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Dear XXXX, As you are likely aware, Governor Murphy recently signed Assembly Bill No. 21 into law to legalize marijuana for recreational use. As you may also be aware, the legislation, which passed the State Legislature without any Republican support, and the unprecedented “clean-up” legislation, Assembly Bill No. 5342, are riddled with dangerous public policy decisions, putting our communities, and especially our children and families, at risk. Though we were unable to prevent passage of t...

Sell by the rules or face jail time and big fines.

Matawan Police and the Monmouth County Prosecutors Office are hoping you can help them identify and find the driver behind a hit-and-run accident that left a 77-year old woman in critical condition.

Get our free mobile app Middletown Township Fire Department Public Information Offer Dennis Fowler said in a statement that crews arrived to the Crystal Court residence around 10 am Wednesday with flames coming from the second floor and back porch. The people inside the home had already left before firefighters got there but the fire still raged on to a point where First Assistant Chief Waltz requested additional companies be dispatched for additional firefighters and a Rapid Intervention Team...

Need some help paying the rent at your small business or non-profit? The Ocean County Commissioners have announced theyre launching Phase 2 of the Small Business Lease Emergency Assistance Program to help you with commercial rent payments. “We are again working in conjunction with the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority which will be administering the grant program on our behalf," Commissioner Director Gary Quinn said in a statement. Quinn said the grant program provides up to $30,000 and th...

Have you ever had to have a tough conversation with your school district or school over making sure the best interests of your child with special needs were being met?

Get our free mobile app On Tuesday, the State Senate Education Committee unanimously approved bipartisan legislation sponsored by State Senate President Steve Sweeney and Monmouth County Senators Vin Gopal and Declan O’Scanlon, which they said in a statement, will "encourage the creation of K-12 regional and countywide school districts in an effort to improve educational quality and efficiency." Their legislation ( S-3488) would set up criteria for state-funded regionalization studies, incre...

Get our free mobile app Police said they responded around 11:36 am to a constriction site on Boundary Road after receiving a 9-1-1 call that a worker had fallen through a roof and landed inside the building. The 24-year old from North Plainfield was working on the roof when he suddenly fell about 20 feet and suffered injuries to his head, back, leg as well as some possible internal injuries, police said. He was conscious when officers arrived on location and was then brought to Jersey Shor...

Get our free mobile app Jose Rodriguez, 48, of Brick is also an Amtrak employee was arrested Monday for allegedly stealing $50,000 worth of chainsaws and chainsaw part from his employer and then re-selling them, mostly through an online auction service, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced on Tuesday. He is charged by complaint with one count of theft from an agency receiving federal funds and one count of theft of government property and appeared in Newark federal court on Tuesday ...

It appears, at least one portion of the new Marijuana law, will be reversed after all.