Nicholas Sacco Archives - New Jersey Globe

Barlas to lead GOP legislative redistricting; names emerge for Democratic seats

April 2, 2020 9:00 amApril 2, 2020 7:48 pm

GOP State Chairman Doug Steinhardt has tapped Al Barlas to serve as the Republican chairman for legislative redistricting. Steinhardt named Barlas as one of five Republican commissioners on the Legislative Reapportionment Commission that will draw new Senate and Assembly districts...

Vision Media wins Reed Award for Sacco campaign

February 22, 2020 5:55 pm

Vision Media Marketing, the political consulting firm run by Phil and Paul Swibinski, won a Reed Award this week for Best Spanish Language Direct Mail for their work on North Bergen Mayor Nicholas Sacco’s landslide re-election campaign. The Reed Awards...

Sacco holding off on presidential endorsement

January 31, 2020 3:34 pm

State Sen. Nicholas Sacco is holding off endorsing a presidential candidate. “At this point, no,” Sacco, who is mayor of North Bergen, said when asked if he had a new preferred candidate following U.S. Sen. Cory Booker’s Withdrawal from the...

Controversial vaccinations bill, stalled in State Senate, will be back after better head count

January 17, 2020 3:46 pmJanuary 18, 2020 11:39 am

Lawmakers expected a bill eliminating the religious exemption for vaccinations to cause a stir, but its lead Senate sponsor didn’t foresee it prompting hundreds, perhaps thousands, of protesters to assail the state house for days on end. That bill failed...

Grilo takes over for Hudson’s longest-serving mayor

January 5, 2020 6:19 pmJanuary 5, 2020 6:57 pm

Dina Grilo took office on Friday as the mayor of East Newark, six months after unseating Hudson County’s longest-serving mayor in the Democratic primary. Grilo, a 47-year-old financial services executive, defeated Joseph Smith by a vote of 175 to 144. ...

Navarro will challenge Cedeno for Hudson freeholder

January 3, 2020 11:51 am

Marco Navarro, a first responder from Union City, says he will enter the race for the Democratic nomination for Hudson County Freeholder. He will oppose Fanny Cedeno, who is Mayor Brian Stack’s choice to run for the District 6 seat...

Sacco gets landfill to close

December 20, 2019 8:51 amDecember 21, 2019 8:46 am

The Keegan Landfill in Kearny will close under terms proposed in legislation by State Sen. Nicholas Sacco (D-North Bergen) and two Hudson Assembly members. The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, which owns the Meadowlands-based landfill, passed a resolution on...