By Joe Strupp and Amanda Oglesby - Asbury Park Press | USA TODAY NETWORK – NEW JERSEY For Karen Cangialosi, Sept. 11 will always come down to a missed phone call. “I was getting ready to go to work and the phone rang, but I didn’t get to it in time,” Cangialosi recalled Sunday, the 21st anniversary of the terrorist attacks. She later found out it was her husband, Steven, calling their Middletown home from his office at Cantor Fitzgerald in the World Trade Center’s north tower. Soon after, a frie... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith with Middletown Chief of Police Craig Weber and John Brandon of the Vincent T. Lombardi Knights of Columbus at the Monmouth County September 11th Memorial at Mount Mitchill Scenic Outlook in Atlantic Highlands at a moving ceremony honoring the 147 Monmouth residents killed on 9/11 The following are excerpts of remarks by Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) at the Monmouth County September 11th Memorial Ceremony at Mount Mitchill Scenic Overlook in Atlantic Highlands: “We remember t... Read more

Pat McDaniel,Patch Staff Posted Thu, Sep 8, 2022 at 2:43 pm ET — Three people, including two Manalapan residents, actually climbed a mountain to raise funds for a new clinical trial to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a progressive disorder that affects about 300,000 children worldwide. Jim Raffone and Joseph Russo of Manalapan, as well as Matthew Scarfo, climbed Mount Everest for the cause earlier this year and they were recognized in a flag presentation by Rep. Chris Smith, R-Manchester, on... Read more

By Jon Craig Daily Voice - A fire department in Monmouth County has received a federal grant to upgrade its equipment. The Belmar Fire Department will receive $223,571 from the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program to replace critical firefighter equipment that in some cases has become dangerously outdated, according to US Rep. Chris Smith, a New Jersey Republican. “The volunteer firefighters of the Belmar Fire Department put their lives on the line every day to protect people and property i... Read more

Rep. Smith stands with JAR of Hope Founder and CEO Jim Raffone, Joseph Russo, and Matthew Scarfo and his son Matthew on top of the US Capitol Building Dome in Washington, DC. At a flag presentation ceremony in Washington DC today on World Duchenne Awareness Day, Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) recognized Manalapan residents Jim Raffone and Joseph Russo as well as Matthew Scarfo for courageously climbing Mount Everest earlier this year to help raise funds for a new clinical trial to treat Duchen... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission and Ranking Member of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, today issued the following statement on the eleventh-hour release of a human rights report by the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights that condemned Communist China for “crimes against humanity”: “This week’s human rights report issued by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights demonstrates that, at a minimum, China under Xi Jinping is... Read more

The Belmar Fire Department will receive a federal grant totaling $223,571.42 from the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program to upgrade critical firefighter equipment that in some cases has become dangerously outdated, said Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) today. “The volunteer firefighters of the Belmar Fire Department put their lives on the line every day to protect people and property in the borough and in neighboring towns when fires and other emergencies arise,” said Rep. Smith, a member of ... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and co-chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, today issued the following statement regarding the tragic American withdrawal from Afghanistan: “Today we mark one year since the Biden Administration’s disastrous and chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in which 13 American soldiers were killed and 9,000 Americans were abandoned in a treacherous, hostile condition. In the year's time, the Biden Administration ... Read more

By Olivia Liu Asbury Park Press Staff Writer - Every day and night Olga Kika of Neptune City calls her friends and family still living in Ukraine. “We can see the world is tired because of the war in Ukraine,” Kika said. “But Ukrainians have no choice.” In Memorial Park here, a crowd of about 100 people gathered for Ukraine’s Independence Day on Wednesday. That day also marks the sixth month since Russian invaded Ukraine in February. The event was hosted by the Ukrainian National Women’s League ... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), co-chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission and senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued the following statement on the reported arrest of Catholic Bishop Rolando José Álvarez in Nicaragua: “The arrest of Bishop Rolando José Álvarez—the Catholic Bishop of Matagalpa who was taken from his residence in an early morning raid on August 19—is just one of the latest manifestations of the Nicaraguan government’s ongoing campaign of repression a... Read more