Bob Zuckerman Archives - New Jersey Globe

This New Jersey town used Covid relief money to buy thousands of tote bags — and never gave them out

July 29, 2021 12:28 amJuly 29, 2021 4:02 pm

While Paterson used grants from the federal CARES ACT to fund mental health programs for children, food pantries, rental assistance and homeless prevention, Westfield used some of their stimulus money to buy 2,000 canvas tote bags that were never distributed...

Former NFL player wins South Orange municipal election

May 11, 2021 9:44 pmMay 12, 2021 1:32 am

South Orange Village Trustee Karen Hartshorn Hilton was re-elected to her second term on Tuesday, with former Cleveland Browns wide receiver Braynard “Bobby” Brown and environmental activist William Haskins winning open seats. They defeated Neil Chambers, an architect who thinks...

South Orange re-elects Collum in landslide

May 14, 2019 9:07 pmMay 14, 2019 11:36 pm

South Orange residents overwhelmingly voted to re-elected Village President Sheena Collum to a second term Tuesday. Collum, who was a village trustee for two years before when she was first elected village president in 2015, received 2,847 of the 3,746...

South Orange: Essex freeholder clerk takes on village president

March 19, 2019 1:27 pmMarch 19, 2019 4:26 pm

The premier May race in Essex County is in South Orange, where village president Sheena Collum faces a challenge from village trustee Deborah Davis Ford. Nine candidates have filed for three open village trustee seats, including a former NFL player...