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Carmine Capone, former Orange mayor, dies at 92

June 8, 2020 10:54 am

Carmine E. Capone, a fixture in Essex County politics and the mayor of Orange from 1976 to 1980, died on June 1. He was 92. He launched his political career in 1967 as a candidate for a North Ward council...

Shapiro and Cryan split the ’78 races for Essex freeholder

July 22, 2019 3:41 amFebruary 28, 2021 12:10 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...