in that direction. Across the…

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…

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