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Trailblazer: Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver

January 18, 2021 12:12 amJanuary 17, 2021 2:14 pm

Sheila Oliver is the first Black to serve as Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey, the first Black woman to win a statewide election in New Jersey, and was the first Black woman to serve as Speaker of the New Jersey...

Cryan: Climate change is an urgent threat to New Jersey

September 23, 2020 1:56 pmSeptember 24, 2020 7:57 pm

OPINION The harsh reality of climate change in New Jersey is impossible to ignore: Record-breaking heat waves. More frequent and damaging storms. Rising seas along our coast, and flooding up and down the state. These are urgent threats, and New...

Shaw gets Democratic nod for Roselle mayor

August 27, 2020 12:03 amAugust 27, 2020 9:15 am

Roselle Democrats picked Donald Shaw as their candidate for mayor in a November special election to replace Christine Dansereau, who resigned for health reasons on July 1. Shaw, the borough’s former recreation director, challenged Dansereau in the 2019 Democratic primary. ...

Patrick Scanlon, former Union mayor, dies at 67

August 9, 2020 12:18 pm

Former Union Township Mayor Patrick J. Scanlon III, whose parents both served in the New Jersey Legislature, died on August 5. He was 67. Scanlon was elected to the Union Township Committee in 1998, along with fellow Democrat Brenda Restivo. ...

Cryan lauds Murphy pick of black woman for N.J. Supreme Court

June 5, 2020 11:47 am

State Sen. Joseph Cryan (D-Union) today hailed Gov. Phil Murphy’s nomination of Fabiana Pierre-Louis as the first black woman – and the first person of Haitian descent – to serve on the New Jersey Supreme Court. “It is a nomination...

Holley being urged to challenge Murphy in ’21 Democratic primary

March 13, 2020 1:59 pmMarch 13, 2020 2:42 pm

Assemblyman Jamel C. Holley (D-Roselle) acknowledged that he is being recruited to challenge Gov. Phil Murphy in the 2021 Democratic gubernatorial primary, and while saying he hasn’t really thought about it, he stopped short of ruling it out. “There are...

Cryan holding Democratic presidential forum — and straw vote

February 17, 2020 7:27 pmFebruary 17, 2020 7:28 pm

State Sen. Joseph Cryan is holding a presidential candidates forum next week and is bringing in voting machines to allow attendees to vote at an event sponsored by the Union Township Democratic Party. Representatives of six candidates – Joe Biden,...