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Candidates win local races uncontested in six towns

May 9, 2023 8:01 pmMay 10, 2023 12:52 am

Of the 13 towns that held nonpartisan municipal elections today, six of them featured uncontested races. With polls now closed, the unopposed candidates in each town have been re-elected to another term. In South Orange, Village President Sheena Collum and...

A look at New Jersey’s 2023 May municipal elections

May 5, 2023 5:21 pmMay 8, 2023 12:45 pm

New Jersey’s third-most important Election Day is nearly here. The top spots, of course, go to the state’s June primary and November general elections. But next week’s May 9 local elections will still be consequential for the future of more...

Running unopposed in South Orange, Collum and team still discussing local issues with voters

March 14, 2023 12:30 pmMarch 14, 2023 12:57 pm

A slate of four women running in the May 9 non-partisan municipal election in South Orange might be unopposed, but they’re still taking their message to the voters in a sort of Brian Stack way of keeping their foot on...

Former NFL player wins South Orange municipal election

May 11, 2021 9:44 pmMay 12, 2021 1:32 am

South Orange Village Trustee Karen Hartshorn Hilton was re-elected to her second term on Tuesday, with former Cleveland Browns wide receiver Braynard “Bobby” Brown and environmental activist William Haskins winning open seats. They defeated Neil Chambers, an architect who thinks...

South Orange re-elects Collum in landslide

May 14, 2019 9:07 pmMay 14, 2019 11:36 pm

South Orange residents overwhelmingly voted to re-elected Village President Sheena Collum to a second term Tuesday. Collum, who was a village trustee for two years before when she was first elected village president in 2015, received 2,847 of the 3,746...

South Orange: Essex freeholder clerk takes on village president

March 19, 2019 1:27 pmMarch 19, 2019 4:26 pm

The premier May race in Essex County is in South Orange, where village president Sheena Collum faces a challenge from village trustee Deborah Davis Ford. Nine candidates have filed for three open village trustee seats, including a former NFL player...