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Lane elected as mayor of Hawthorne

November 3, 2021 12:01 am

The New Jersey Globe can project that Republican Councilman John Lane has been elected as mayor of Hawthorne, defeating Democratic Councilman Joseph Wojtecki. Wojtecki previously lost a Hawthorne mayoral election in 2008. Incumbent mayor Richard Goldberg, a Republican who’s run...

Tony Ross, ex-Passaic freeholder, dies at 89

June 8, 2019 3:27 pm

Anthony Ross, a former Passaic County freeholder and mayor of Hawthorne, died on June 5. He was 89. Ross was the top vote-getter on a Republican ticket that rode Gov. Tom Kean’s coattails to take control of the freeholder board....

Fred Criscitelli dies

October 3, 2018 11:07 pmOctober 4, 2018 1:10 am

Former Hawthorne Mayor Frederick J. Criscitelli died on Monday after a long battle with cancer. He was 83. Criscitelli served as mayor from 1998 to 2005 and was part of one of the fiercest political wars in modern Passaic County...