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Republican race for Holmdel committee too close to call

July 8, 2020 2:30 amJuly 8, 2020 5:22 am

The Republican race for two Holmdel township committee seats is too close to call. Organization-backed candidates Holmdel Board of Education President Vicky Flynn and DJ Luccarelli narrowly lead Mayor Greg Buontempo and running mate Ronald Emma. Luccarelli is in first...

Grewal sues Asbury Park over indoor dining

June 12, 2020 2:39 pmJune 12, 2020 2:41 pm

Attorney General Gurbir Grewal is poised to file a suit forcing Asbury Park to keep diners out of restaurants, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Friday. The news comes two days after the elected officials in the Democratic stronghold announced they would...

Brown urges Senate to confirm Pierre-Louis

June 11, 2020 4:02 pmJune 12, 2020 12:17 am

Monmouth County Democratic Chairman David Brown is all in on Gov. Phil Murphy’s new Supreme Court nominee. “I am proud to support Governor Murphy’s nomination, Fabiana Pierre-Louis. It is long overdue to have a Black woman on the New Jersey...

Opinion: Achieving Racial Justice

June 6, 2020 10:11 pm

OPINION It is clear that we continue to be divided by hundreds of years of racial injustice and discrimination faced by the Black Community. These acts of injustice against George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Christian Cooper and countless others...

Judge says Millstone GOP had authority to remove municipal chairman

June 2, 2020 7:17 pm

A Superior Court Judge today upheld the Millstone Republican County Committee’s right to oust their municipal chair. Judge Katie A. Gummer ruled that as long as a local party’s by-laws provided the option of removing their leader, the dismissal of...

Local reporter arrested covering George Floyd protest in Asbury Park

June 2, 2020 9:31 amJune 2, 2020 11:50 am

Gustavo Martinez Contreras, a multi-media journalist for the Asbury Park Press, was arrested during a Monday night protest against police brutality on Monday evening. Martinez tweeted at 3:52 AM that he was “just released from the Belmar PD headquarters with...

Scharfenberger, Arnone want state to tell small businesses what to expect

June 1, 2020 11:06 am

Anything less than a 50% occupancy when small businesses are allowed to reopen would be a failure by Gov. Phil Murphy, two Monmouth County Republican officials said today. “Our businesses need to reopen in a way that is profitable so...