April 13, 2011 BRIGANTINE – In a closed-door meeting held March 16, the city’s manager defended himself against accusations from City Council that he did not fully discuss with council an internal investigation into the city’s former police chief, executive session minutes released by the city this week show. Questioned by […]
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Brigantine police captains sought investigation of outgoing chief despite case having been settled, court document shows Press of Atlantic City January 28, 2011 | Lemongello, Steven BRIGANTINE – The same day that former police Chief Jim Frugoli talked about delaying his planned retirement, two police captains – including future Chief John Stone
An internal investigation of former Brigantine police Chief Jim Frugoli found that he violated the department’s sexual harassment policy by making “offensive or derogatory comments” toward a department employee, including that “he slapped her on the behind,” called her names such as “Sugar Lips” and would “stand uncomfortably close” to her, according
City Manager Jennifer Blumenthal will discuss Golf Course issues. MAY 10, 2014. Community Center. 10am
May 13. It’s on this date when Brigantine residents with voter rights will decide the fate of Dan Howard, the acting Public Safety Director. What’s best choice for the city and taxpayers? The BTA offers up their position on this divisive and often misunderstood issue: When vacancies occurred in the
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From the ARCHIVES: January 31, 2008 Press of Atlantic City Brigantine cuts funding to tourism/business panel. City officials have voted to stop diverting part of the proceeds from local mercantile-license fees and rental-inspection fees to the town’s Tourism and Business Development Commission. The city has passed $10 from every $50 mercantile
Requests for info swamp Brigantine Sandy, labor disputes, budget issues blamed for volume By WALLACE McKELVEY, Staff Writer | Posted 7 months ago Brigantine employees are inundated with Open Public Records Act requests as tensions mount over a contentious budget process, labor contract negotiations and from residents making Sandy repairs. As of Friday,
Potential salary disparity behind Brigantine raises By STEVEN LEMONGELLO Staff Writer | Posted Aug 12, 2011 Raises awarded to nonunion employees in Brigantine were spurred by the possibility of captains making more than the chiefs in both the police and fire departments, according to executive session minutes. City Council voted 5-2 following an
Brigantine City Manager Jim Barber will retire this weekend with severance pay and a promise not to sue By STEVEN LEMONGELLO Staff Writer | Updated Jul 28, 2011 Brigantine City Manager Jim Barber will officially retire this weekend after more than seven years on the job — but five months before his contract
Half the cost of sending New Jersey children to school misses the classroom By DIANE D’AMICO Education Writer for Press of AC| Updated May 21, 2011 As much as half of the cost of education has nothing to do with what goes on in a classroom, the new Taxpayers’ Guide to Education
BRIGANTINE – Visitors to City Hall this summer may have spotted an odd message on a few bumper stickers in the parking lot: “I ain’t no FOOT.” Little could they know that message may have been directed at them. During an Aug. 18 City Council meeting, resident Mike Brennan alleged that
Petition Group Begins Brigantine Ballot Battle By Mike Schurman, Special to The Inquirer POSTED: September 08, 1989 A group of Brigantine residents, intent on changing the resort community’s commission form of government, yesterday submitted a petition to the city Clerk’s Office containing 1,547 signatures of local residents who want to put
