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Nicholas Corbiscello, former Bergen freeholder, Fort Lee Mayor, dies at 100

July 11, 2020 10:27 pmJuly 11, 2020 10:28 pm

Nicholas A. Corbiscello, a former Bergen County freeholder and a three-term mayor of Fort Lee, died on July 7. He was 100. Corbiscello became involved in politics in 1975 when he ran for a Fort Lee Borough Council seat as...

Arthur Gallagher, former Bergenfield councilman, dies at 88

May 23, 2020 1:36 pmMay 23, 2020 2:00 pm

Arthur V. Gallagher, a respected former Bergenfield councilman known for a laser-focus on fiscal responsibility during his eleven years in local government, died on May 22. He was 88 He was the father of Art Gallagher, the editor of More...

Bergen conventions around since 1976

March 23, 2020 8:55 pmMarch 23, 2020 9:09 pm

The Bergen County Republican Organization was one of the first counties in the state to award their organization line based on an open vote of the full county committee in 1976. The convention process was the brainstorm of Cassius Daly,...

Martin Durkin, former Assembly candidate, dies at 88

October 27, 2019 1:08 pm

Martin T. Durkin, a Ridgefield Park attorney who was the Democratic candidate for State Assembly in 1969, died on October 17. He was 88. Durkin spent more than 20 years as the Borough Attorney for Ridgefield Park and also served...

Freedom Rider Byron Baer spent 34 years in the NJ legislature — and 45 days in a Mississippi prison

July 29, 2019 8:02 amJanuary 18, 2021 4:17 pm

Today is the 58th anniversary of the arrest of Freedom Rider Byron Baer, a longtime New Jersey legislator who was charged with attempting to desegregate a blacks-only waiting room at the Greyhound bus terminal in Jackson, Mississippi. He spent 45...

Juliano brings peace to Bergenfield Dems

July 14, 2019 5:49 pmJuly 14, 2019 8:29 pm

Just days before he’s set to become the Bergen County Democratic Chairman, Paul Juliano scored a big win in Bergenfield by bringing feuding factions together in advance of a hotly contested mayoral campaign. According to sources who were present at...

Some 1960s Bergen County political history

March 3, 2019 10:22 pmMarch 4, 2019 8:59 am

Until the U.S. Supreme Court’s one-man, one-vote ruling, Bergen County began the 1960’s with one state Senator – Walter Jones (R-Norwood) — and seven Assembly seats. Jones gave up that Senate seat after eight years in 1961 to run for...