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After Nutley tie, Scarpelli and Tucci will each take two years as mayor

May 18, 2020 9:48 amMay 18, 2020 10:47 am

By immovable local tradition, the top vote-getter for Nutley’s five Board of Commissioners seats becomes mayor for four years, but that custom became more complicated on Friday when Joseph Scarpelli and Mauro Tucci tied with 4,586 votes each. Scarpelli told...

Huge number of new ballots hit Essex County today

May 13, 2020 11:00 pmMay 15, 2020 9:03 am

Thousands of new votes have come in from Essex County since Tuesday afternoon that could change the outcome of several key municipal races conducted entirely through vote-by-mail ballots, the New Jersey Globe has learned. In Montclair, where Sean Spiller led...