Anthony Chiappone Archives - New Jersey Globe

The bar is set low for this new assemblyman from Bayonne

January 11, 2022 12:02 amJanuary 11, 2022 10:37 am

If William B. Sampson IV can find Trenton by noon on Tuesday, he will already have exceeded expectations. Not since Patrick Pasculli (D-Bayonne) graced the halls of the statehouse in the late 1970s and sponsored a bill on his first...

Elba Perez-Cinciarelli, former assemblywoman, dies at 76

July 4, 2020 12:32 am

Former Assemblywoman Elba Perez-Cinciarelli (D-Jersey City), the first Latina to represent Hudson County in the New Jersey Legislature and an early supporter of same-sex marriage, died on Friday. She was 76. Hudson County Democrats picked Perez-Cinciarelli, a Jersey City Education...

Once a Davis supporter, ex-mayoral candidate backs O’Donnell

May 2, 2018 2:24 pm

Lenny Kantor has buyer’s remorse and he’s trying to make things right. In 2014, Kantor endorsed Jimmy Davis for mayor against incumbent Mark Smith. Now he’s backing Jason O’Donnell’s bid to oust Davis next week. Kantor had run for mayor...