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Labor Leader: Joel Jacobson picked a public fight with Frank Sinatra

September 4, 2023 12:10 amSeptember 3, 2023 5:00 pm

One of the great New Jersey fights of the 1970s was between labor leader Joel R. Jacobson (1918-1989) and Frank Sinatra. Sinatra and Dean Martin were playing blackjack before their performance at the Golden Nugget Casino in Atlantic City in...

The story of a maid who became an assemblywoman

January 16, 2023 12:19 amJanuary 17, 2023 8:54 am

A former maid and the granddaughter of slaves, Remay Pearce (1920-2007) served as an assemblywoman from Essex County for about seven weeks in 1979 and 1980. In those days, when a seat in the legislature became vacant, it would remain empty...

Labor Leader: Joel Jacobson picked a public fight with Frank Sinatra

September 5, 2022 12:15 amSeptember 8, 2022 3:47 pm

One of the great New Jersey fights of the 1970s was between labor leader Joel R. Jacobson (1918-1989) and Frank Sinatra. Sinatra and Dean Martin were playing blackjack before their performance at the Golden Nugget Casino in Atlantic City in...

The story of a maid who became an assemblywoman

January 17, 2022 12:01 amJanuary 16, 2022 10:14 pm

A former maid and the granddaughter of slaves, Remay Pearce served as an assemblywoman from Essex County for about seven weeks in 1979 and 1980. In those days, when a seat in the legislature became vacant, it would remain empty until the...

Labor Leader: Joel Jacobson picked a public fight with Frank Sinatra

September 6, 2021 12:10 amSeptember 4, 2021 3:48 pm

One of the great New Jersey fights of the 1970s was between labor leader Joel R. Jacobson (1918-1989) and Frank Sinatra. Sinatra and Dean Martin were playing blackjack before their performance at the Golden Nugget Casino in Atlantic City in...

The story of a maid who became an assemblywoman

May 13, 2021 1:48 pmMay 13, 2021 2:45 pm

A former maid and the granddaughter of slaves, Remay Pearce served as an assemblywoman from Essex County for about seven weeks in 1979 and 1980. In those days, when a seat in the legislature became vacant, it would remain empty...

Labor Leader: Joel Jacobson picked a public fight with Frank Sinatra

September 7, 2020 12:01 amSeptember 6, 2020 10:51 pm

One of the great New Jersey fights of the 1970s was between labor leader Joel R. Jacobson (1918-1989) and Frank Sinatra. Sinatra and Dean Martin were playing blackjack before their performance at the Golden Nugget Casino in Atlantic City in...