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Blanquita Valenti, trailblazing Middlesex freeholder, dies at 87

March 10, 2021 7:12 amMarch 10, 2021 11:01 pm

Blanquita Bird Valenti, a popular vote-getter who spent 15 years as a Middlesex County freeholder and 20 years as a New Brunswick city councilwoman, died on Tuesday evening. She was 87. Valenti became the first Latina to win a countywide...

Azcona-Barber wins Middlesex Dem freeholder nod

March 11, 2019 8:24 pmMarch 11, 2019 10:03 pm

Middlesex County Democrats tonight picked Claribel Azcona-Barber to replace retiring freeholder Blanquita Valenti. Azcona-Barber, a close ally of New Brunswick mayor James Cahill, defeated former Perth Amboy councilman Joel Pabon. She will join incumbents Charles Kenny and Kenneth Armwood on...

Middlesex freeholder won’t seek re-election

February 1, 2019 6:52 pm

Middlesex County Freeholder Blanquita Valenti said today that she would not seek re-election to a sixth term. The 84-year-old retired teacher was first elected freeholder in 2004 after serving as a New Brunswick city councilwoman and council president. She was...