Brendan Murphy Archives - New Jersey Globe

The O’Toole Chronicles: Your Gift

August 1, 2025 5:37 pmAugust 1, 2025 5:38 pm

The other day I was talking with my dear friend and Passaic County GOP chair, Peter Murphy, two days before his son’s wedding, Peter was excited and animated. His excitement was clear because the wedding was the fourth item he...

Schillari vs. Davis in the Hudson Dem War

May 7, 2025 6:03 amMay 7, 2025 1:45 am

When a sheriff hasn’t read his own mailers Hudson County Sheriff Frank Schillari admitted to the New Jersey Globe that he hasn’t seen what his campaign is putting out on his Democratic primary opponent, three-term Bayonne Mayor Jimmy Davis. “I...

Tucci re-elected chairman of utility authority

May 5, 2020 2:02 pmMay 5, 2020 4:32 pm

For the third time since Gov. Phil Murphy’s ill-fated attempt to take over the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission in early 2018, Republican Thomas Tucci, the township manager of Cedar Grove, has been re-elected to the chairmanship without opposition. That could...

Ex-assemblyman up for elections post

May 30, 2019 12:02 pmMay 30, 2019 1:37 pm

A package of Passaic County appointments is expected to win approval by the Senate Judiciary Committee today, including former Assemblyman Ronald Fava to become the deputy Superintendent of Elections. On the agenda today is Gov. Phil Murphy’s nomination of former...

PVSC nominees held for Passaic election post package

May 13, 2019 11:21 am

The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding two nominations to the Passaic County Sewerage Commission until candidates for two elections posts are finalized. Gov. Phil Murphy has nominated former deputy state attorney general Shona Mack-Pollack, a Democrat, to replace Republican Sherine...

Tom Tucci re-elected PVSC chairman

May 8, 2019 12:13 pmMay 5, 2020 1:37 pm

Republican Thomas Tucci, the township manager of Cedar Grove, was unanimously re-elected chairman of the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission yesterday. Tucci’s 6-0 win comes one year after the Murphy administration became involved in a contested race for vice chair and...

Murphy pulls Cotton PVSC nomination, picks son of Passaic GOP chairman

March 27, 2019 1:08 pm

A deal is in place to move appointments to the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission. Gov. Phil Murphy has withdrawn his nomination of former Paterson mayor Ruby Cotton and replaced her with Brendan Murphy, the son of Passaic County Republican chairman...