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Colleen Mahr to be Somerset County administrator

September 7, 2020 2:05 pmSeptember 8, 2020 11:01 am

Somerset County, where Democrats won a majority on the Board of Freeholders in the 2019 election, is expected to name Fanwood Mayor Colleen Mahr as the new county administrator, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Mahr would replace Michael Amorosa,...

Somerset Democrats want in-person machine voting

August 31, 2020 11:12 amAugust 31, 2020 12:40 pm

The Democratic majority on the Somerset County Board of Freeholders voiced their preference for in-person voting last week in a vote that allies them with local Republicans. Shanel Robinson, Sara Sooy and Melonie Marano joined with two GOP freeholders on...

Somerset teachers union backs Democratic freeholder candidates

August 6, 2020 9:39 am

The Somerset County Education Association backed Democratic Freeholder candidates Paul Drake and Doug Singleterry over Republican incumbents Thursday. “We’re proud to support Paul Drake and Douglas Singleterry for freeholder,” SCEA President Dan Epstein said. “We wholeheartedly believe they are the...

Somerset Republicans raise alarms over hiring of politically-connected communications staffer

April 22, 2020 12:01 amApril 22, 2020 9:00 am

Republican freeholders in Somerset County are raising alarms over the hiring of a communications staffer with ties to their Democratic colleagues. In a party-line vote held last week, the Freeholder Board voted to bring on Lauren Guastella as a digital...

Murphy swears in Marano, Russo ushering in Democratic control in Somerset

January 3, 2020 5:20 pmJanuary 4, 2020 12:05 pm

Somerset County Freeholder Melonie Marano was Sworn in Friday, officially bringing an end to Republicans’ decades-long control there and ushering in a Democratic Majority that Democrats will keep through at least 2021. “I am humbled and honored to take this...

Somerset Dems reject GOP lame duck appointments

December 18, 2019 3:37 pmDecember 19, 2019 8:42 am

Somerset County Democrats, preparing to take control of the Board of Freeholders for the first time since 1965, are complaining that the lame duck Republican majority are jamming through last-minute appointments on their way out. They are complaining that the...

Sooy, Robinson sworn in by Murphy

January 4, 2019 5:12 pmJanuary 5, 2019 10:36 am

Newly-elected Democratic Somerset County Freeholders Sara Sooy and Shanel Robinson were sworn in by Gov. Phil Murphy Friday. “We’ve done the hard work to get here, now it’s time to put in the work to make sure that we learn...