Joseph DiVincenzo Archives - New Jersey Globe

Essex GOP backs Selen for Congress in NJ-11

March 30, 2022 9:57 amMarch 30, 2022 4:32 pm

Essex County Republicans have awarded their organization line for Congress in New Jersey’s 11th district to Tayfun Selen, a Morris County commissioner seeking to oust two-term Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) in this year’s mid-term elections. Selen now has the line...

DiVincenzo has $600k haul at campaign kickoff fundraiser

March 2, 2022 11:43 amMarch 2, 2022 3:01 pm

Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo, Jr. raised over $600,000 at a campaign kickoff event last night as he seeks an unprecedented sixth term this year. The big news at the event was an appearance by former Gov. Richard Codey (D-Roseland),...

Pat Sebold re-elected Livingston Democratic chair, post she’s held since 1976

June 14, 2021 11:18 pmJune 14, 2021 11:44 pm

Pat Sebold, who may be the longest-serving Democratic municipal chair in the state, was re-elected on Monday for a three-year term for the post she first won in 1976. She has led Livingston Democrats since John B. Duff resigned to...

Candy Straight, leading voice for the election of women to public office, dies at 73

June 13, 2021 1:12 pmJune 14, 2021 4:05 pm

Candace L. Straight, a savvy investment banker and film producer, zealous advocate for the election of women candidates for state and local office across the nation, and a popular Republican fundraiser, died on June 13 at Hackensack University Medical Center...

DiVincenzo, Rosenstein join WIldstein on the New Jersey Globe Power Hour on 77 WABC

March 13, 2021 12:07 pm

Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo and labor leader Hetty Rosenstein will join host David Wildstein on the New Jersey Globe Power Hour on Talk Radio 77 WABC on Saturday, March 13 at 4 PM. Wildstein will speak to DiVincenzo about...

The O’Toole Chronicles: Vaccinations, Essex County Style

February 25, 2021 4:26 pmFebruary 26, 2021 8:40 am

We are in the beginning of the vaccination period and we have seen and heard stories of long lines, lack of availability, website crashes, confusion with the ranking lists, and on and on. I recently had an opportunity to finally...

Essex 9/11 ceremony will be held remotely

August 31, 2020 11:25 amAugust 31, 2020 11:25 am

Essex County’s annual 9/11 remembrance ceremony marking the 19th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pennsylvania will be held remotely and livestreamed this year, County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo announced today. “The events...