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Perth Amboy Council recount denied, but School Board results to be retallied

December 1, 2020 3:45 pm

Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Thomas McCloskey denied a request to recount votes cast in Perth Amboy’s city council race but approved a recheck of ballots submitted in the city’s School Board races. Lisette Lebron, who finished fourth in the...

New Jersey making plans for all-VBM primary, officials say Murphy must decide by next week

March 26, 2020 2:16 pm

New Jersey election officials are actively working on plans for primary election conducted entirely through vote-by-mail ballots, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Five senior election officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity say that Gov. Phil Murphy will...

Middlesex Democrats go for Biden

March 18, 2020 7:32 pmMarch 19, 2020 12:05 am

Middlesex County Democrats have endorsed Joe Biden for president. That gives Biden the organization line in the county with the third-largest number of Democrats in the state. The former vice president is now 7-0 in Democratic conventions. Middlesex delivered a...

Masculin wins Middlesex GOP freeholder endorsement by 10 votes

March 15, 2020 6:19 pmMarch 15, 2020 6:21 pm

Middlesex County Republicans have picked their slate for countywide office: Joseph Wolak for county clerk and Andrew Politi and John Masculin for freeholder. The votes were cast online after Middlesex County GOP chair Lucille Panos cancelled the convention as a...

Tarbous enters race for Middlesex county clerk

January 24, 2020 2:05 pm

Herb Tarbous, a progressive activist from Piscataway, will seek the Democratic nomination for Middlesex county clerk on a platform of eliminating organization lines in primary elections. Elaine Flynn announced this week that she will not seek re-election to a sixth...

Middlesex county clerk Elaine Flynn to retire

January 22, 2020 8:55 pm

Middlesex County Clerk Elaine Flynn will not seek re-election to a sixth term. Flynn defeated incumbent Dennis Little, the last Republican to hold countywide office in Middlesex, with 61% of the vote in 1995. “It has been my great privilege...

Edison referendum keeps local control of water system

September 10, 2019 9:04 pmSeptember 10, 2019 10:26 pm

In a special referendum election today, Edison voters overwhelmingly approved a plan to continue municipal ownership of the township’s drinking water and sewage treatment operations that effectively blocks an $855 million deal to allow Suez North American to run Edison’s...