Brendan Byrne Archives - New Jersey Globe

Shapiro and Cryan split the ’78 races for Essex freeholder

July 22, 2019 3:41 amJuly 24, 2019 8:39 pm

With four Democrats running for Essex County Executive in the June 1978 primary, there were also contested races for the four Freeholder-At-Large seats and in each of the five freeholder districts – including a race between one of the leaders...

The fall of Harry Lerner

July 22, 2019 3:40 amJuly 24, 2019 8:33 pm

When longtime Essex County Democratic boss Dennis Carey retired for health reasons in 1968, County Treasurer Harry Lerner faced Hugh Addonizio, the two-term Mayor of Newark and a former seven-term congressman, for the post. Lerner, who had lost a race...

In Memoriam

July 2, 2019 8:50 am

Michael Degnan, a retired New Jersey Superior Court Judge, died on June 30. He was 79. Degnan had served as the West Orange Zoning Board attorney before Gov. Brendan Byrne nominated him to serve as an Essex County District Court...

Joseph Simunovich, top New Jersey political figure, dies at 78

June 18, 2019 9:43 pmJune 19, 2019 9:01 am

Joseph J. Simunovich, a popular and influential fixture in North Jersey politics for the last six decades, passed away this evening. He was 78. Simunovich served twelve years as a Hudson County Freeholder and later as chairman of the New...

Edwin Doyle, scion of Hudson County political family, dies at 75

June 18, 2019 9:08 am

Edwin Doyle, a former Kearny councilman who served on the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission, died on June 16. He was 75. He was elected councilman in the early 1970s when he was in his twenties. His father had also served...

Murphy job approvals about where Christie was at same point

June 17, 2019 9:13 amJune 17, 2019 9:22 am

As Gov. Phil Murphy approaches his mid-term election, his job approvals — 42%-32% in a new Fairleigh Dickinson University poll — are similar to those of his predecessor, Chris Christie, in June. Christie was at 44%-37% in a June 21,...

Bill Hodas, ex-mayor, municipal chair for 43 years, dies

May 30, 2019 1:36 pmMay 30, 2019 1:37 pm

Bill Hodas, a Democrat who served as mayor of Franklin in Sussex County for sixteen years and held appointed state posts under five governors, died on May 28. He was 92. Hodas was also one of the longest-serving municipal chairs...