New Jersey Governor Chris Christie honored the United States and remembered the attack on America 13 years ago by going to Ground Zero in New York City. Christie stood among family members who lost loved ones during the September 11th, 2001 attack at the site of the World Trade Center on Thursday morning. Christie spent…
New alimony laws are coming to the Garden State. Governor Chris Christie signed into law a new bill that revamps the alimony laws in New Jersey which have been seen as ancient and out of date. Among the changes: Marriages that last fewer than 20 years result in alimony payments that cannot exceed the length…
A new bill that would have limited smoking on New Jersey’s beaches and curtailed smoking at state parks is dead in the water. Governor Chris Christie vetoed a bill on Wednesday night that would have restricted smoking on the beaches, saying it was another case of a “one size fits all” approach by the Garden…
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie had a birthday bash in North Jersey on Wednesday night. Christie had honored guests at his party to raise money for the New Jersey republican party. Among the attendees, former presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Christie and Romney both took shots at President Obama’s foreign policy, and Christie told the audience…
United States Senator Robert Menendez from New Jersey is calling for the federal government to reform the way it processes flood claims. Menendez is now pushing for a series of forms to the program, including an increase in the penalties given to insurance companies who underpay flood insurance claims. Menendez says the feds should also…
A boardwalk store in Seaside Heights was shuttered down for the season following a raid by the New Jersey Department of Consumer Affairs. Authorities found about $10,000 worth of bogus counterfeit merchandise from the store during the raid at a store called “The Cut”. There were 154 suspected counterfeit watches carrying brand names like Rolex,…
There’s a chance democrats in Trenton may try to push a new pension plan in Trenton. Democratic Assemblyman Troy Singleton is proposing a plan that would keep the current pension system in place for employees but put new public workers into a new contribution retirement program that would be a hybrid of a 401k and…
There should be a slight uptick in Labor Day weekend traffic this year. AAA released its study for New Jersey, and said there should be a one percent increase over travel in 2013. Lower gas prices have helped motorists nationally drive more miles as of late. The current average pump price in the state is…
Forecasters are not expecting a Tropical Storm off Florida to do much damage in our region. The latest projections from the National Weather Service call for the storm to head east and away from the coast. The storm is working its way north currently, but should begin to turn east by mid week. Tropical Storm Cristobal…
Police in Freehold are sorting out the details regarding an accident Tuesday afternoon that killed three people and seriously injured a fourth. Police say an SUV wound up on top of a passenger car on Route 33 Tuesday and three people died in the accident. Police are still sorting out what happened; so far, no…