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Blackman seeks to be Dover’s first woman, first black mayor

April 1, 2019 10:31 amApril 1, 2019 10:59 am

DOVER – Alderwoman Carolyn Blackman is running for mayor of Dover on the Morris County Democratic organization line in the June primary. She would become town’s first woman and first black mayor. The incumbent, Democrat James P. Dodd, has not...

Blackman affidavit claims Dodd harassed her

March 29, 2019 3:34 pm

Dover Alderman Carolyn Blackman claimed Dover Mayor James Dodd harassed her on several occasions in late 2018, when Blackman backed a slate of insurgent candidates challenging Alderman aligned with Dodd. In an affidavit filed Friday, Blackman alleged Dodd shouted obscenities...

Former Alderman: Dodd called Blackman a racial slur

July 25, 2018 1:34 pmJune 13, 2021 10:55 am

Editor’s note: This article was updated with comment from Mayor James Dodd at 10:26 p.m. This article initially mistakenly identified the woman who was removed from the meeting as Timpani’s girlfriend. She is the girlfriend of Alderman Steven Toth. A...

Robinson is no party boss, Dems say

July 13, 2018 4:41 pmJuly 15, 2018 1:53 pm

Claims by Dover Mayor Jim Dodd that Morris County Democratic Chairman Chip Robinson is a Frank Hague-style party boss is laughable, some top Democratic leaders said today. “Morris County Democrats have picked up 21 seats from the GOP since 2015,...

Dover insurgents win big

June 6, 2018 9:37 amJune 6, 2018 9:37 am

Dover Democratic Municipal Chairman James Visioli was booted out of his own county committee seat after a group of insurgents, tired of the Apartheid-like domination of old time white Democrats in a town that has a 69% Hispanic population Morris...