Wendy Fech-Caccamo Archives - New Jersey Globe

Republicans hold Mountainside

November 6, 2018 9:36 pmNovember 7, 2018 7:40 am

Republican candidates kept control of the solidly-red town of Mountainside after a lawsuit with salacious allegations about misconduct in the police department there, some of which involved a sex toy dubbed “big blue” upended the campaign. Councilman Bob Messler will...

Mountainside committeewoman running for Council

September 10, 2018 10:59 am

Mountainside Municipal Committeewoman Rachel Pater will run for one of the town’s Borough Council seats this November. “I am honored to represent Mountainside on the Council and I look forward to working with the Mayor and other Council Members,” said...

Mountainside official drops re-election bid

September 3, 2018 10:08 pm

Mountainside Councilwoman Wendy Fech-Caccamo has withdrawn her bid for re-election. Glenn Mortimer, the Union County Republican Chairman and also a Mountainside Councilman, cited personal reasons for Fech-Caccamo’s decision not to run again. The local Republican County Committee will meet soon to...

Dildogate scandal put Mountainside GOP seats at risk

June 6, 2018 12:37 pmFebruary 7, 2019 8:56 am

The Mountainside Dildogate scandal might be putting two longtime Republican council seats in play. Ileana Montes, a former director of the New Jersey Division on Women, appears to have received enough write-in votes in Tuesday’s primary election to become the...

Hugh Sinclair’s world, the search for Big Blue, and Nancy Pelosi

May 25, 2018 2:12 pmMay 28, 2018 7:25 pm

Hugh Sinclair continues to live in interesting times. The Garwood Democratic Municipal Chairman backed Fanwood mayor Colleen Mahr for Union County Democratic Chair in a February special election that was won by Nicholas Scutari. In March, he was the deciding...

Mountainside administrator supports suspended cop

May 22, 2018 12:21 amMay 23, 2018 12:30 pm

The Mountainside borough administrator is showing some support for the owner of “Big Blue” – the suspended police officer who is accused of harassing five of his fellow police officers and a civilian with a blue dildo he keeps in...

Local dildo scandal may put GOP seats in play

May 17, 2018 11:28 amMay 18, 2018 1:07 pm

Mountainside (pop. 6,685) is one of the last Republican strongholds in Union County. Donald Trump carried it with 56% and Leonard Lance with 63% in 2016. That’s not far off from where the borough was a decade ago, when Lance...