Joseph Tobin Archives - New Jersey Globe

The Watcher: North Arlington schools want to take a building from a church using eminent domain

June 25, 2025 5:42 amJuly 13, 2025 4:31 pm

Is there such a thing as Eminence Domain? This could be the start of a joke – five school board members are standing at the pearly gates – except that the brewing legal and political battle between the North Arlington...

The Watcher: Internal polls in the governor’s race, and Essex County gets to vote for Pope

April 23, 2025 6:03 amSeptember 4, 2025 5:14 pm

Internal polls can drive people bonkers, not that there’s anything wrong with that. An internal poll conducted for Ras Baraka’s campaign last week shows some tightening in the race for the Democratic nomination for Governor of New Jersey: Mikie Sherrill...

Officials, faith leaders condemn anti-Semitism

July 8, 2021 9:56 am

Top officials in state government and a swath of faith leaders announced the formation of a new group to denounce anti-Semitism Thursday. “In recent weeks, our area has witnessed an alarming rise in antisemitic attacks — physical and verbal, in-person...

Cardinal Tobin refuses to take questions on Reproductive Freedom Act

October 8, 2020 12:35 pmOctober 8, 2020 11:23 pm

New Jersey’s highest-ranking Catholic leader refused to take questions on a bill backed by Gov. Phil Murphy and some top Senate Democrats that would install protections for abortion procedures in a bid to preempt the possibility of the U.S. Supreme...