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Baraka will appear at Solomon event in Jersey City (Updated)

July 10, 2025 2:39 pmJuly 10, 2025 8:37 pm

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka will “be a special guest” at an event on July 29 for Jersey City Councilman James Solomon and City Councilman Frank Gilmore, who is seeking a second term in Ward F. But that doesn’t mean Baraka...

The Watcher: North Arlington schools want to take a building from a church using eminent domain

June 25, 2025 5:42 amJuly 13, 2025 4:31 pm

Is there such a thing as Eminence Domain? This could be the start of a joke – five school board members are standing at the pearly gates – except that the brewing legal and political battle between the North Arlington...

Bonnie Watson Coleman endorses Jim McGreevey for Jersey City mayor

May 1, 2025 7:49 amApril 30, 2025 8:03 pm

Former Gov. James E. McGreevey has picked up the endorsement of an influential, progressive, rabidly anti-Trump congresswoman, Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Ewing) in his bid to become the next mayor of Jersey City. McGreevey and Watson Coleman are longtime allies: as...

The Watcher: Internal polls in the governor’s race, and Essex County gets to vote for Pope

April 23, 2025 6:03 amSeptember 4, 2025 5:14 pm

Internal polls can drive people bonkers, not that there’s anything wrong with that. An internal poll conducted for Ras Baraka’s campaign last week shows some tightening in the race for the Democratic nomination for Governor of New Jersey: Mikie Sherrill...

McGreevey has big fundraising edge in Jersey City mayoral race (Updated)

April 21, 2025 12:28 pmApril 21, 2025 2:38 pm

James E. McGreevey has a huge cash advantage in his bid to become the next mayor of Jersey City, raising $2,176,361 so far with $986,381 cash-on-hand in advance of the November non-partisan municipal election. McGreevey, the former governor, reported raising...

Trailblazer: Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman

January 20, 2025 12:12 amJanuary 19, 2025 9:12 pm

Bonnie Watson Coleman, is the first Black woman to represent New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the first African American to serve as New Jersey Democratic State Chair. Watson Coleman comes from a powerful political family. Her...

McGreevey calls for cancellation of Pompidou art museum in Jersey City

February 23, 2024 11:41 am

Citing rising costs and different financial priorities, mayoral candidate James E. McGreevey wants to cancel plans to open the Jersey City branch of a famous Paris art museum because the city can’t afford it. “The Pompidou satellite location is an...