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Red Bank councilwoman may remain in office as court considers challenge, judge says

March 21, 2022 10:28 am

Newly-appointed Red Bank Councilwoman Angela Mirandi may remain in office pending the outcome of a legal challenge to her appointment last month, Superior Court Judge David Bauman ruled today. Some Red Bank Democrats are challenging the process used fill the...

Red Bank Council appointment triggers internecine fight

March 1, 2022 11:05 am

The appointment earlier this month of Angela Mirandi to a vacant seat on the Red Bank Borough Council has led to a protracted battle among Red Bank Democrats, some of whom are arguing in court that Mirandi’s appointment was illegal....

Montgomery elects first Sikh woman to head local GOP

January 28, 2022 9:22 am

Somerset County – and possibly the state – has elected the first Sikh woman to serve as a Republican municipal chair. Rosy Thakkar was elected on Thursday to lead the local Republican Party in Montgomery, a one-time GOP stronghold that...

Former congressman Mike Pappas will run for State Senate

February 17, 2021 3:12 pmFebruary 17, 2021 8:12 pm

Update: Somerset County Republicans awarded the organization line for State Senate in the 16th district to former Rep. Michael Pappas. The Assembly candidates on the line will be Manville Councilman Joe Lukac and Hunterdon Central Regional Board of Education President...

Murphy won’t take sides in Zwicker, Schaffer conflict

February 12, 2021 2:51 pmFebruary 12, 2021 3:24 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy today side-stepped a question about a Democratic county chair telling Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker (D-South Brunswick) that he needs to move to her county to get the organization line for Senate. POLITICO reported that Peg Schaffer offered Zwicker...