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Who succeeds Donald Payne? Here’s our list of 18 possible names

April 24, 2024 12:37 pmApril 25, 2024 11:10 am

There’s a deep bench of Democrats to step into New Jersey’s 10th district congressional seat to succeed Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-Newark), who died today after a brief illness. Since Payne is unopposed, he’ll win the June 4 Democratic primary...

Dems hold county offices in Camden, Essex, Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex, Union

November 7, 2023 9:59 pm

Democrats have retained control of countywide offices in Camden, Essex, Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex, and Union Counties, all heavily Democratic counties that no one on either side of the aisle believed to be competitive, the New Jersey Globe projects. Among the...

Essex County dropping contract to hold ICE detainees

April 28, 2021 11:25 amApril 28, 2021 3:28 pm

Essex County will nix a controversial agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that saw it hold immigration detainees for the federal agency, County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo announced Wednesday. “We have had a very solid working relationship with ICE during...

All 19 of New Jersey’s black freeholders back name change

July 14, 2020 5:40 pmJuly 14, 2020 5:45 pm

All 19 of New Jersey’s black freeholders announced their support for a plan to phase out the title in favor of one that does not carry as troubled a history. “The origin of the title runs afoul of the ideals...

Essex freeholder incumbents sail through primary

July 7, 2020 9:35 pmJuly 8, 2020 5:48 am

Essex County Freeholder President Brendan Gill and his slate of incumbents easily won renomination over progressive primary challengers Tuesday. Freeholders gill, Romaine Graham, Rufus Johnson and Patricia Sebold defeated challengers Sabre Burroughs, Anthony Diaz and Simone Jelks-Bandison. They’ll face Republicans...

Essex to again consider push for ICE to release detainees

June 10, 2020 2:19 pmJune 10, 2020 5:40 pm

Updated: The Essex County Board of Freeholders voted 7-0 to approve the resolution. Leonard Luciano abstained and Robert Mercado was absent. The Essex County Board of Freeholders will again consider a resolution on Wednesday asking U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

Weequahic Park testing center open next week

April 10, 2020 12:22 pm

Essex County officials announced COVID-19 testing center in Weequahic Park will remain be open for three days next week to test the roughly 5,000 who applied for but did not receive a testing date during the site’s original run. “We...