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Harold Curry, two-term Democratic assemblyman from Warren County in the 1960s, dies at 89

May 17, 2022 10:34 amMay 17, 2022 4:06 pm

Harold J. Curry, a Democrat who served as an assemblyman from Warren County from 1964 to 1968, died on March 21. He was 89. Curry was the Democratic candidate for Warren County Freeholder in 1962, running in President John F....

Codey starts 49th year in N.J. legislature today

January 11, 2022 12:03 amJanuary 11, 2022 12:05 am

When Richard James Codey takes the oath of office at noon today, he will begin his 49th year in the New Jersey Legislature – a continuation of the record he’s held for the last eight years as the longest serving...

Ex-assemblyman who lives in North Carolina was a GOP municipal chairman in N.J. for 9 months after he moved

April 18, 2021 7:06 pmApril 19, 2021 11:12 am

A former state assemblyman continues to serve as the Washington Township (Morris County) Republican Municipal Chairman even though he lives and votes in North Carolina. Guy Gregg, who served in the legislature from 1994 to 2008, was a delegate representing...

N.J. Supreme Court: The Whitman Court

June 7, 2020 10:08 pmJune 7, 2020 11:19 pm

By the time Tom Kean left office in January 1989, the oldest member of the New Jersey Supreme Court was Robert Clifford, who would not reach the mandatory retirement age of 70 until 1994. With no unanticipated vacancies, Gov. Jim...

Bill Hodas, ex-mayor, municipal chair for 43 years, dies

May 30, 2019 1:36 pmMay 30, 2019 1:37 pm

Bill Hodas, a Democrat who served as mayor of Franklin in Sussex County for sixteen years and held appointed state posts under five governors, died on May 28. He was 92. Hodas was also one of the longest-serving municipal chairs...

New Jersey’s Parade of Governors

November 15, 2018 1:38 pm

It’s been almost seventeen years since John O. Bennett III served as governor of New Jersey, but his annual spotting at a New Jersey League of Municipalities panel where he joins other former governors merits some explaining as to how...

Oroho won’t rule out gubernatorial run

May 2, 2018 12:10 amMay 2, 2018 2:34 am

State Sen. Steve Oroho (R-Franklin) won’t rule out running for governor, even if he said such a run was extremely unlikely. “I have no plans to run for governor,” Oroho said Tuesday. “I haven’t ruled it out. I haven’t ruled...