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Trailblazer: Mayor Glenn Cunningham

January 19, 2026 12:03 amJanuary 18, 2026 10:52 pm

Glenn Cunningham (1943-2004) was the first and only Black to win election for mayor of Jersey City. After serving in the Marines, Cunningham began a 25-year career as a Jersey City police officer. He retired as a captain. Cunningham began...

Trailblazer: Mayor Glenn Cunningham

January 20, 2025 12:04 amJanuary 19, 2025 8:23 pm

Glenn Cunningham (1943-2004) was the first and only Black to win election for mayor of Jersey City. After serving in the Marines, Cunningham began a 25-year career as a Jersey City police officer. He retired as a captain. Cunningham began...

Scutari’s election keeps O’Toole safe at Port Authority

November 14, 2021 11:08 am

The defeat of Senate President Steve Sweeney has caused a seismic shift in New Jersey politics, but that won’t affect the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, where Chairman Kevin O’Toole’s relationship with the new guy, Nicholas Scutari,...

In Memoriam

August 20, 2021 10:09 amDecember 13, 2021 1:24 pm

Gerald Fitzpatrick, the son of legendary former Bayonne Mayor Francis G. Fitzpatrick, died on August 18. He was 75. Fitzpatrick sought the Democratic nomination for State Assembly in the 31st district in 1981, losing by just 383 votes against Joseph...

The O’Toole Chronicles: Some Lessons Last the Test of Time

May 5, 2021 12:01 amMay 4, 2021 7:59 pm

In the early 1990’s, I was an aide to State Assemblyman John V. Kelly (R-Nutley) — he won his first term in 1981, lost in 1983 and beat Steve Adubato Jr. (D-Montclair) in 1985 — held that assembly seat until...

Elba Perez-Cinciarelli, former assemblywoman, dies at 76

July 4, 2020 12:32 am

Former Assemblywoman Elba Perez-Cinciarelli (D-Jersey City), the first Latina to represent Hudson County in the New Jersey Legislature and an early supporter of same-sex marriage, died on Friday. She was 76. Hudson County Democrats picked Perez-Cinciarelli, a Jersey City Education...

New package planned for Port Authority nominations

May 21, 2020 5:31 pmMay 21, 2020 5:35 pm

Another deal is in the works for Gov. Phil Murphy to make his first appointments to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Board of Commissioners, the New Jersey Globe has learned. The package will include a commitment...