Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Live traffic updates, weather, things to do
Good Morning Berkeley Township! Check out the current road and traffic conditions reported for the Bayville, South Seaside Park, Pelican Island, Pinewald and Holiday City areas. In this real-time traffic map from Mapquest, green portions mean traffic is flowing freely, while yellow and red indicate traffic delays. Click on the map picture, move the map and search the area for possible delays. The weather: Folks, we won't be seeing the sun until Saturday. The National Weather Service is predicting cloudy skies today with a high near 77 degrees. There's a chance of showers, mainly after noon. Winds will be from the east at 6 to 8 miles. Tonight will be cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Expect a low around …
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Municipal court charges stem from 2011 accident that led to Tina Rambo's death
The driver of a car that collided with another vehicle driven by an Ocean County detective is pleading not guilty to charges in Southampton Municipal Court on Wednesday, according to court officials. Rachel Portnoy, of Marlton, is scheduled to appear in Municipal Court on motor vehicle charges stemming from a head-on collision with Tina Rambo, 35, a detective with the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office, who died in the August 2011 crash. Portnoy, who was 24 at the time of the crash, is pleading not guilty to overtaking and passing vehicles; failure to obey regulations in marked lanes; reckless driving and driving an unregistered vehicle, according to Terry Bodine, Southampton Municipal Court administrator. Portnoy is represented by attorney …
Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno delivers keynote speech at state law enforcement memorial
Hundreds of police officers and other officials from across the state gathered in Ocean Grove Tuesday to memorialize four of their fallen comrades at this year's state Law Enforcement Memorial Service. Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno gave the keynote address at the ceremony in The Great Auditorium that included mostly songs performed by several police officers to honor their fallen brethren. Detective Tina Rambo of the Ocean Country Prosecutor's Office, Trooper Anthony R. Fotiou of the New Jersey State Police, Patrolman S. Wargo Jr. of the Mount Arlington Police Department and Detective Michael Morgan Jr of the Newark Police Department were honored. "We're here to remember the good of all people, but especially the good of people who were taken …
The family of a Barnegat man who died in motorcycle collision with Freeholder John Kelly mourns
All was quiet around the Fifth Street residence of the Kolb family Monday as friends and family mourned the death of 24-year-old William Kolb of Barnegat. The Southern Regional graduate had been riding his motorycle down Route 9 South in Eagleswood when a collision with Ocean County Freelholder John Kelly's SUV sent Kolb flying off his vehicle. Kolb suffered severe injuries and died on the scene shortly after the 6:35 p.m. incident on Friday. Today it was evident that someone was home at the Kolbs' residence, with a car in the driveway, the lights on, and some noise inside. But the family did not seem to want contact with the media. The Kolbs' telephone was disconnected as well. Kolb was a 2006 graduate of Southern Regional High School in …
Denise Pavone-Wilson says move would be good for both school districts
He's got her vote. Central Regional Board of Education Vice-President Denise Pavone-Wilson said it makes educational and financial sense for Superintendent Triantafillos "Tom" Parlapanides to take over superintendent duties in the Berkeley Township school district. Pavone-Wilson - who has served on the Central Regional board for 18 years - made the remarks at a recent Central school board meeting. She said her personal feelings are "positive for sharing our superintendent." Pavone-Wilson added if Parlapanides were to serve as superintendent for both districts, there would be better “continuity in the curriculum.” Pavone-Wilson said she was dismayed when the Berkeley school board made cuts last year in the elementary school band and …
Only location in Ocean County
With only about 200 locations of fashion-forward retailer H&M in the United States, the newest one will open in Toms River next month with an Ocean County Mall store. An area next to Old Navy in the Ocean County Mall is being revamped for H&M, and representatives from Ocean County Mall owner Simon Property Group said the store should open in June. According to H&M, the Swedish-based company has more than 2,300 locations around the world. That includes stores at the Freehold Raceway Mall and Monmouth Mall, and 10 other New Jersey locations. H&M's opening, slated for mid-June, coincides with the reopening of a fully remodeled Old Navy in the JC Penney wing of the Ocean County Mall. Peter Lembo, general manager for Ocean County Mall, in a …
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No charges filed, investigation ongoing, State Police say
Although he was not physically injured in the Friday evening crash that took the life of a 24-year-old Barnegat motorcyclist, the accident has left its mark on Freeholder John P. Kelly. "I'm very sorry that a young man lost his life," Kelly said this morning. "That's all I have to say right now. I'm physically fine. It's traumatic." New Jersey State Police did bloodwork on Kelly after the Friday night crash that killed William D. Kolb on Route 9 South in Eagleswood. "They drew blood, which is standard procedure," Sgt. Harry Rocheskey said this morning. "The results are pending. He (Kelly) gave his consent to the procedure." The time to get the results from the bloodwork back varies, Rocheskey said. Kolb was heading southbound on his black …
Monday, May 21, 2012
Terrence Feeney and another man escaped from a work detail in Burlington County this afternoon; second inmate arrested in Manchester Township
Berkeley police arrested an escaped inmate from the Mid-State Correctional Facility early this evening at Blackbeard's Cave on Route 9 South in Bayville. Terrence Feeney, 42, was apprehended around 6:45 p.m., just 10 minutes after Berkeley police received information from the Ocean County radio room that he was in the area, Police Chief Karin T. DiMichele said. Feeney and Joseph Brandt, another inmate, were on a work detail at a military cemetery in Burlington County when they escaped around 1 p.m., said Matt Schuman, a state Department of Corrections spokesman. Both Feeney and Brandt were classified as full minimum custody inmates. Inmates who fall under that classification are the only ones allowed to leave the facility for work details…
A judge sentences former the Rutgers student to 30 days in jail and a $10,000 fine.
Do you agree with Dharun Ravi's sentence? The former Rutgers University student was sentenced Monday to pay a $10,000 fine and serve a 30-day jail sentence after he was convicted in March of bias intimidation, invasion of privacy and witness tampering. The charges stem from September 2010, when Ravi spied on former Rutgers University roommate Tyler Clementi via webcam as Clementi was in their shared dorm room being intimate with a man identified only as "M.B." Clementi committed suicide on Sept. 22, 2010, by jumping off the George Washington Bridge, and his death gained national attention as a talking point for bullying cases involving gay and lesbian youth. Ravi was not charged in connection with Clementi's death. Do you believe the judge…
Judge could have sentenced Plainsboro resident to 10 years in prison
The 20-year-old former Rutgers student convicted of spying on his gay roommate's sexual encounters was sentenced Monday to 30 days in jail and three years of probation by a Middlesex County judge. Dharun Ravi, of Plainsboro, was convicted by a jury in March of 15 charges related to webcam spying of Ridgewood's Tyler Clementi, a shy musician who committed suicide days after a series of spying incidents in 2010 at the state university. Judge Glenn Berman on Monday morning could have sentenced Ravi to 10 years in prison but opted for a far lighter punishment. Conceding attorneys on both sides will likely be disappointed in the sentencing issued, Berman said Ravi's actions were "cold and calculating" and "colossally insensitive." Still, Berman…
vinny
6:59 pm on Tuesday, May 22, 2012
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