Mildred Crump Archives - New Jersey Globe

Baraka’s at-large council slate wins unopposed in Newark

May 10, 2022 8:01 pm

The New Jersey Globe projects that four at-large candidates for Newark City Council – incumbents Carlos Gonzalez, Luis Quintana, and Larry Crump and newcomer Louise Scott-Rountree – have been elected unopposed. All four ran on the slate of Mayor Ras...

A look ahead at May’s municipal elections

January 21, 2022 5:37 pmFebruary 1, 2022 10:14 am

It’s always election season in New Jersey. This May, voters in many of New Jersey’s biggest municipalities, as well as some of its smallest, will hold municipal elections to determine who will lead their towns for the next four years....

Despite law, Newark voters won’t get to fill city council vacancy because it’s too difficult to run an election

August 25, 2021 3:25 pm

Should voters get to decide who fills the seat of longtime Newark City Councilwoman Mildred Crump, who resigned for health reasons on Monday? “Technically, yes,” said City Clerk Kenneth Louis. “But in reality, it’s impossible to do. There really isn’t...

Mildred Crump resigns Newark Council seat

August 24, 2021 4:30 pmAugust 24, 2021 4:40 pm

Newark Council President Mildred Crump, who has served on the city council on and-off for the last 27 years, has resigned for health reasons. The 82-year-old Newark political veteran, was replaced by her son, attorney Larry Crump, by the city...

Tucci re-elected chairman of utility authority

May 5, 2020 2:02 pmMay 5, 2020 4:32 pm

For the third time since Gov. Phil Murphy’s ill-fated attempt to take over the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission in early 2018, Republican Thomas Tucci, the township manager of Cedar Grove, has been re-elected to the chairmanship without opposition. That could...

Tom Tucci re-elected PVSC chairman

May 8, 2019 12:13 pmMay 5, 2020 1:37 pm

Republican Thomas Tucci, the township manager of Cedar Grove, was unanimously re-elected chairman of the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission yesterday. Tucci’s 6-0 win comes one year after the Murphy administration became involved in a contested race for vice chair and...

Murphy pulls Cotton PVSC nomination, picks son of Passaic GOP chairman

March 27, 2019 1:08 pm

A deal is in place to move appointments to the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission. Gov. Phil Murphy has withdrawn his nomination of former Paterson mayor Ruby Cotton and replaced her with Brendan Murphy, the son of Passaic County Republican chairman...