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Huge VBM turnout in Nutley: 33%

May 12, 2020 11:01 am

Nutley takes its local politics seriously, and in today’s non-partisan race for all five town commissioner seats, it’s clear that voters are adapting to a municipal election conducted entirely through vote-by-mail ballots. According to local election officials, 2,242 of a...

Nutley braces for all-VBM election in May

March 20, 2020 7:03 pm

Non-partisan municipal races in Nutley have been upended by the COVID-19 crisis. The ongoing pandemic has caused some incumbent candidates to pause their campaigning efforts and prioritize a coronavirus response. “Right now, it’s 100% towards taking care of the residents,”...

Tom Tucci re-elected PVSC chairman

May 8, 2019 12:13 pmMay 5, 2020 1:37 pm

Republican Thomas Tucci, the township manager of Cedar Grove, was unanimously re-elected chairman of the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission yesterday. Tucci’s 6-0 win comes one year after the Murphy administration became involved in a contested race for vice chair and...

Ex-Christie, Rumsfeld aide could be Murphy chief of staff

January 15, 2019 12:53 pmJanuary 16, 2019 12:34 am

A former member of Chris Christie’s cabinet is reportedly under consideration to become Gov. Phil Murphy’s new chief of staff. Jared Maples, the director of the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, is now a possible candidate to...

Murphy keeping Caliguire at water commission

April 16, 2018 1:09 pmApril 16, 2018 9:48 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy will keep Republican Todd Caliguire as executive director of the North Jersey Water District Water Supply Commission and is creating a new position for former Assemblyman Tim Eustace (D-Maywood) as deputy executive director at the same $174,000-a-year...

Murphy candidate for commission post loses vote

March 18, 2018 1:45 amMarch 19, 2018 10:56 am

Gov. Phil Murphy got involved in a contested election for vice chairman of the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission and lost. In what looks like a give to a powerful legislator led to an embarrassing rebuke by a board Murphy is...