Gerald Scharfenberger Archives

Legislators seek halt to toll increases during health crisis

March 28, 2020 1:58 pm

Three Monmouth County legislators want the state to hit the pause button on hearings and plans to hike tolls on the Garden State Parkway and New Jersey Turnpike during the coronavirus crisis. “We are in the midst of an unprecedented...

Perry will be Middletown mayor again in 2020

January 2, 2020 6:48 pm

Tony Perry is expected to get a second year as mayor of Middletown when the township committee reorganizes on Sunday. The 29-year-old Perry, a former chief of staff to State Sen. Joseph Kyrillos (R-Middletown), became the youngest mayor in township...

After recount, independent wins Holmdel seat by 2 votes

December 5, 2019 7:20 pmDecember 6, 2019 11:59 am

A recount in the race for Holmdel Township Committee has flipped two seats from Republican to the independent candidates – one of them by just two votes. Prakash Santhana defeated Republican Chiung-Ying Cheng Liu, 2,087 to 2,085. Another independent, Cathy...

Gerald Scharfenberger elected to State Assembly

November 5, 2019 8:20 pmNovember 5, 2019 7:56 pm

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that Republican Gerald Scharfenberger has won an open seat in the New Jersey State Assembly in the 13th district. His running mate, Serena DiMaso, was re-elected to a second term. They defeated Democrats Allison...

Newspaper endorses DiMaso, Scharfenberger

October 29, 2019 9:21 am

The Asbury Park Press have endorsed Republicans Serena DiMaso and Gerald Scharfenberger for State Assembly in the 13th district against Democrats Allison Friedman and Barbara Singer. “For voters who wonder why they remain in New Jersey every time they open...

NJEA sides with GOP incumbents in key Assembly races

August 29, 2019 2:56 pmAugust 29, 2019 8:22 pm

The New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) has endorsed four Republican incumbents in hotly contested races for the State Assembly in the 2019 mid-term elections. The state’s largest public employee union also declined to back South Jersey Democrats in their bids...

DiMaso tossed from GOP fundraiser

June 9, 2019 3:17 pmJune 9, 2019 3:18 pm

Monmouth County Republicans barred Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso (R-Holmdel) from attending a party fundraiser on Wednesday because she bucked the GOP line in the Holmdel Township Committee primary. DiMaso was told in advance that she had been disinvited from the event,...