John Callahan Archives - New Jersey Globe

Happy 100th Birthday to Anthony E. Russo, ex-Senator, mayor

August 7, 2026 5:10 amAugust 13, 2026 11:45 am

Former State Sen. Anthony E. Russo, who served in the legislature from 1978 to 1982 and spent 27 years as a Union Township Committeeman – ten of them as mayor — will celebrate his 100th birthday tomorrow. He is the...

Kennedy, Harrison comes from political families

March 8, 2020 6:34 pm

The two leading candidates for the Democratic nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 2nd district grew up in political families. Amy Kennedy’s father is Jerry Savell, who served as an Atlantic County freeholder and was a councilman in Absecon and...

Harrison enters race for Congress

December 16, 2019 12:16 pm

Political Science professor Brigid Callahan Harrison has declared her candidacy for the Democratic nomination Congress in New Jersey’s 2nd district and could face party-switching incumbent Jeff Van Drew in the 2020 general election. “Jeff Van Drew made a choice. He...