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Publitics wins Reed Award for work on Hamilton mayoral race

February 22, 2020 5:54 pm

Publitics, a North Jersey Democratic political consulting firm, won a Reed Award for their direct mail piece produced by FMBA Locals 84 and 284 to help Jeff Martin win election as mayor of Hamilton. The Reed Awards are named after...

Hamilton fills top positions

February 12, 2020 10:53 am

Hamilton has its new municipal attorney. Mayor Jeff Martin announced his appointment of Elissa Grodd Schragger, a lawyer at Mason, Griffin, Pierson, P.C., to head the town’s department of law Wednesday. “I would like to thank Mayor Martin for this...

Martin names Balmir as Hamilton administrator

January 15, 2020 12:44 pmJanuary 15, 2020 12:47 pm

Hamilton Mayor Jeff Martin has longtime Democratic political operative T. Missy Balmir to serve as the new township business administrator. Balmir has worked for U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, Gov. Jon Corzine, Senate President Steve Sweeney, Rep. Rush...

Martin, slate sworn in

January 1, 2020 2:01 pmJanuary 1, 2020 2:14 pm

Hamilton Mayor Jeff Martin and his running mates were sworn in Wednesday, officially giving Democrats complete control of the state’s ninth-largest town. The swearings-in mark the end of an era in a town that, just a two years ago, was...

New municipal officials prepare to take office in 2020

December 31, 2019 3:06 pmDecember 31, 2019 3:14 pm

Though Democrats lost seats in the statehouse, they fared well at the local level in 2019, picking up majorities or mayorships in 11 towns on top of proxy victories elsewhere. The biggest win of the year was in Hamilton, where...

Martin gets some big names on Hamilton transition team

November 19, 2019 5:03 pm

Hamilton Mayor-elect Jeff Martin has called on a group of political powerhouses with extended institutional knowledge to help him prepare to govern New Jersey’s 9th largest municipality. Martin, who defeated two-term incumbent Kelly Yaede last month, had previously named Rachel...

Millennials for NJ touts success in 2019

November 7, 2019 11:59 am

Seven candidates endorsed by Millennials for NJ, a political action committee formed this year to elect young Democrats to public office won their races on Tuesday. The marquis win is Jeff Martin, who ousted two-term Republican Kelly Yaede to become...