David Wildstein, Author at New Jersey Globe

Trooper who killed ex-girlfriend was protecting First Assistant Attorney General

August 6, 2025 1:55 pmAugust 6, 2025 6:52 pm

The New Jersey State Police trooper who reportedly shot and killed his former girlfriend and a firefighter she was dating had been assigned to protect the First Assistant Attorney General, the New Jersey Globe has confirmed. Ricardo J. Santos, a...

John Sweeney, Somerset GOP surrogate candidate, dies at 63

August 6, 2025 11:47 amAugust 6, 2025 1:55 pm

Peapack-Gladstone Council President John L. Sweeney, the Republican nominee for Somerset County Surrogate, died this morning. He was 63. Sweeney first won election to the council in 2001 on a ticket with William Horton; he served from 2002 to 2013,...

The Inside Edge with David Wildstein: Joe Fay

August 6, 2025 5:22 amAugust 7, 2025 9:15 am

Morris deputy mayor files NJ-11 campaign committee

August 5, 2025 8:30 pm

Morris Township Deputy Mayor Jeff Grayzel filed with the Federal Election Commission as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 11th district. “This is not a challenge to Mikie Sherrill, but I have to be prepared,”...

Green Party candidate ends bid for governor (Updated)

August 5, 2025 7:59 pmAugust 6, 2025 1:27 pm

The Green Party candidate for governor has dropped out of the race, leaving activists until August 21 to gather the 2,000 signatures needed to get a replacement candidate on the ballot. Stephen N. Zielinski, Sr. sent a withdrawal letter to...

Ex-Hoboken mayor gets his N.Y. law license back

August 5, 2025 10:48 am

A former Hoboken mayor who was arrested three weeks after taking office for accepting a bribe has paid his debt to society and now has his law license back. Peter Cammarano spent two years in a federal prison for taking...

Ernest Coursey, four-term Atlantic county commissioner, dies at 62

August 5, 2025 9:26 amAugust 5, 2025 12:11 pm

Veteran Atlantic County Commissioner Ernest D. Coursey, Sr., who announced earlier this year that he would not seek re-election to a fifth term because of health issues, died early this morning. He was 62. Gov. Phil Murphy said he and...