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Toms River passes school referendum

January 22, 2019 9:50 pmJanuary 22, 2019 10:28 pm

Voters in the Toms River Regional school district passed a $147 million school repair referendum tonight with nearly 58% of the vote. With 88% of the districts reporting, the referendum passed by a margin of 1,814 votes — 6,641 to...

Ocean GOP has no succession plan

January 11, 2019 12:33 am

Just when New Jersey Republicans thought things things could not can any worse, the head of the only big county GOP machine left in the state just got indicted. George Gilmore has been the boss in Ocean County since 1996,...

Gilmore indicted on tax evasion charges

January 10, 2019 5:15 pmJanuary 10, 2019 11:13 pm

Ocean County GOP Chairman George Gilmore, the head of the most powerful Republican organization in the state and a close ally of former Gov, Chris Christie, was indicted today by a federal grand jury on tax evasion charges. The indictment...

Sweeney concerned about jobs for votes in state chairman race

January 4, 2019 2:50 pmJanuary 6, 2019 11:43 am

Senate President Steve Sweeney thinks an upcoming meeting between Gov. Phil Murphy and Ocean County Democratic Chairman Wyatt Earp could create the appearance that they are trading jobs for votes in an upcoming battle for Democratic State Chairman. “If they’re...

Earp staying out of state chairman race for now

January 3, 2019 1:10 pmJanuary 3, 2019 1:11 pm

Ocean County Democratic Chairman Wyatt Earp is not expected to take sides in the race for Democratic State Chairman anytime soon but does have a meeting scheduled with Gov. Phil Murphy to talk about the contest – possibly this weekend....

Longtime freeholder John Bartlett dies

December 12, 2018 11:58 pmDecember 17, 2018 4:32 pm

John Bartlett, an Ocean County freeholder since 1979, passed away today after a three-year battle with colon cancer. He was 71. Bartlett dropped his bid for re-election to the freeholder board in August. He was appointed to the Pine Beach...

Official CD3 votes tallies may not arrive until Thursday

November 14, 2018 11:11 am

Final vote tallies for the third congressional district, where Andy Kim leads Rep. Tom MacArthur by 3,424 votes, might not come out until Thursday. “They’re hoping by the end of today they will have the provisionals counted. I’m thinking it’s...