John Skevin Archives - New Jersey Globe

The Curse of the 38th is now dead

April 8, 2021 1:52 pm

There used to be something called the Curse of the 38th, a reference to six consecutive senators from the Bergen County district who found themselves tossed from the State Senate against their will. For years, the 38th was one of...

Some 1960s Bergen County political history

March 3, 2019 10:22 pmMarch 4, 2019 8:59 am

Until the U.S. Supreme Court’s one-man, one-vote ruling, Bergen County began the 1960’s with one state Senator – Walter Jones (R-Norwood) — and seven Assembly seats. Jones gave up that Senate seat after eight years in 1961 to run for...

Michael Ferrara, former assemblyman, dies at 96

March 3, 2019 5:00 pm

Michael J. Ferrara, who served in the New Jersey State Assembly from 1968 to 1970, died on March 1. He was 96. Ferrara has served National UNICO president and became the Maywood borough attorney in 1955. He was the Maywood...

Former Assemblyman and Judge from Bergen dies

October 23, 2018 6:48 amOctober 22, 2018 11:03 pm

Robert E. Hamer, who served as an Assemblyman from Bergen County and as a Superior Court Judge, died on July 4. He was 88. The New Jersey Globe regrets missing his passing, as The (Bergen) Record surely does as well....