Thursday, May 23, 2013
This will be Obama's first visit to Shore since just after Sandy
President Obama and Gov. Christie will visit the Jersey Shore on Tuesday, according to The Record in Bergen County. Herb Jackson of the Record and northjersey.com reports President Obama will visit the Jersey Shore on Tuesday with Gov. Christie. This will be Obama's first visit to the area since Oct. 31, just after the storm struck. More information can be found here.
Monday, June 25, 2012
Meeting planned for Lake Riviera Middle School
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Christie Administration signs up to volunteer, and is urging residents to do so, too
It’s a season of service. That’s what the governor’s office is hoping the coming weeks will be remembered as. In addition to celebrating the winter holidays, Gov. Chris Christie is urging residents to lend a hand to volunteer organizations and help serve their communities. “Season of Service” was announced by Governor and First Lady Christie onThanksgiving Eve. The idea, according to the governor’s office, was inspired by 8-year-old Aidan McManus of Burlington Township. Aidan volunteers every Wednesday at the Ladle of Love soup kitchen at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, and for his efforts were recognized by First Lady Pat Christie as a New Jersey Hero. The Christies pitched in to help cook Thanksgiving meals last Wednesday, and yesterday …
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Governor's town hall message emphasizes reforms to spending, taxation, education and pensions
New Jersey is beginning to turn a corner. Gov. Chris Christie opened his 19th town hall of 2011 in Toms River today with a half-hour speech that began with that sentiment, as he outlined a familiar "reform agenda" that emphasized the steps he felt were necessary to repair an underfunded pension system, troubled education results and taxpayers' property tax burden. "New Jersey is beginning to turn a corner. I can feel it, hope you can feel it too. In 2009, when I was elected, we were going through some of the toughest times we had seen in this state," Christie said. He said those tough times were a result of a poor economy, but also poor decisions. There was a 322 percent increase in state spending from 1990 to 2010, Christie said. "That's …
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Friday, April 29, 2011
Christie administration announces $16 million in anti-litter grants statewide
The Christie administration announced Thursday $16 million in anti-litter grants. Brick's piece of the pie will be just under $130,000, one of the largest single-grants to be handed out. According to the state Department of Environmental Protection, the $129,952 grant will be used to fund volunteer cleanups of public properties, adopt and enforce anti-littering ordinances, conduct beach cleanups, develop public information and education programs, purchase equipment used to collect litter, purchase litter receptacles and recycling bins, purchase anti-litter signs, purchase supplies to remove graffiti, and clean up stormwater systems that can disperse trash into streams, rivers and bays. The Clean Communities grants are funded by a user fee …
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Mayor praises governor on avoiding further cuts to municipal aid
Fresh off his budget address in Trenton, it’s time for Gov. Chris Christie to head to the Shore, said Brick Mayor Stephen C. Acropolis. “I would like to see the governor more visible down in this area,” Acropolis said, after watching Christie’s speech on the state budget before a joint session of the state Assembly and Senate on television Tuesday. But despite his announcement that state aid to municipalities wouldn’t be cut under his proposed spending plan, Acropolis said Christie would be well-served to meet with suburban mayors, as he has with the leaders of urban communities in recent months. “I think it's interesting he's still meeting with the Newark, Camden and Trenton mayors,” Acropolis said. “We still support him, but we just want…
Christie signs bill creating free fishing registry
Anglers will not have to pay to fish in 2011, but they will have to register with the state. A week before New Jersey's striped bass season begins March 1, Gov. Chris Christie signed into law a bill designed to create a free registry of the state's recreational anglers. The bill provides for the state to create a registry system to account for recreational anglers, which brings New Jersey into compliance with federal law. Under the Magnuson-Stevens Act, which regulates fisheries management policies on the federal level, all recreational anglers must be registered with either the federal government or a state agency in order for scientists to keep better records of catch data. States with fishing licenses use their licensing regimes as …
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Acting commissioner outlines reform proposals, including call to base educators' raises on evaluations
The acting education commissioner unveiled a plan on Wednesday afternoon that would revamp tenure for teachers, requiring them to meet a set of performance standards. In a speech at the Lewis Library at Princeton University, Christopher Cerf called for “demonstrated student learning” to be part of the tenure process, along with yearly evaluations and a plan to strip tenure from teachers who are not meeting requirements. Under the proposal, teachers rated effective or highly effective for three consecutive years would be granted tenure. Teachers would lose tenure if they failed to meet requirements for two consecutive years. Tenure is a set of legal protections that can be offered to teachers after three years and one day of service, …
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Governor will not allow Liberty Natural Gas to construct an offshore pipeline off Monmouth County
Governor Chris Christie has vetoed a proposal that would allow a liquified natural gas terminal off the coast of New Jersey in a move that environmental groups are calling a major victory in the fight to protect the marine environment. The veto came on Tuesday. The Liberty Natural Gas project would have consisted of 44 miles of submerged offshore pipeline and nine miles of onshore pipe. The station would have been beyond view from the shore, with pipes extending from a location off the Asbury Park shoreline to a terminal in Linden. “This is a clear victory for the ocean,” said Cindy Zipf, Executive Director of Clean Ocean Action, in a release. “It is our most treasured natural resource and it will now be free from harmful industrialization…
Thursday, January 27, 2011
About half of the township's vehicles were stranded during the Dec. 26 blizzard
As Brick deals with its fifth snowfall of the winter, residents can take solace in the fact that the Shore’s most recent bout with snow can’t compare to the blizzard that hit the region one month ago. The Dec. 26 storm, in Brick, wreaked havoc on snow removal equipment and snarled the township for several days. Findings from an ad-hoc committee led by Councilman Michael Thulen uncovered a snowfall that the township was unable to handle. When all was said and done, the blizzard that dumped 34 inches of snow on Brick residents cost them $1.4 million, according to Scott Pezarras, the township business administrator. Pezarras said the township hopes to recoup 75 percent of its storm costs from the federal government. Thulen’s committee was …
Joseph Higgins
11:55 pm on Thursday, May 23, 2013
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