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Dorothy Power, five-term Middlesex freeholder, dies at 90

August 22, 2022 1:40 amAugust 23, 2022 2:45 pm

Dorothy K. Power, who served on the Middlesex County Board of Freeholders from 1976 to 1990, died on August 21. She turned 90 last month. Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin said that Power will be remembered for her years of service...

Vito Puleio, municipal chairman for 46 years, dies at 97

April 21, 2020 7:01 pmDecember 18, 2020 11:56 am

Vito F. Puleio, who spent 46 years as the North Brunswick Democratic municipal chairman, died on April 16. He was 97. Puleio was first elected municipal chairman in 1958, at age 35, when he emerged as a compromise choice when...

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...

Monroe may be only big NJ Dem town that has become more Republican

March 17, 2019 2:37 pmMarch 18, 2019 12:06 am

The 2019 mayoral election is worth watching since Monroe (pop. 39,132) is perhaps the only large municipality in the state that is trending away from being a Democratic stronghold toward the GOP. Democrats have controlled Monroe Township in Middlesex County...