Michael Dachisen Archives - New Jersey Globe

New Mayor bars town employees from speaking to Township Council without appointment

October 4, 2018 12:48 am

This one is unreal, even by New Jersey standards: Adam Salberg, who became interim mayor of Rockaway Township on Monday, ordered all to township employees to stop talking to elected members of the Township Council without an appointment. The Salberg...

Judge rules against Minenna in Rockaway

October 1, 2018 2:27 pm

Superior Court Judge Stuart Minkowitz today invalidated a vote of the Rockaway Township Council, clearing the way for Adam Salberg to replace Paul Minenna as the interim mayor. Minkowitz also ruled that the council could not seat John Inglesino, a...

Rockaway GOP picks Salberg

September 18, 2018 1:49 amSeptember 18, 2018 11:38 am

Rockaway Township Republicans met behind closed doors again to pick an interim mayor, a move that is expected to be a precursor to a legal challenge after the council voted Friday night to pick Paul Minenna as interim mayor. Their...

Minenna named Rockaway mayor

September 15, 2018 12:06 amSeptember 15, 2018 12:43 am

Paul Minenna was named interim Mayor of Rockaway Township tonight. A former councilman, Minenna will serve until the results of a November special election are certified. Councilman Michael Puzio is widely expected to become the mayor in November. He defeated...

Democrats won’t compete in Rockaway

September 12, 2018 11:56 pm

Rockaway Township Democrats will not nominate a candidate for mayor in the November special election, according to a source who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The Republican candidate, Councilman Michael Puzio endorsed Democrat Mikie Sherrill for Congress last month. ...

Rockaway GOP to pick candidate tonight

September 11, 2018 4:13 pm

Rockaway Township Republicans will meet tonight behind closed doors to pick a nominee for mayor to run in a November special election to fill a fourteen-month unexpired term. The vote will be to replace Mayor Michael Dachisen, who died on...

Don’t mock the County Committee

August 29, 2018 7:57 pmSeptember 1, 2018 5:43 pm

For those who mock the importance of county committee elections, consider the role the local district leaders have played in Rockaway Township over the last four months. In April, one Republican candidate filed a lawsuit alleging that Morris County Clerk...