John Catalano Archives - New Jersey Globe

Ex-mayor files as independent for Assembly

June 3, 2019 1:27 pmJune 4, 2019 10:15 am

Former Point Pleasant Beach Mayor Vincent Barrella has filed to run as an independent candidate for State Assembly in the 10th district. Barrella, who was first elected mayor as a Republican, said in April that he might run as an...

Barrella might run as independent in 10th

April 1, 2019 11:09 pm

Former Point Pleasant Beach mayor Vincent Barrella is mulling an independent bid for State Assembly in the 10th district after losing a Democratic screening committee vote to Brick Planning Board member Eileen Della Volle and teachers union president Erin Wheeler....

Ocean Dems go with Della Volle, Wheeler for Assembly in 10th district

March 24, 2019 4:54 pmMarch 25, 2019 1:07 am

Ocean County Democrats have endorsed Brick Planning Board member Eileen Della Volle and teachers union president Erin Wheeler for State Assembly in the 10th district. They are expected to face Assemblyman Gregory McGuckin (R-Toms River) and former Brick councilman John...

Assembly retirement number now at 4

March 14, 2019 3:45 pmMarch 14, 2019 8:23 pm

The announcement that Patricia Egan Jones (D-Barrington) will retire at the end of her current term brings the total number of Assembly incumbents not seeking re-election to four. The filing deadline for the June primary is April 1. Three Republicans:...

The Week of Matt Friedman’s Vexation

February 22, 2019 12:06 amFebruary 22, 2019 8:50 am

Winner Losers CORY BOOKER KATHERINE DUPUIS The U.S. Senator from New Jersey locks up his home state in his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. The Superior Court Judge, once a municipal chair, doesn’t seem to understand simple state election...

D’Arcy Rohan Green drops Assembly bid

February 20, 2019 4:59 pmFebruary 20, 2019 5:04 pm

Former Bay Head council president D’Arcy Rohan Green has dropped her bid for State Assembly in the 10th district. Green had sough the Republican nomination for the open seat of Assemblyman David Wolfe (R-Brick), who is stepping down after 28...

GOP infighting brewing in Point Pleasant Beach

February 20, 2019 3:36 pmFebruary 21, 2019 10:11 am

Republicans in Point Pleasant Beach are rearing to jump at each other’s throats after Mayor Stephen Reid announced he would run for reelection instead of seeking the Assemblyman David Wolfe’s seat. Councilman Paul Kanitra, who had previously said he would...