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Tag: James Wallwork

Labor Leader: Joel Jacobson picked a public fight with Frank Sinatra

September 5, 2022   12:15 amSeptember 8, 2022   3:47 pm
One of the great New Jersey fights of the 1970s was between labor leader Joel R. Jacobson (1918-1989) and Frank Sinatra. Sinatra and Dean Martin were playing blackjack before their performance at the Golden Nugget Casino in Atlantic City in...
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Labor Leader: John J. Giblin served as State Senator, Essex County Freeholder

September 5, 2022   12:10 amSeptember 4, 2022   3:25 pm
John J. Giblin (1909-1975) was one of New Jersey’s most powerful labor leaders, serving as president of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 68, chairman of the national union, Essex County Freeholder and State Senator. Giblin was the patriarch...
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In redistricting, North Caldwell is New Jersey’s most vagabond town

February 28, 2022   12:39 pmFebruary 28, 2022   8:58 pm
North Caldwell is a small suburban town of 6,694 people in northern West Essex where Tony Soprano lived.  It’s where Rep. Josh Gottheimer grew up, and where Thomas Mosser, sitting in his kitchen in 1994, was killed when he received...
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Trailblazer: Senator Wynona Lipman

January 17, 2022   12:20 amJanuary 16, 2022   10:18 pm
Wynona M. Lipman (1923-1999) was the first African American woman to serve in the New Jersey State Senate.  She served as a Senator from 1972 until her death in 1999. Born in Georgia, she was a Fulbright scholar studying at...
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N.J. State Senators more likely to die in office than win election as governor

November 21, 2021   2:33 pm
New Jersey State Senators are more likely to die in office than to use the Senate as a springboard to another elected post.  Under the current State Constitution passed in 1947, 68 sitting state senators have asked voters to promote...
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Happy Birthday, Senator Jim Wallwork

September 17, 2021   10:38 am
James H. Wallwork, an Essex County Republican who spent fourteen years in the New Jersey Senate and two in the State Assembly, is celebrating his 91st birthday today. Wallwork is one of two living members of the Senate Class of...
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Labor Leader: John J. Giblin served as State Senator, Essex County Freeholder

September 6, 2021   12:10 amSeptember 5, 2021   6:05 pm
John J. Giblin (1909-1975) was one of New Jersey’s most powerful labor leaders, serving as president of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 68, chairman of the national union, Essex County Freeholder and State Senator. Giblin was the patriarch...
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