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Andy Kim raises $572k in 2nd quarter, has almost $1 million cash-on-hand

July 12, 2019 1:45 amJuly 12, 2019 12:04 am

Without taking any corporate PAC money, freshman Rep. Andy Kim (D-Marlton) raised a solid $572,000 during the second quarter of 2019 and has nearly $1 million cash-on-hand. Kim has now raised more than $1.1 million in his first six months...

Ethics complaints against NJ judges not uncommon

July 10, 2019 1:22 amJuly 11, 2019 3:27 pm

The emerging controversy over comments made by Superior Court Judges Marcia Silva (Middlesex) and James Troiano (Ocean) in unconnected rape cases casts a spotlight on a state judiciary that sometimes appears to operate under one set of ethics rules for...

Hill slate sweeps in Toms River

June 4, 2019 9:49 pm

Councilman Mo Hill has won the Republican nod for Mayor of Toms River, defeating county-backed candidate Joe Coronato by 511 votes. The four-term councilman defeated the former Ocean County prosecutor, who was former Ocean County Republican Chairman George Gilmore’s pick...

Lavallette mayor endorses Rodrick in Toms River

June 3, 2019 8:47 amJune 3, 2019 10:30 am

Lavallette Mayor Walter LaCicero, a longtime critic of former Ocean County Republican Chairman George Gilmore, has endorsed Dan Rodrick for mayor of Toms River in tomorrow’s GOP primary election. “For nearly fifteen years, as the Mayor of Lavallette, I have...

Rev. James Biggs, former mayor and congressional candidate, dies at 77

June 1, 2019 12:26 pmJune 1, 2019 5:32 pm

Rev. James H. Biggs, a former mayor of Island Heights who ran for Congress against Rep. Bill Hughes (D-Ocean City) in 1978, died on May 30. He was 77. Biggs was a magnetic 36-year-old Methodist minister and two-term mayor of...

Lobbyist running for mayor owes $151k to IRS

May 23, 2019 12:16 amMay 23, 2019 10:25 am

As Ocean County Republicans seek to move on from George Gilmore, unpaid federal income taxes has become an issue in an increasingly heated GOP mayoral primary in Point Pleasant Beach. The Internal Revenue Service has filed a tax lien against...

Judge orders Hill to get his share of joint campaign account

May 17, 2019 5:46 pmMay 17, 2019 9:14 pm

A Superior Court judge has ordered the treasurer of a joint election committee to pay Toms River mayoral candidate Mo Hill $25,930 by noon tomorrow. The fundraising committee was a joint effort with mayor Thomas Kelaher and councilmen George Wittman...