Marie Strumolo Burke Archives

Union leader indicted on health care fraud charges

July 24, 2021 10:46 am

Carmine A. Mattia, Jr., a union leader and former Belleville council candidate, was indicted on Friday for his role in a scheme to defraud a telecommunications company by billing them for expensive compounded prescriptions that were medically unnecessary. Acting U.S....

Belleville councilwoman re-elected by 105 votes

May 15, 2020 7:17 pm

Marie Strumolo Burke was re-elected to her council seat in Belleville’s 1st ward, defeating Carmine Mattia, Jr. by 105 votes, 547 to 522. Her 56%-44% win came after an additional 171 vote-by-mail ballots were returned to the Essex County Board...

Belleville VBMs since Tuesday are more than double incumbent’s lead

May 14, 2020 8:44 pm

In Belleville, 1st Ward Councilwoman Marie Strumolo Burke leads labor leader Carmine A. Mattia by 76 votes with an additional 171 ballots being returned since Tuesday. Voters in the 1st Ward returned 1,141 ballots as of Tuesday, but just 846...

Huge number of new ballots hit Essex County today

May 13, 2020 11:00 pmMay 15, 2020 9:03 am

Thousands of new votes have come in from Essex County since Tuesday afternoon that could change the outcome of several key municipal races conducted entirely through vote-by-mail ballots, the New Jersey Globe has learned. In Montclair, where Sean Spiller led...

Highlights of Tuesdays’ all-VBM elections

May 13, 2020 1:55 am

Several key contests in New Jersey’s first election conducted entirely through vote-by-mail ballots remain undecided, including council races in Paterson and Irvington where allegations of tampering have delayed counts. The May 12 election included a referendum to change the form...

Belleville 1st Ward turnout up 76%

May 12, 2020 7:56 pm

The race to watch in Belleville is in the 1st Ward, where often-controversial incumbent Marie Strumolo Burke faces a challenge from Carmine A. Mattia, Jr., the business agent for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 827 in Essex...

Melham looks to oust Strumolo Burke in Belleville

February 13, 2020 5:24 pm

Labor leader Carmine Mattia, Jr. will seek to oust controversial councilwoman Marie Strumolo Burke in Belleville’s first ward and has the backing of the mayor, Michael Melham. Mattia is the business agent for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)...