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2025 New Jersey Globe Year in Review

December 31, 2025 3:25 pmJanuary 8, 2026 11:04 am

Click HERE to download a high-resolution version of the 2025 New Jersey Globe Voter’s Guide. Click HERE for a lower-resolution version For the eighth time, the New Jersey Globe presents our annual Year in Review, a look back at the...

Memorial service for Michael Aron to be held in Montclair on September 7

August 23, 2024 4:58 pm

A memorial service for Michael Aron, the legendary New Jersey political reporter who died last week at the age of 78, will be held on September 7 at 2 p.m. at the First Congregational Church in Montclair. In lieu of...

Michael Aron, legendary N.J. political reporter, dies at 78

August 13, 2024 2:33 pmAugust 14, 2024 10:28 am

Michael Aron, the enormously respected dean of the New Jersey Statehouse press corps who spent nearly forty years covering government and politics as the chief political correspondent for the state’s public television network, has died after a long illness. He...

It’s Jack and Diane: Ciattarelli picks Allen as Lt. Governor candidate

August 2, 2021 3:31 pmAugust 2, 2021 11:14 pm

Former State Sen. Diane Allen will be the Republican nominee for Lt. Governor, the New Jersey Globe has learned, with Jack Ciattarelli set to announce his choice of running mates on Wednesday at an event in Moorestown. Allen is a...

NJ PBS to air special memorializing Nick Acocella Wednesday

June 15, 2021 6:54 pm

NJ PBS will air a retrospective special on Politifax editor and New Jersey politics expert Nick Acocella Wednesday, memorializing the political giant. The special will air at 8 p.m. Wednesday on a network where Acocella hosted five seasons of Pasta...

Michael Aron, the dean of the the Statehouse press corps, announces semi-retirement

July 3, 2020 6:32 pm

After nearly forty years of covering the state’s most powerful politicians, the dean of the Statehouse press corps is stepping back. NJTV News has announced that Michael Aron would step back from his responsibilities as the public television station’s chief...

Jim Hamilton, veteran NJN cameraman, dies

January 18, 2019 4:50 pm

Jim Hamilton, known in New Jersey political circles as a longtime New Jersey Network videographer, passed away last night after suffering a heart attack. Hamilton worked alongside Michael Aron, the NJN senior political correspondent. “Jim was one of the happiest...