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Ruth Mandel, Eagleton-Rutgers legend, dies at 81

April 11, 2020 8:09 pmApril 12, 2020 1:14 am

The New York Times is reporting that Ruth B. Mandel, the longtime director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University in New Jersey and a legend in the New Jersey political world, has died at 81. Mandel headed the...

Jim Welsh, Union freeholder, judge, dies at 74

March 25, 2020 10:02 amMarch 27, 2020 10:07 am

James C. Welsh, an affable Union County politician who served as a mayor, freeholder and judge, died on March 21. He was 74. Welsh served as Hillside municipal prosecutor and township attorney, and won several terms on the township committee....

Is Ocean County a hotbed of misogyny? Look at the numbers.

March 7, 2020 12:03 pmMarch 8, 2020 4:15 pm

A vote by Ocean County Republicans to pick a man over a woman in the race for Congress this week is consistent with a track record of not running women for office over the last 100 years. The chain might...

Trump toys with New Jersey, says he may contest state

January 28, 2020 9:03 pmJanuary 29, 2020 8:50 am

President Donald Trump hinted tonight that he might seek New Jersey’s fourteen electoral votes, even though a Republican presidential candidate hasn’t carried the state since 1988. “I think we’ll play for this state,” Trump said at a rally tonight in...

New Jersey governors and presidential primaries

January 15, 2020 8:19 amJanuary 15, 2020 8:29 am

Gov. Phil Murphy will be the first governor to stay out of the presidential race in 28 years, leaving Democratic county chairs — and in some cases, Democratic County Committee members — to award the organization line n the June...

Timothy Ryan, ex-councilman who challenged Saxton, dies at 68

August 9, 2019 10:31 amAugust 9, 2019 6:51 pm

Timothy E. Ryan, a charismatic funeral director who served as a Seaside Park Councilman and sought higher office five times, including the U.S. House of Representatives, died on August 6. He was 68. Ryan fought a 11-year battle with cancer....

Jerome Simandle, respected federal judge, dies at 70

July 22, 2019 4:16 am

Jerome Simandle, who became one of the youngest U.S. District Court Judge from New Jersey when President George Bush nominated him in 1992, has died. He was 70. His death comes a little more than a week after his longtime...