Albert DeMartin Archives - New Jersey Globe

Trailblazer: Speaker S. Howard Woodson

January 16, 2023 12:06 amJanuary 15, 2023 7:29 pm

Rev. S. Howard Woodson (1916-1999) was the first Black to serve as Speaker of the New Jersey State Assembly. He held the post in 1974 and 1975. He was the first black to serve as a Speaker in any state...

Trailblazer: Speaker S. Howard Woodson

January 17, 2022 12:13 amJanuary 16, 2022 10:16 pm

Rev. S. Howard Woodson (1916-1999) was the first Black to serve as Speaker of the New Jersey State Assembly. He held the post in 1974 and 1975. He was the first black to serve as a Speaker in any state...

Trailblazer: Speaker S. Howard Woodson

January 18, 2021 12:04 amJanuary 16, 2021 10:31 pm

Rev. S. Howard Woodson (1916-1999) was the first Black to serve as Speaker of the New Jersey State Assembly. He held the post in 1974 and 1975. He was the first black to serve as a Speaker in any state...

Joe Tighue, former Mercer Surrogate, Freeholder, dies at 87

August 27, 2019 12:35 pmAugust 27, 2019 2:45 pm

Joseph Tighue, a popular Mercer County vote-getter during more than twenty years as a countywide elected official, died on August 24. He was 87. Tighue first ran for office in 1969 as the county organization candidate for Mercer County Freeholder. ...