92.7 WOBM » Eatontown http://wobm.com Ocean County's Hometown Station! Wed, 22 May 2013 00:29:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Ex-Birdsall Engineering CEO, Execs Indicted in Pay-to-Play Evasion Probe http://wobm.com/ex-birdsall-engineering-ceo-execs-indicted-in-pay-to-play-evasion-probe/ http://wobm.com/ex-birdsall-engineering-ceo-execs-indicted-in-pay-to-play-evasion-probe/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:35:08 +0000 Tom Mongelli http://wobm.com/?p=200440 The former CEO of one of New Jersey's most powerful engineering firms and six other executives are under indictment, charged with conspiring to sidestep the state's Pay-to-Play Act by using company employees as straw donors to political campaigns, and getting millions in lucrative government contracts in return.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://wobm.com/ex-birdsall-engineering-ceo-execs-indicted-in-pay-to-play-evasion-probe/feed/ 0 Warble the National Anthem at First Energy Park http://wobm.com/warble-the-national-anthem-at-first-energy-park/ http://wobm.com/warble-the-national-anthem-at-first-energy-park/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:00:18 +0000 Tom Mongelli http://wobm.com/?p=191306 Attention budding singers: Your chance to star on one of Ocean County's biggest stages is about to arrive.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://wobm.com/warble-the-national-anthem-at-first-energy-park/feed/ 0 JCP&L Unveils $200M in Upgrades for 2013 http://wobm.com/jcpl-unveils-200m-in-upgrades-for-2013/ http://wobm.com/jcpl-unveils-200m-in-upgrades-for-2013/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:17:50 +0000 Tom Mongelli http://wobm.com/?p=189967 With the bulk of superstorm repairs behind them, Jersey Central Power and Light officials disclose an ambitious $200,000,000 plan to reinforce service to high-growth areas as well as hurricane-ravaged communities.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://wobm.com/jcpl-unveils-200m-in-upgrades-for-2013/feed/ 0 Eatontown Man Charged With Bomb Threat Spree http://wobm.com/eatontown-man-charged-with-bomb-threat-spree/ http://wobm.com/eatontown-man-charged-with-bomb-threat-spree/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:35:38 +0000 Tom Mongelli http://wobm.com/?p=189080 An Eatontown 21-year-old is accused of placing the string of bomb threats that plagued store owners in a West Long Branch shopping center this past Sunday and Monday.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://wobm.com/eatontown-man-charged-with-bomb-threat-spree/feed/ 0 Third of Four Suspects in 2008 Eatontown Murder-Robbery Convicted http://wobm.com/third-of-four-suspects-in-2008-eatontown-murder-robbery-convicted/ http://wobm.com/third-of-four-suspects-in-2008-eatontown-murder-robbery-convicted/#comments Mon, 24 Dec 2012 19:21:17 +0000 Tom Mongelli http://wobm.com/?p=166073 Legal proceedings remain for only one of four suspects accused of gunning an Eatontown man to death in his apartment nearly five years ago. A Monmouth County Superior Court jury in Freehold Friday convicted Tahj Pines, 27, of Neptune, of murder and robbery for his role in the March 2008 death of Nathaniel Wiggins, 24.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://wobm.com/third-of-four-suspects-in-2008-eatontown-murder-robbery-convicted/feed/ 0 Communities Around Ft. Monmouth Prepare For Growth [AUDIO] http://wobm.com/communities-around-ft-monmouth-prepare-for-growth-audio/ http://wobm.com/communities-around-ft-monmouth-prepare-for-growth-audio/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:47:54 +0000 Rosetta Key http://nj1015.com/?p=204715 The superstorm affected communities of Eatontown, Oceanport and Tinton Falls are taking a wait-and-see approach as their populations begin to swell on a neighboring shuttered military base.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://wobm.com/communities-around-ft-monmouth-prepare-for-growth-audio/feed/ 0 Marko Georgiev, Getty Images Ex-Eatontown Cop Gets Probation for Sex Coercion http://wobm.com/ex-eatontown-cop-gets-probation-for-sex-coercion/ http://wobm.com/ex-eatontown-cop-gets-probation-for-sex-coercion/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:38:13 +0000 Tom Mongelli http://wobm.com/?p=157036 Former Eatontown Police detective Philip Emanuele was given five years' probation today, for his guilty plea to criminal coercion and evidence tampering.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://wobm.com/ex-eatontown-cop-gets-probation-for-sex-coercion/feed/ 0 Philip Emanuele (MugShots.com) New FEMA Funding Targets Monmouth, LBI http://wobm.com/new-fema-funding-targets-monmouth-lbi/ http://wobm.com/new-fema-funding-targets-monmouth-lbi/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:20:01 +0000 Tom Mongelli http://wobm.com/?p=156929 Five coastal Monmouth communities and Beach Haven on Long Beach Island are in line for $12,900,000 in storm cleanup costs through the second round of grants by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://wobm.com/new-fema-funding-targets-monmouth-lbi/feed/ 0 Estranged Husband of a Red Bank Woman Indicted in Her Murder http://wobm.com/estranged-husband-of-a-redbank-woman-indicted-in-her-murder/ http://wobm.com/estranged-husband-of-a-redbank-woman-indicted-in-her-murder/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:21:57 +0000 Rosetta Key http://wobm.com/?p=63579 An Eatontown man is indicted for the alleged murder of his estranged wife.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://wobm.com/estranged-husband-of-a-redbank-woman-indicted-in-her-murder/feed/ 0 Oscar Prior Ramirez (Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office) Major Road Work Starts On Route 71 http://wobm.com/major-road-work-starts-on-route-71/ http://wobm.com/major-road-work-starts-on-route-71/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 09:40:43 +0000 Ilya Hemlin http://wobm.com/?p=58819 A major roadway improvement will be coming to drivers of Monmouth County.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://wobm.com/major-road-work-starts-on-route-71/feed/ 0 Route 71 (flickr user Dougtone) Weekend Briefs From WOBM News http://wobm.com/saturday-briefs-from-wobm-news-3/ http://wobm.com/saturday-briefs-from-wobm-news-3/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 13:06:49 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://wobm.com/?p=13946  

News from Ocean and Monmouth Counties and around New Jersey.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://wobm.com/saturday-briefs-from-wobm-news-3/feed/ 0 flickruser davidsonscott15