Georgia Scott, the first Black woman and first Democratic woman to win a seat on the Passaic County Board of Freeholders, died on August 22. She was 74. Republicans had a 7-0 majority on the freeholder board when Scott made...
Anthony Ross, a former Passaic County freeholder and mayor of Hawthorne, died on June 5. He was 89. Ross was the top vote-getter on a Republican ticket that rode Gov. Tom Kean’s coattails to take control of the freeholder board....
Michael Adamo, a former Paterson police union president who served three-terms on the Passaic County Board of Freeholders, died on Friday. Adamo was elected freeholder in 1988, running on the Republican ticket with incumbent John Morley and Norman Robertson. They...