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James Ahearn, New Jersey journalist for seven decades, dies at 88

April 16, 2019 10:31 amApril 16, 2019 1:47 pm

James F. Ahearn, a legendary and respected New Jersey reporter and editor, died on Saturday. He was 88. Ahearn launched his journalism career as a wire service reporter with United Press International in Boston. UPI sent him to Trenton in...

Cureton wins Bergen sheriff race

November 7, 2018 5:36 am

Anthony Cureton beat his Republican John DeLorenzo in a special election kicked off by former Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino’s resignation. Cureton’s margin was a little slimmer than that of some other countywide candidates in the increasingly-blue county. The sheriff-elect...

Bergen Record endorses independent for Sheriff

November 3, 2018 6:52 am

In what might be a referendum on the political power of their editorial page, The (Bergen Record) has endorsed independent Robert Tormo for Bergen County Sheriff. A former state trooper, Tormo is one of five candidates seeking the seat of...

Three independents file for Bergen Sheriff

October 4, 2018 1:44 pmOctober 4, 2018 4:00 pm

Five candidates will compete in a special election for Bergen County Sheriff to replace Michael Saudino, who resigned after being caught on tape making racist and homophobic remarks. Republicans have nominated Hasbrouck Heights Mayor Jack DeLorenzo and Democrats have picked...

The more things change, the more they stay the same

July 1, 2018 1:35 pmJuly 9, 2018 4:10 pm

One more story about Emil Olszowy: after the popular 58-year-old Republican Assemblyman died of a heart attack in 1980, his obituary in The (Bergen) Record included a reference to his arrest in 1938, at age sixteen, on burglary charges. That...