Bill Schluter Archives

Paul Sollami, 7-term Mercer County freeholder, dies at 90

July 19, 2021 9:35 amJuly 19, 2021 12:35 pm

Paul J. Sollami, a popular Mercer County political leader who served seven terms as a Mercer County Freeholder and later as a state administrative law judge, died on July 15. He was 90. He was the father of Paula Sollami...

Zimmer, former GOP congressman from N.J., to endorse Biden

August 24, 2020 11:07 am

Former Rep. Dick Zimmer (R-Delaware Township), a former three-term Republican congressman and the GOP candidate for U.S. Senate in 1996 and 2008, will endorse Democrat Joe Biden for president today, the Biden campaign said. The Hunterdon County Republican is one...

Frank Fuzo, five-term Hunterdon freeholder, dies at 68

June 9, 2020 11:04 pm

Frank J. Fuzo, a strong vote-getter during his fifteen years as a Hunterdon County freeholder and the last Republican mayor of Lambertville, died on June 3. He was 68. Fuzo made his first bid for public office in 1984 as...

Franny McManimon, former state senator, dies at 93

March 26, 2020 9:41 pmMarch 27, 2020 1:39 pm

Former State Sen. Francis J. McManimon, an enormously affable, cigar-chomping Mercer County Democrat who served in the New Jersey Legislature for 20 years, passed away today. He was 93. McManimon served as superintendent of the Hamilton Township Department of Parks...

Robert Klein, LBJ White House speechwriter, top aide to Gov. Hughes, dies at 89

March 7, 2020 5:46 pmMarch 7, 2020 6:50 pm

Robert R. Klein, a former White House aide during the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson, and a top aide to the Governor of New Jersey, died on March 3. He was 89. Klein served as an assistant and speechwriter...

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...

Mike Gold, Hunterdon Dem chairman in 1970s, dies

January 6, 2019 10:41 am

Michael Gold, who served as the Hunterdon County Democratic Chairman from 1972 to 1978, died of cancer last year in California, where he was living in retirement. He was 82. Gold was the Democratic candidate for Hunterdon County freeholder in...