Pat Egan Jones Archives - New Jersey Globe

Madame Battleship gets a pier

September 13, 2019 11:12 am

Madame Battleship’s getting her own pier. Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial’s board of trustees have unanimously voted to name the pier where Battleship New Jersey is moored after Assemblywoman Pat Egan Jones, who was largely responsible for the ship’s...

Jones asks comptroller to investigate Teva EDA award

July 9, 2019 10:27 amJuly 9, 2019 10:30 am

Assemblywoman Pat Egan Jones on Tuesday asked State Comptroller Philip Degnan to investigate a tax incentive award granted to opioid manufacturer Teva Pharmaceuticals by the Economic Development Authority. “It is inconceivable to me that New Jersey and Gov. [Phil] Murphy...

10 Dems seeking Camden freeholder seats

April 3, 2019 3:24 pmApril 3, 2019 9:19 pm

Editor’s Note: A previous version of this article said Jennifer O’Donnell ran for Gloucester Township mayor. She did not. A wide field of candidates is seeking the Democratic nod for the Camden County freeholder board. Eight Democratic candidates across four...

Hopkins Kane will get Moen freeholder seat

March 23, 2019 11:59 amMarch 28, 2019 10:07 am

Cherry Hill Councilwoman Melinda Hopkins Kane will be appointed to fill Bill Moen’s seat when the Camden County Freeholder leaves for the Assembly, sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity told the New Jersey Globe. Kane, a gold star...

South Jersey legislators call for answers on Atlantic line closure

February 19, 2019 5:27 pm

Assemblywomen Pamela Lampitt and Patricia Egan Jones are calling for residents to come and share their concerns over the continued closure of the Atlantic City Rail Line with NJ Transit officials at a meeting in Cherry Hill next Wednesday. “Finally,...

Murphy’s NJ Transit blame game could expire

August 16, 2018 4:20 pmAugust 17, 2018 11:19 am

Gov. Phil Murphy, facing flak over a recent spate of NJ Transit delays and cancellations, has taken to a time-honored strategy – blaming his predecessor, Gov. Chris Christie – even as he says the buck stops with him. At some...

Madame Battleship

July 27, 2018 9:46 pmJuly 31, 2018 10:24 am

In the late 1990s, a freshman Camden County freeholder took on a commission led by the late Assemblyman Joe Azzolina and backed by the state’s northern political force to bring a ship, and a rare win, to South Jersey. When...