John Waddington Archives - New Jersey Globe

Salem county commissioner might challenge Durr in GOP primary

February 4, 2023 3:48 pmFebruary 10, 2023 12:34 pm

Popular two-term Salem County Commissioner Mickey Ostrum is mulling a challenge to State Sen. Ed Durr (R-Logan) in the Republican primary. Ostrum told the New Jersey Globe that he would make a final decision “over the next week to ten...

Tom Pankok, former assemblyman, Salem political leader, dies at 90

January 31, 2022 10:38 pmFebruary 1, 2022 9:45 am

Thomas A. Pankok, a humble, community-minded Korean War veteran who served two terms in New Jersey State Assembly before he was swept out of office in Gov. Thomas Kean’s 1985 landslide re-election, died on January 31. He was 90. Pankok...

The Road to Mike Testa

December 2, 2019 12:23 amDecember 2, 2019 2:45 pm

When Michael Testa., Jr. takes his seat in the New Jersey State Senate next week, he will become just the sixth senator to represent the 1st legislative district since it was created in 1973 when New Jersey first adopted a...