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Sherrill gets huge boost with endorsements from 146 Black faith leaders

October 21, 2025 6:19 amOctober 21, 2025 12:45 pm

Rep. Mikie Sherrill has received the backing of nearly 150 Black faith leaders from across New Jersey, consolidating a critical part of the state’s Democratic vote base as she enters the final two weeks of a tight gubernatorial campaign against...

Key Black clergy back Platkin for attorney general

February 3, 2022 9:42 amFebruary 3, 2022 11:04 am

The prominent Members of the New Jersey clergy who play a leading role in civil right and social justice issues in the state are extolling Gov. Phil Murphy’s nomination of Matt Platkin as the next attorney general on Twitter Thursday...

Black pastors back Murphy, Oliver for second term

July 7, 2021 7:12 pmJuly 8, 2021 9:07 am

Citing their commitment to ending racial inequities and praising their progressive agenda, more than 260 African American faith leaders across New Jersey today endorsed Gov. Phil Murphy and Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver for re-election. “Governor Murphy has shown a deep...

Deaths: Retired journalism professor, councilman

April 16, 2019 10:43 amApril 16, 2019 11:25 am

William Zander, who spent four decades as a journalism professor at Fairleigh-Dickinson University, passed away on April 3. He was 80. In retirement, Zander was a part-time reporter and editor for the New Jersey Herald. John Taylor, a former Park...