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Judge stops stolen Rockaway election

June 27, 2025 9:16 pmJune 29, 2025 9:33 am

A Superior Court Judge has ordered the immediate certification of a Rockaway Township man as the holder of a Republican county committee seat after the municipal clerk, Adele Wadleigh, initially failed to declare the candidate with the most votes as...

Clerk admits error that cost election winner his seat (Updated)

June 26, 2025 1:29 pmJune 26, 2025 8:59 pm

Update: Brian Wittig is asking a judge to order his certification as a county committeeman, and is seeking an order restraining the Rockaway Township Republican organization from holding a reorganization meeting until the matter is resolved. The acting Rockaway Township...

After rabblerouser wins in Rockaway, the games begin

June 16, 2025 9:25 amJune 17, 2025 2:02 pm

One of the biggest upsets in the state last week was in Rockaway Township, where former councilman Tucker Kelley ousted incumbent Rachael Brookes, the council vice president, in Rockaway’s 6th Ward with 62% of the vote. During his eighteen years...

Checking in on other notable local primaries

June 7, 2023 5:04 pmJune 8, 2023 10:22 am

In addition to the top-billed primaries for the legislature and county office, dozens of municipalities held contested primaries last night, some of which were hotly contested. Here’s a list – but not an exhaustive one – of consequential results. Atlantic...

Rockaway Township wasted millions on duplicate prescription benefits, comptroller says

May 24, 2023 11:34 amMay 24, 2023 1:13 pm

A report released today by Acting State Comptroller Kevin Walsh finds that Rockaway Township has been plagued by poor money management in its local government, with millions of dollars unnecessarily going towards prescription benefits and vacation leave. According to the...

Judge orders Rockaway mayoral candidate to be put on the ballot, but denies him organization line

April 22, 2022 1:20 pm

A Superior Court judge ordered Rockaway Township mayoral candidate Tucker Kelley to be included on the June 7 Republican primary ballot but refused to allow him to use the Morris GOP organization slogan just because he filed his petition first....

Kelley will challenge interim Rockaway mayor in GOP primary

March 22, 2022 5:39 pm

A special election for mayor of Rockaway Township will feature a Republican primary faceoff between interim incumbent Joe Jackson and former Councilman Tucker Kelley. Jackson became mayor last month following the resignation of Michael Puzio. He had been serving as...