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The O’Toole Chronicles: Your Gift

August 1, 2025 5:37 pmAugust 1, 2025 5:38 pm

The other day I was talking with my dear friend and Passaic County GOP chair, Peter Murphy, two days before his son’s wedding, Peter was excited and animated. His excitement was clear because the wedding was the fourth item he...

Tony Ross, ex-Passaic freeholder, dies at 89

June 8, 2019 3:27 pm

Anthony Ross, a former Passaic County freeholder and mayor of Hawthorne, died on June 5. He was 89. Ross was the top vote-getter on a Republican ticket that rode Gov. Tom Kean’s coattails to take control of the freeholder board....

The Life and Times of Paul DiGaetano

February 8, 2018 2:22 amFebruary 26, 2018 1:16 pm

There was a time back about a generation ago when Paul DiGaetano was a bright, rising star in New Jersey Republican politics. He he was one of the most powerful politicians in the state. Some Republicans openly fawned over the...