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Dalina leads Martin for Monroe Township mayor

November 2, 2021 11:38 pm

Democratic Monroe Township Mayor Stephen Dalina is leading against Republican Steve Martin in his bid for re-election, less than a year after Mayor Gerald Tamburro died in office and Dalina ascended in his place. Martin was caught up in a...

Monroe Township Mayor Gerald Tamburro dies at 84

December 31, 2020 11:32 amDecember 31, 2020 3:59 pm

Monroe Mayor Gerald Tamburro has died, the township announces this morning. He was 84. Tamburro, a Democrat, was elected to fill a Second Ward council seat in 2001 and served eight years as council president before his election as mayor...

Passaic NAACP leader bashes Israel on Facebook

August 19, 2019 3:03 pmAugust 20, 2019 2:30 am

A Murphy administration appointee who serves as president of the Passaic NAACP criticized U.S. foreign aid to Israel on his Facebook page, the latest step in a growing divide between Blacks and Jews in the New Jersey Democratic party. Jeffrey...

East Brunswick mayor calls out Watson Coleman on Israel vote

July 30, 2019 12:10 pmJuly 30, 2019 1:27 pm

Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Ewing) is continuing to take heat from Democratic mayors in her own district after voting against a House resolution opposing the drive to boycott Israel. East Brunswick Mayor Brad Cohen said the Boycott, Divestment and Sanction...

Democratic mayor disagrees with Watson Coleman on Israel vote

July 25, 2019 3:28 pmJuly 26, 2019 11:15 am

Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Ewing) is facing criticism from a Democratic mayor in her district over her vote against a House resolution opposing the movement to boycott Israel. “Well-meaning people can disagree about the Netanyahu government’s policies towards the Palestinians...

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...