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Lewis Kaden, counsel to Gov. Brendan Byrne, dies at 78

June 29, 2020 1:58 amJune 29, 2020 2:04 am

Lewis B. Kaden, Gov. Brendan Byrne’s first counsel and a former aide to U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, died on Sunday. He was 78. He died of injuries related to a fall at his Westchester home on June 15, according...

It’s 8 PM and the polls are supposed to be closing

June 2, 2020 8:00 pmJune 3, 2020 12:01 am

It’s 8 PM and I’m supposed to say that the polls are now closed in New Jersey, even in Cedar Grove. The primary election was supposed to be today, but in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus,...

The story of Ed Patten

June 25, 2018 5:10 amDecember 27, 2021 1:55 pm

There was a time when Perth Amboy was the epicenter of power in Middlesex County politics and the hometown of Edward Patten, one of the state’s most colorful and influential politicians for nearly fifty years. The gregarious, boisterous, joke-telling Patten...