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John Farmer, legendary New Jersey journalist, dies at 89

May 10, 2019 9:34 amApril 9, 2020 12:47 am

John Farmer, a journalist of extraordinary gravitas who covered national and state politics for more than 50 years, died on May 8. He was 89. Farmer started out as a local reporter for the Newark Evening News around 1955, first...

Legendary NJ newspapermen recall Baglivo

December 15, 2018 4:39 pmDecember 17, 2018 8:05 am

Some legends of New Jersey journalism today remembered the life of Andy Baglivo, who was one of the state’s most widely-read political reporters between 1950 and 1972 when he worked for the Newark Evening News. Baglivo passed away on Friday...

New Jersey’s Parade of Governors

November 15, 2018 1:38 pm

It’s been almost seventeen years since John O. Bennett III served as governor of New Jersey, but his annual spotting at a New Jersey League of Municipalities panel where he joins other former governors merits some explaining as to how...