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Realtor Nicholas Ferrara jumps into CD-3 Republican primary

January 31, 2022 1:39 pm

Realtor and former attorney Nicholas Ferrara today entered the race for New Jersey’s 3rd congressional district, currently held by Rep. Andy Kim (D-Moorestown); he joins yacht manufacturer Bob Healey Jr. and gym owner Ian Smith in the Republican primary. “I...

Dispatches from a wild week in N.J. politics

January 28, 2022 10:19 pm

The 2021 elections are over, the next major set of elections aren’t for four months, and the state legislature has only just started to rev up its 2022-23 session – and yet it’s still been an action-packed week in New...

Atilis Gym owner Ian Smith will run for Congress against Andy Kim

January 28, 2022 2:09 pmApril 3, 2022 6:24 pm

A South Jersey gym owner who gained national prominence for refusing to follow Gov. Phil Murphy’s business closures and mask mandates during early months of the coronavirus pandemic, will announce next week that he will run for Congress. Ian Smith...

Trump campaign tells Augusta rally organizers to cease and desist

October 14, 2020 2:09 pmOctober 15, 2020 1:47 pm

Update: After this story was published, Mehta told the Globe he pulled out of the rally, and Becchi’s campaign said she had a scheduling conflict, never heard from the rally’s organizers and did not plan to attend. President Donald Trump’s...

Mehta claims state suit against Atilis Gym an effort to undermine his campaign

September 15, 2020 12:01 pmSeptember 15, 2020 4:49 pm

U.S. Senate Candidate Rik Mehta claimed the Office of the Attorney General was attempting to spike his run for U.S. Sen. Cory Booker’s (D-Newark) seat by going after an infamous gym now being used as a campaign headquarters by a...

Atilis Gym owners back Mehta for U.S. Senate

August 21, 2020 6:33 pm

Ian Smith and Frank Trumbetti, owners of the South Jersey-based Atilis Gym that has won widespread attention for defying Gov. Phil Murphy’s executive order to keep them closed during the coronavirus pandemic, have signed on to Republican U.S Senate candidate...

Bellmawr gym owners issued summons after defying executive order

May 18, 2020 2:45 pmMay 18, 2020 4:34 pm

The owners of a Bellmawr gym that opened in defiance of an executive order that closed a broad range of businesses in March have been issued a citation, State Police Superintendent Col. Pat Callahan said Monday. “It’s my understanding that...