Anthony Imperiale Archives - New Jersey Globe

Bucco would be the 5th sitting Senator to run for Assembly

September 25, 2019 1:29 amSeptember 25, 2019 1:50 am

Anthony Bucco would not be the first sitting State Senator to seek a seat in the New Jersey State Assembly, but he is the first to run with no intention of keeping the job. Some Senators have gone to the...

John Lancellotti, nominated for Pulitzer at Bergen Record, dies at 86

June 7, 2019 9:41 am

John R. Lancellotti, who was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for his work as metropolitan editor of The (Bergen) Record, died on May 30. He was 86. Lancellotti’s Pulitzer nomination came after a story which identified Anthony Imperiale as a...

Howarth ally files as independent in 8th

June 4, 2019 7:27 pm

A former Republican councilman from Waterford filed petitions today to run as an independent candidate for State Assembly in the 8th district. Tom Giangiulo, Jr., who has been working on Assemblyman Joe Howarth’s re-election campaign, filed as a MAGA Conservative....

Kenneth Gibson, first Black mayor of Newark, dies at 86

March 29, 2019 7:35 pmApril 1, 2019 12:16 am

Kenneth A. Gibson, who became the first African American to serve as mayor of a major northeastern city when he ousted two-term Newark mayor Hugh Addonizio in 1970, died today. He was 86. Gibson twice sought the Democratic nomination for...

Trailblazer: Congressman Donald Payne, Sr.

January 21, 2019 12:16 amJanuary 21, 2019 12:39 am

Donald Payne, Sr. (1934-2012) was the first African American to represent New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives. He had run for Congress twice before winning the seat in 1988. In 1970, Payne became the first African American to...

Trailblazer: Mayor Kenneth Gibson

January 21, 2019 12:09 amJanuary 21, 2019 1:26 am

Kenneth Gibson became the first African American to serve as mayor of a major northeastern city when he ousted two-term incumbent Hugh Addonizio in 1970. Gibson had served as an engineer for the New Jersey Highway Department and as the...

Imperiale was only independent to win beyond local level

November 1, 2018 1:43 pmNovember 1, 2018 10:57 pm

The only independent candidate to win beyond the local level in New Jersey over the last 50 years was Anthony Imperiale, a self-styled vigilante from Newark’s North Ward who came to power during the 1967 Newark riots. Gov. Richard Hughes...