Charlie Stile Archives - New Jersey Globe

Donald Wernik, former Middlesex freeholder, Metuchen mayor, dies at 94

August 31, 2019 4:57 pmSeptember 1, 2019 5:50 pm

Donald J. Wernik, an All-State football star at Metuchen High School and World War II veteran who became a pharmacist, mayor of Metuchen and three-term Middlesex County Freeholder, died on Friday. He was 94. Wernik began in politics in an...

Phil Murphy won’t run for president

February 19, 2019 12:58 pmFebruary 19, 2019 1:03 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy isn’t joining fellow New Jerseyan U.S. Sen. Cory Booker in seeking the presidency. “Charlie, I’m not running for president by the way. I appreciate your asking that,” Murphy told Charlie Stile, a columnist for The Bergen Record,...

Jackson moving to CQ/Roll Call

January 1, 2019 5:09 pmJanuary 2, 2019 2:02 pm

Veteran New Jersey political reporter Herb Jackson will now be covering federal transportation issues for Congressional Quarterly/Roll Call, according to a post on his Facebook page. Jackson’s last day as the Washington correspondent for The (Bergen) Record is tomorrow, and...

Murphy nonplussed by increasingly public nature of budget fight

June 28, 2018 3:10 pmJune 29, 2018 4:23 pm

Gov. Murphy first learned about legislative leaders’ proposal to tax short-term rental homes during Senate President Steve Sweeney’s press conference on Wednesday. Murphy himself did not inform legislative leaders of his displeasure with the measure before telling reporters he was...