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Booker, Pascrell unopposed at Bergen Dem convention

February 21, 2020 6:30 pmFebruary 21, 2020 6:42 pm

Two progressives challenging Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-Paterson) in the Democratic primary did not file petitions to compete for the endorsement of the Bergen County Democrats, assuring the 12-term congressman the organization line in his bid for re-election. Zina Spezakis...

Ex-Teaneck school board member running for Bergen freeholder

February 19, 2020 11:54 pm

Shahanaz Arjumand, a former Teaneck Board of Education member, has joined the race for the Democratic nomination for Bergen County freeholder. Democrats will hold a convention next month to pick a replacement for David Ganz, who is not seeking re-election...

Bryan Christiansen, former Edgewater mayor, dies at 65

August 4, 2019 1:37 pmAugust 4, 2019 1:40 pm

Bryan J. Christiansen, a former four-term mayor of Edgewater who later became the executive director of the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission and nearly went to the State Assembly, has died. He was 65. Christiansen was 23 and the chairman of...

Senate candidates stump in Rutherford

September 3, 2018 6:03 pmSeptember 4, 2018 9:52 am

Bob Menendez and Bob Hugin worked the crowds in Rutherford this afternoon, where a local street fair has been the traditional start of the general election campaign season in North Jersey for more than forty years. Gov. Phil Murphy and...