Raymond Kimble Archives - New Jersey Globe

Belleville VBMs since Tuesday are more than double incumbent’s lead

May 14, 2020 8:44 pm

In Belleville, 1st Ward Councilwoman Marie Strumolo Burke leads labor leader Carmine A. Mattia by 76 votes with an additional 171 ballots being returned since Tuesday. Voters in the 1st Ward returned 1,141 ballots as of Tuesday, but just 846...

Kevin Kennedy, former Belleville councilman, dies at 63

February 16, 2020 8:13 pmFebruary 18, 2020 8:36 am

Kevin Kennedy, a popular local politician who served 20 years as a Belleville councilman before losing his seat in 2018, died on February 12. He was 63. Kennedy made his first bid for a Belleville Town Commission seat in 1979,...

Melham looks to oust Strumolo Burke in Belleville

February 13, 2020 5:24 pm

Labor leader Carmine Mattia, Jr. will seek to oust controversial councilwoman Marie Strumolo Burke in Belleville’s first ward and has the backing of the mayor, Michael Melham. Mattia is the business agent for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)...

Ray Kimble, former Belleville mayor, dies at 80

July 22, 2019 3:26 pmJuly 23, 2019 12:30 pm

Raymond Kimble, who served twelve years as the mayor of Belleville before losing re-election last year, has died. He was 80. Mayor Michael Melham, who defeated Kimble by 97 votes in the May 2018 municipal election, announced his death today....

Melham VBM program gets him Reed Award nomination

January 21, 2019 2:16 pmJanuary 21, 2019 2:16 pm

Belleville Mayor Michael Melham has been nominated as a finalist for a Reed Award for “Best Use of Online Targeting for a Mayoral Candidate.” Melham ousted three-term mayor Raymond Kimble in a May 2018 non-partisan election by 90 votes after...

Sayegh, Gusciora, Pallone and Melham take office today

July 1, 2018 12:01 amJuly 1, 2018 8:00 pm

Four new mayors will be sworn in today as Andre Sayegh in Paterson, Reed Gusciora in Trenton, John Pallone in Long Branch and Michael Melham in Belleville take the oaths of office. Sayegh, Pallone and Melham won May non-partisan municipal...

Kimble seeks recount in Belleville

May 21, 2018 9:31 amMay 21, 2018 4:07 pm

Belleville Mayor Raymond Kimble and Councilman Kevin Kennedy have filed for a recount after losing re-election on May 8. The recount will be held today. Kimble lost his bid for a fourth term by 97 votes to former councilman Michael...