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The road to Parsippany Mayor Michael Soriano

April 1, 2019 12:15 amApril 1, 2019 1:14 pm

Decades of infighting among Parsippany Republicans led to Democratic mayors for 33 of the last 53 years in a solidly Republican town that once provided huge pluralities for GOP candidates running statewide and in Morris County. With intra-party quarrels on...

Parsippany Democrats pick challengers in control election

March 24, 2019 12:14 pmMarch 25, 2019 12:00 am

Democrats won the crown jewel of Morris County politics in 2017 when Michael Soriano ousted Jamie Barbiero to win the Parsippany mayoral race. Now control of the township council is at stake in Morris County’s most populated municipality, which has...

Soriano, Parsippany Republicans in budget spat

March 14, 2019 3:31 pmMarch 14, 2019 8:24 pm

Parsippany Mayor Michael Soriano and the town’s three Republican councilmembers are in a spat over who, exactly, is responsible for raising the town’s taxes. The fight started when Councilmembers Mike dePierro, Loretta Gragnani and Council President Paul Carifi, Jr. voted...

Parsippany GOP Council members running on one ticket

February 27, 2019 10:47 pm

Rival Republican Council members in Parsippany announced they would run on a single ticket two years after Democrats won the town’s mayorship and two council seats. Councilman Mike dePierro, Council President Paul Carifi, Jr. and Councilwoman Loretta Gragnani will put...

Here’s what might happen if Cory Booker drops Senate re-election bid

February 15, 2019 1:01 amFebruary 21, 2019 1:42 pm

An overwhelming majority of New Jerseyans want Cory Booker to forgo seeking re-election to the United States Senate – if he is the Democratic nominee for president of the United States. A Monmouth University Poll released on Thursday shows that...

Fortgang enters race to unseat Webber, DeCroce

February 4, 2019 7:44 amFebruary 4, 2019 10:55 am

Verona Democratic municipal chair Laura Fortgang today formally launched her bid for the New Jersey State Assembly today with endorsements from two Democratic county chairs and an announcement that Mollie Binotto will serve as her campaign chair. Fortgang is challenging...

Soriano picks Kazmark as Business Administrator

September 24, 2018 1:05 pmSeptember 26, 2018 8:37 pm

Keith Kazmark, the Democratic mayor of Woodland Park, will be named Parsippany-Troy Hills business administrator on Tuesday, according to sources high in the administration of Mayor Michael Soriano. Soriano is expected to submit Kazmark’s name to the council for confirmation,...