Alex DeCroce Archives - New Jersey Globe

Four Morris Commissioners split with county committee to back DeCroce

April 5, 2021 6:12 pm

Four members of Morris County’s all-Republican Board of Commissioners endorsed Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce (R-Parsippany-Troy Hills) for re-election Monday, breaking with the county’s GOP committee. Commission Director Stephen Shaw and Commissioners Doug Cabana, Kathryn DeFillippo and Tayfun Selen backed DeCroce, who...

Kean retirement sparks GOP leadership elections in Senate, Assembly

February 1, 2021 2:45 pmFebruary 1, 2021 3:51 pm

Today’s announcement by Tom Kean, Jr. (R-Westfield) that he will not seek re-election to the State Senate will trigger a change in Republican leadership in both houses. Republicans will need to replace Kean as the senate Republican leader when his...

Assemblywoman’s brother dies at 64

August 19, 2020 9:24 am

Bill Bisson, the brother of Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce, died on August 16. He was 64. Bisson worked as sales manager at his family business, Bisson Motors in Rockaway, and was later employed by Team Welsh Jeep Chrysler in Far Hills....

Bucco Memorial: Assemblywoman Betty Lou DeCroce

September 17, 2019 12:26 am

Assemblywoman Betty Lou DeCroce issued a statement tonight on the death of State Sen. Anthony Bucco: “The passing tonight of my dear friend Tony Bucco is heart-breaking. He was an invaluable source of friendship and wisdom for me and my...

Senator Anthony Bucco dies at 81

September 16, 2019 9:14 pmSeptember 17, 2019 12:27 am

State Sen. Anthony R. Bucco, a Morris County Republican who has served in the New Jersey Senate since 1998, has died. He was 81. Bucco has been a fixture in politics for more than 40 years, since winning a seat...

The road to Parsippany Mayor Michael Soriano

April 1, 2019 12:15 amApril 1, 2019 1:14 pm

Decades of infighting among Parsippany Republicans led to Democratic mayors for 33 of the last 53 years in a solidly Republican town that once provided huge pluralities for GOP candidates running statewide and in Morris County. With intra-party quarrels on...

In Morris, sometimes you lose before you win

February 15, 2019 4:39 pmFebruary 15, 2019 4:45 pm

The possibility of an Aura Dunn vs. Lisa Bhimani campaign for State Assembly in the 25th district this year means a match-up of two candidates who lost their first campaigns for public office. That’s the way politics works in Morris...