Peter McDonough Archives - New Jersey Globe

Rutgers open to playing a football game in Ireland

April 27, 2022 12:51 pm

Rutgers University is open to the Scarlet Knights football team playing a game in Ireland. “Nothing is scheduled at the moment and making changes to the football schedule is a major challenge,” said Peter McDonough, a senior vice president at...

Trailblazer: Mildred Barry Hughes

February 9, 2021 12:10 amFebruary 7, 2021 8:21 pm

Mildred Barry Hughes (1902-1995) was the first woman to serve in the New Jersey State Senate. She was elected in 1965, 45 years after women won the right to vote. Hughes, a Union Township Democrat, was elected to the State...

Frank Blatz, former Plainfield mayor, dies at 84

February 3, 2020 12:45 pmFebruary 3, 2020 1:53 pm

Frank H. Blatz, Jr., who served as mayor of Plainfield from 1969 to 1974, died on February 1. He was 84. Blatz was a 33-year-old lawyer and retired Marine Corps captain when he was elected mayor in 1968. That was...

Hugo Pfaltz, former assemblyman, dies at 87

September 5, 2019 12:30 pmSeptember 5, 2019 2:21 pm

Hugo M. Pfaltz, Jr., who was considered an intellectual giant during his two terms in the New Jersey State Assembly in the late 1960s and early 1970s, died on August 31 following complications from pneumonia. He was 87. He became...

Harry P. Pappas allegedly bullied neighbor, police reports show

June 2, 2019 6:02 pmJune 3, 2019 12:04 am

State Assembly candidate Harry P. Pappas claimed to be an advisor to President Donald Trump and past U.S. presidents while allegedly bullying a 72-year-old cancer patient who lives in an apartment above him, according to a Springfield Police Department report...

Rice got it wrong: Union County elected their first black county chairman in 1977

April 18, 2019 9:35 amApril 18, 2019 11:00 am

State Sen. Ronald Rice (D-Newark) had his facts wrong yesterday when he told InsiderNJ that Jerry Green was the first black Union County Democratic chairman. That happened 42 years ago. Donald Lan was stepping down as county chairman in 1977...

Harry P. Pappas to challenge Bramnick, Munoz as independent

March 25, 2019 8:53 pm

Harry P. Pappas, a hugely controversial figure in Union County politics as the Democratic county chairman in the 1970s and as a Springfield Republican township committeeman for one term in the 1990s, will run as a conservative independent candidate for...