Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Mayor and council present plaque to Mitch Remig
The Point Borough Mayor and Council honored Mitch Remig for his service on council as he trains for a new job. Remig is now in training at the police academy in Sea Girt for a job as an investigator for the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office, which prohibits its officers from holding elected or appointed political office. Remig resigned from council on June 30. At the Tuesday night council meeting at Borough Hall, Mayor William Schroeder presented Remig with a plaque honoring his "leadership and unselfish efforts" and each member of council offered kind words about Remig's contributions to council. Councilmember Antoinette DePaola remembered that when she first ran for council, the Republican party informed her they had already picked her …
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Remig had to resign before starting new job at prosecutor's office
Mitch Remig has resigned from Point Borough Council, a requirement for him to start his new job as a full-time detective with the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office. He will be sworn in on Monday morning at the county prosecutor's office. Remig, 23, resigned effective this past Saturday, according to a letter he sent to Borough Administrator David Maffei last week and to Patch on Monday night (see attached PDF). In the letter, dated last Wednesday, Remig wrote: "The opportunity to serve the people of the Borough as an elected official has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life to date." His council term would have expired at the end of the year. Remig, who has also been working as a Manasquan special police officer, said his …
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Point Borough Republican committee to submit 3 nominations to council to fill unexpired term
Point Borough Councilman Mitch Remig has to resign from his council seat before July 9, when he will be sworn in as a full-time detective with the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office, said county Prosecutor Marlene Lynch Ford on Thursday afternoon. Remig, who will earn $38,000 annually in what will be his first full-time job as a law enforcement officer, said on Thursday that he hasn't decided yet when he will resign, but acknowledged it will be before July 9. Remig will have to resign from his council seat, which expires at the end of the year, because appointees to the county prosecutor's office are not permitted, according to county and state ethics guidelines, to be active in partisan politics, Ford said. Ford said that when she …
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Car crash led to death of Tina Rambo, Ocean County Detective and former Point Beach special police officer
A Marlton woman pleaded guilty to two of four Municipal Court charges stemming from a car accident that killed Tina Rambo, an Ocean County detective. Rachel Portnoy, 24, pleaded guilty in Southampton Municipal Court in Burlington County on Wednesday to charges of overtaking and passing vehicles and driving an unregistered vehicle and has to pay $378 in fines and court costs, said Terry Bodine, Municipal Court administrator. Portnoy collided with a car driven by Rambo, 35, a detective with the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office, on Route 70 in Southampton on Aug. 1, 2011. Rambo died from injuries sustained in the accident, leaving behind her husband, Roy Rambo, and two young boys, who were 3 and 6 years old at the time. Portnoy pleaded guilty…
Da Poppa
8:57 am on Friday, August 24, 2012
Laura, you're so right. He traded his vote on council business to get a job either in a local police force or the county. He was a loyal lapdog to Rogers, and he has been rewarded. more ›