Brian Bergen Archives

Randolph school board backs off plan to stop using holiday names

June 22, 2021 12:33 pm

The Randolph Board of Education has abandoned a plan to scrub the names of holidays from the school calendar after public officials and hundreds of residents objected to the injection of “cancel culture” into local schools. The proposed calendar removed...

Assembly panel advances bill allowing New Jerseyans overseas to vote in local, state races

June 16, 2021 12:04 pm

The Assembly Appropriations Committee advanced a bill that would extend to New Jerseyans living overseas the right to vote in local and state elections regardless of whether they were certain they would return to the Garden State. The bill, sponsored...

Bergen chides Tucker over lax veterans’ committee schedule

June 10, 2021 4:59 pmJune 10, 2021 7:30 pm

Assemblyman Brian Bergen (R-Denville) is picking a fight with the chair of the Assembly Military and Veterans’ Affairs Committee. In a letter sent Thursday to Assemblywoman Cleopatra Tucker (D-Newark), the committee’s chairwoman, the Republican lawmaker aired criticisms over the body’s...

DiMaso ousted after being dropped from Monmouth GOP line

June 8, 2021 9:21 pm

The Monmouth County line proved too much for Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso (R-Holmdel) to overcome. Assemblyman Gerard Scharfenberger (R-Middletown) and Holmdel School Board President Vicky Flynn will go on to the general election. The contest in the 13th district was one...

Report ranking N.J. as 32nd best state for military retirees disturbs Bucco

May 28, 2021 4:03 pm

New Jersey needs to stop giving military retirees a reason to leave the state, State Sen. Anthony M. Bucco (R-Boonton) said on Friday. Bucco’s statement follows a WalletHub report that ranks New Jersey as the 32nd best state for military...

School mask mandate the latest draw for Republican ire

May 25, 2021 3:55 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy is facing Republican calls to walk back comments saying children would still be required to wear masks in school next fall. “It’s an outrage for our caucus and for parents across the state,” Assemblywoman Aura Dunn (R-Mendham)...

Assembly panel clears bill providing Murphy with non-emergency pandemic powers

May 18, 2021 4:29 pm

The Assembly Appropriations Committee advance a bill that would allow Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration to continue issuing directives and orders related to the pandemic after the state’s public health emergency designation expired along party lines Tuesday. The bill, part of...