Richard Pucci Archives - New Jersey Globe

2025 New Jersey Globe Year in Review

December 31, 2025 3:25 pmJanuary 8, 2026 11:04 am

Click HERE to download a high-resolution version of the 2025 New Jersey Globe Voter’s Guide. Click HERE for a lower-resolution version For the eighth time, the New Jersey Globe presents our annual Year in Review, a look back at the...

Richard Pucci, former Monroe mayor, dies at 78

May 13, 2025 7:55 pm

Richard Pucci, a Middlesex County Democratic stalwart who spent 28 years as mayor of Monroe Township, died today. He was 78. He began his public service career in 1972 as Perth Amboy’s recreation director, and later as business administrator, while...

The time an assemblyman won off the line

June 1, 2019 9:12 pm

It’s not uncommon for legislators to be dumped from the organization line and those who fight back hardly ever win. One of the most memorable examples of an assemblyman winning without party support was in 1979, when the Middlesex Democratic...

Monroe may be only big NJ Dem town that has become more Republican

March 17, 2019 2:37 pmMarch 18, 2019 12:06 am

The 2019 mayoral election is worth watching since Monroe (pop. 39,132) is perhaps the only large municipality in the state that is trending away from being a Democratic stronghold toward the GOP. Democrats have controlled Monroe Township in Middlesex County...