Henry Helstoski Archives - New Jersey Globe

Michael Gallo, East Rutherford councilman who served when Truman was president, dies at 98

November 24, 2021 8:03 pmDecember 2, 2021 10:23 am

Michael Gallo, a World War II veteran who served as an East Rutherford councilman from 1952 to 1958, died on November 22. He was 98. Gallo, who was 28 at the time of his first election in 1951, was probably...

Veterans Day: Two N.J. Congressmen Who Placed Patriotism Above Politics

November 11, 2021 12:01 amNovember 10, 2021 7:58 pm

Most people in New Jersey politics today probably never heard of Albert Vreeland or Frank Osmers, two young New Jersey Congressmen who placed patriotism above politics and the security of our nation ahead of their own political careers. Vreeland first...

Bob Hollenbeck, former six-term assemblyman, dies at 89

September 9, 2021 2:07 pmSeptember 10, 2021 12:05 am

Robert P. Hollenbeck, a genial South Bergen Democrat who served six terms in the New Jersey State Assembly in the 1970s and 1980s before becoming a casualty of Gov. Tom Kean’s coattails in 1985, died on September 5. He was...

Freedom Rider Byron Baer spent 34 years in the NJ legislature — and 45 days in a Mississippi prison

July 29, 2021 12:01 amJuly 28, 2021 6:39 pm

Today is the 60th anniversary of the arrest of Freedom Rider Byron Baer, a longtime New Jersey legislator who was charged with attempting to desegregate a blacks-only waiting room at the Greyhound bus terminal in Jackson, Mississippi. He spent 45...

Veterans: Two N.J. Congressmen Who Placed Patriotism Above Politics

May 31, 2021 12:01 amJune 1, 2021 9:08 am

Most people in New Jersey politics today probably never heard of Albert Vreeland or Frank Osmers, two young New Jersey Congressmen who placed patriotism above politics and the security of our nation ahead of their own political careers. Vreeland first...

Van Drew votes against ERA ratification extension after supporting, co-sponsoring it last year

March 17, 2021 9:08 pmMarch 18, 2021 1:14 am

Thirteen months after voting to remove the deadline to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment – a measure he co-sponsored — Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis) voted against it today. Van Drew was one of five Republicans to support the measure...

Trailblazer: Loretta Weinberg

February 9, 2021 12:13 amFebruary 9, 2021 9:06 am

Now in her 12th year, Loretta Weinberg is the longest serving Majority Leader of either house in New Jersey history. Weinberg was also the second woman nominated by the New Jersey Democratic Party to run for statewide office, and the...