James Barbiero Archives - New Jersey Globe

The road to Parsippany Mayor Michael Soriano

April 1, 2019 12:15 amApril 1, 2019 1:14 pm

Decades of infighting among Parsippany Republicans led to Democratic mayors for 33 of the last 53 years in a solidly Republican town that once provided huge pluralities for GOP candidates running statewide and in Morris County. With intra-party quarrels on...

Parsippany Democrats pick challengers in control election

March 24, 2019 12:14 pmMarch 25, 2019 12:00 am

Democrats won the crown jewel of Morris County politics in 2017 when Michael Soriano ousted Jamie Barbiero to win the Parsippany mayoral race. Now control of the township council is at stake in Morris County’s most populated municipality, which has...

Parsippany GOP Council members running on one ticket

February 27, 2019 10:47 pm

Rival Republican Council members in Parsippany announced they would run on a single ticket two years after Democrats won the town’s mayorship and two council seats. Councilman Mike dePierro, Council President Paul Carifi, Jr. and Councilwoman Loretta Gragnani will put...

Grossi rejects high rate of VBM applications of Asian Indian Parsippany voters

October 8, 2018 6:25 pm

Morris County Clerk Ann Grossi rejected vote-by-mail (VBM) ballots applications submitted by Asian Indian voters from Parsippany at an unusually high rate in the 2017 general election, according to documents obtained by the New Jersey Globe. Parsippany voters cast 1,032...

Morris Freeholder faces GOP battle

January 19, 2018 12:06 amMarch 30, 2018 1:29 am

Morris County Freeholder John Cesaro is going to have a rough time winning a Republican primary this year, as some GOP leaders look to settle some deep grudges. Cesaro challenged Assemblywoman Betty Lou DeCroce (R-Parsippany) in the 2017 Republican primary. ...