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Balles to seek Atlantic freeholder seat

September 11, 2020 7:40 pmSeptember 11, 2020 9:16 pm

Former Atlantic County Sheriff Frank X. Balles is expected to seek the open freeholder seat that was vacated today by Frank Formica, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Formica announced his resignation from the Board of Freeholders today after eleven...

Formica resigns from Atlantic Freeholder Board

September 11, 2020 4:45 pmSeptember 11, 2020 7:32 pm

Atlantic County Freeholder Board Chairman Frank Formica resigned Friday after 11 years in office. Formica’s resignation comes one day after the deadline to run a special election to replace him. That allows Republicans to avoid a control election this fall. The...

Murphy beats up on Atlantic surrogate’s call to re-open state ‘immediately without restrictions’

April 18, 2020 3:10 pmApril 19, 2020 6:46 pm

An unusually enraged Gov. Phil Murphy today smacked down Atlantic County Surrogate James Curcio for calling on the state to reopen “immediately without restrictions” and “untie the hands of the private sector so it can rescue New Jersey from this...

Dicht will challenge Curcio for Atlantic surrogate

March 7, 2020 3:56 pmMarch 11, 2020 10:28 am

Stephen Dicht, a Ventnor attorney who represented a woman arrested for assaulting a police officer on a beach in Wildwood last summer, is expected to become the Democratic candidate for Atlantic County Surrogate. He was the only candidate to file...

Fernandez will run for Atlantic freeholder

January 27, 2020 1:30 pmJanuary 28, 2020 9:11 pm

Celeste Fernandez, who came within four percentage points of ousting an incumbent Republican freeholder in Atlantic County in 2018, says she’ll run again this year. Fernandez will seek the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican incumbent John Risley. “I have always...

Risley, Guenther win Atlantic GOP line for Assembly

March 30, 2019 11:41 amMarch 30, 2019 11:44 am

Atlantic County freeholder John Risley and Brigantine mayor Phil Guenther won the Atlantic County Republican organization line for State Assembly in the politically competitive 2nd district, defeating Somers Point councilman James Toto. They are now preparing to take on incumbents...

Frank Formica drops out of 2nd district Assembly race

March 1, 2019 3:45 pmMarch 1, 2019 11:10 pm

Atlantic County Freeholder Frank Formica has dropped his bid for the Republican nomination for State Assembly in the 2nd district. Formica, a popular GOP official who has won four times for county office, told the New Jersey Globe that he...