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Scutari sues Armstead, others for libel

October 30, 2019 6:00 pmOctober 31, 2019 8:56 pm

State Sen. Nicholas Scutari sued Linden Mayor Derek Armstead and members of the City Council for libel Thursday. “even elected officials can be sued for libel when the statements they make are outright lies and are slanderous,” said Geoffrey Arlen,...

Armstead contribution to independent candidate leads to call for resignation

October 23, 2019 7:55 pmOctober 24, 2019 2:38 pm

Update: Councilman Brown contacted the New Jersey Globe to say that reports that he worked in the Dover Tax Assessor’s Office were untrue and threatened litigation if the reference was not removed from the story. The Globe called the Tax...

Peter Brown faces investigation and should step down, Linden council colleague said

August 23, 2019 8:45 pm

The City of Linden has received subpoenas related to state criminal corruption investigation of Councilman Peter Brown, according to another councilman who says that some members of the City Council are afraid for their safety. Councilman John Francis Roman is...

ELEC doles out more than $13,000 in fines

May 1, 2019 11:10 amMay 1, 2019 11:38 am

New Jersey’s Law Election Law Enforcement Commission slapped 18 former candidates with $13,292.31 in fines at its April 16 meeting, ELEC said Wednesday. Sussex County Freeholder George Graham was the highest-level office holder hit by the fines. The commission ordered...

Linden councilman wants to fire Scutari

June 3, 2018 3:02 pmJune 5, 2018 6:33 pm

Linden Councilman Peter Brown, Jr. says wants to oust State Sen. Nicholas Scutari as the municipal prosecutor in retaliation for the Democratic county chairman’s endorsement of a challenger to incumbent Derek Armstead in the Democratic mayoral primary. Scutari, who is...

Linden Mayor tries to fire Freeholder candidate’s husband

March 21, 2018 9:41 amMarch 22, 2018 10:38 am

The rift between Linden Mayor Derek Armstead and the Union County Democrats grew a little wider last night when Armstead tried to fire the husband of a freeholder candidate and replace him with the Mayor of West Orange. George Mouded...