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City Manager Stinson $127,500 Non-Compliant 4 Year Contract?

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Brigantine Council approved resolution authorizing four-year contract for City Manager Stinson….at $127,500. Council lead by Mayor Guenther pushed for questionable…and possibly non-compliant four-year contract. Stinson contract also calls for a very un-popular automatic 2 percent salary increase each year. This drew howls from those in attendance during public comment. Most […]

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Will “Cove” Have Lifeguards & Rules for Brigantine Summer 2016?

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The growing chaos at the uber-popular ‘Cove’ beach area could be tamed somewhat by the Summer of 2016. That’s welcome news for those that want to keep the area safe, clean & family friendly. Three deep rows of 4×4 trucks parked side by side, fishing, jet ski’s, red cups, motor

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MOODY’s Explains Outcome of Atlantic City PILOT & Take-Over Plans

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New Jersey lawmakers will soon consider a pair of bills to help Atlantic City. One of them, the “Municipal Stabilization and Recovery Act” would give the state much greater control of the local government. The other would allow the Atlantic City Casinos to make payments in lieu of taxes, otherwise known as the PILOT

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Letter to Editor. Brigantine Must Set Example. Stop Plastic Bags.

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Letter to the Editor from Nancy Schreiber >>  It’s encouraging that our community is at the forefront of plastic bag issue. I applaud City Council for considering the Greenteam’s initiative of implementing an ordinance to charge a fee on single-use plastic bags. Banning plastic bags from Brigantine Farmers Market has

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Register Now. Boat Safety Classes in Brigantine. Summer 2016

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Learn how to stay safe while boating. Classes are forming now. Brigantine Flotilla 85 of the US Coast Guard Auxiliary will teach you how to be safe while out on the water. All operators of power vessels and personal watercraft (Jet Ski, Wave Runner, etc) on waters of the State of

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Bob Schoelkopf Talks Marine Mammals & Plastic Bags in Brigantine

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Brigantine is talking: Convenient, yet harmful single-use plastic bags. Mayor Guenther suggests that plastic bag laws could hurt business. The ACME may be forced to leave town if a symbolic 10 cent fee is charged for each plastic bag. We kid you not. That’s what our Mayor implied. Listen here >

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Inside Look: Failed Food & Bev Deal at Brigantine Links Golf

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LISTEN > As reported by BrigantineNOW, the awarding of Links at Brigantine Golf Food & Bev contract to Mad Dog Morgan was proven invalid / illegal. The City of Brigantine was caught skirting a well known process requiring proper RFP (request for proposal) advertising in legal newspapers of record. Mayor Guenther

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Plastic Bags and Politics, Stopping The Brigantine Green Team

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Efforts to make and keep Brigantine green and clean are stuck in political gridlock. What else is new. At issue: should Brigantine get serious about reducing use of harmful, single-use plastic bags? Beth Kwart, chairwoman of Surfrider’s South Jersey Chapter wants Brigantine to institute a nominal 10 cent fee on

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Brigantine Identity Crisis. Better Awareness & Branding Needed.

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Brigantine, for far too long, has suffered from a serious lack of proper marketing, promotion and awareness. Ask the average person in Philly or Jersey what they know about Brigantine, and they’ll either have NO idea…or they’ll mention the long departed Brigantine Castle or the overblown issue of green heads.

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Brigantine Police Chief Retirement Payout, Thanks to OPRA Request

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Can Brigantine really afford these rich, public employee contracts? That’s the question on everyone’s mind as the Police Chief revolving door cranked out another big pay day. After less than 2 years in that position, Tim Reed has announced he will retire. Ask and you shall receive. We appreciate the

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Less Fires, More Pension Costs for Brigantine Fire Department

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How much should we pay for a Brigantine Fire Department that rarely fights a fire? Why send a firetruck to a medical emergency? Click to listen to excerpts from past NPR story. A big but little understood fire department expense is not salaries, it’s retirements and those healthcare and pension

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Letter to Editor. No Links Golf Accountability in Brigantine?

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Letter to the Editor. Where’s the accountability in Brigantine? When there is a lucrative opportunity for the city to make some money on the golf course restaurant service bid they publish the RFP on FB and on web sites that very few or no restaurant owner would be visiting. Especially during

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Brigantine Paid 4% More in Taxes in 2015. Up 40% Since 2000.

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The average residential property owner in Brigantine paid 3.95 percent more in property taxes for the year of 2015. That’s a year over year increase that helped pay for 2 new public safety contracts and over $4.5 million in unfunded pension liability. Brigantine taxpayers have been clobbered over the past

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