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Peter Garibaldi, former senator and mayor, dies at 92

August 25, 2023 6:58 pmNovember 25, 2023 12:32 pm

Peter P. Garibaldi, an affable onetime union bricklayer who became the first Middlesex County Republican to win a State Senate seat in 54 years when he ousted a Democratic incumbent in 1983, died on August 20 after a short fight...

Choi campaign manager, Fraternal Order of Police, backs Hahn for Edison mayor

October 1, 2021 12:36 pmOctober 1, 2021 12:42 pm

Don Hansen, a Democratic committeeman who managed Jun Choi’s campaign for mayor of Edison in 2005, has endorsed Republican Keith Hahn in the upcoming mayoral election. Hahn and his council slate also won the endorsement of the Edison Police Fraternal...

Bhagia is new Edison Democratic municipal chair

July 22, 2020 8:59 amJuly 22, 2020 9:08 am

New Jersey’s 5th largest municipality has a new Democratic municipal chairman. Mahesh Bhagia will succeed Shariq Ahmad, who did not seek re-election to spend more time helping to elect Joe Biden as president. Bhagia, who works for Edison Mayor Thomas...