James Vreeland Archives - New Jersey Globe

Parsippany Republicans have been fighting for 58 years

June 24, 2023 2:25 pmJune 25, 2023 3:10 pm

Decades of infighting among Parsippany Republicans led to Democratic mayors for 35 of the last 55 years in a town that once provided huge pluralities for GOP candidates running statewide and in Morris County. But intra-party quarrels and changing demographics...

Barbara Curran, former assemblywoman, dies at 81

January 29, 2022 10:28 pm

Barbara A. Curran, a former assemblywoman, Board of Public Utilities Commissioner and Superior Court Judge who became the first woman to serve in all three branches of state government, died on Saturday morning. She was 81. Curran became involved in...

N.J. Supreme Court: The Byrne Court

June 7, 2020 10:03 pmJune 7, 2020 10:57 pm

Gov. Brendan Byrne’s first opportunity to nominate a Supreme Court Justice came in early 1975 when Associate Justice Nathan Jacobs turned 70. He asked former Chief Justice Joseph Weintraub to vet candidates for the post. His pick was Sidney Schreiber,...

New Jersey will have record number of women legislators on Monday, but only for 50 days

November 22, 2019 10:51 amNovember 22, 2019 3:58 pm

With the election of Aura Dunn to the State Assembly, Morris County now has two women legislators for the first time since 1973, when Josephine Margetts (R-New Vernon) and Ann Klein (D-Morris Township) served in the legislature. BettyLou DeCroce (R-Parsippany)...

Peggy Nelson, worked for Frelinghuysen, Morris GOP officials, dies at 78

November 3, 2019 8:54 am

Peggy Harding Nelson, a vibrant and respected political insider who served as Rodney Frelinghuysen’s district director and worked for several other prominent Morris County elected officials, died on October 25. She was 78. Nelson began working in the district office...

Judge Daniel Coburn, involved in landmark NJ right to die case in 1970s, dies at 76

September 15, 2019 3:21 pmSeptember 15, 2019 3:53 pm

Retired Superior Court Judge Daniel R. Coburn, who as the top public defender in Morris County represented Karen Ann Quinlan in a landmark “right to die” court case in the 1970s, died on September 11. He was 76. The Quinlan...

The time Tom Giblin ran against Tom Kean

September 4, 2019 11:07 am

The deadline to replace candidates on the general election ballot is coming up next week, and so far, there doesn’t appear to be any big changes on the horizon. Rumors that State Sen. Anthony R. Bucco (R-Boonton) would resign so...