Raymond Kimble Archives - New Jersey Globe

Melham beats out Rovell to win re-election in Belleville

May 10, 2022 9:54 pm

The New Jersey Globe projects that Belleville Mayor Michael Melham has won a second term after handily defeating Second Ward Councilman Steven Rovell. With 96% of districts reporting, Melham had a 62-38% lead over Rovell, 2,640 votes to 1,595. Two...

Belleville mayor will consider run for Sires House seat

December 20, 2021 10:47 amDecember 20, 2021 4:34 pm

Belleville Mayor Michael Melham is exploring a bid for Congress in New Jersey’s 8th district, where Rep. Albio Sires (D-West New York) will retire after nearly 16 years in office. “I think when a seat opens up, everyone starts looking...

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...