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Paul Contillo, maverick former senator and assemblyman, dies at 94

February 9, 2024 5:46 pm

Paul J. Contillo, an impeccably honest and sometimes stubborn Bergen County Democrat who championed local government ethics laws and campaign finance reform and sponsored New Jersey’s first mandatory retirement law while serving in the New Jersey State Senate, died on...

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...