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ELEC fines Passaic councilwoman

October 4, 2019 10:24 am

Passaic City Councilman Thania Melo has been fined $1,920 for being late six years later in filing her campaign finance reports with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission. Melo has already paid her fine for failing to disclose campaign...

Perth Amboy Dem leader endorses Booker, slams Diaz

July 16, 2019 2:46 pmJuly 16, 2019 4:10 pm

Perth Amboy Democratic Municipal Chairman Helmin Caba has endorsed Cory Booker for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Caba’s endorsement comes three days after Perth Amboy Mayor Wilda Diaz announced that she was supporting Bernie Sanders for president. “Booker is our...

Diaz endorses Bernie Sanders

July 13, 2019 11:50 pmJuly 14, 2019 9:48 pm

Perth Amboy Mayor Wilda Diaz has endorsed Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination. “His ideas are not ‘radical’ and ‘extreme’ anymore. All Democratic Presidential candidates are running on a platform that resembles what Bernie has been fighting for all...

Lopez has ‘absolutely no interest’ in challenging Diaz

March 18, 2019 4:27 pm

Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez (D-Perth Amboy) has “absolutely no interest” in challenging Perth Amboy Mayor Wilda Diaz in 2020. “I’m not going to be running against her. I like what I do. I love being a legislator, and I enjoy passing...

Murphy, Menendez to speak at Latino conference

February 1, 2019 6:41 amFebruary 1, 2019 9:19 am

Gov. Phil Murphy and U.S. Senator Bob Menendez will speak at the Latino Action Network legislative conference tomorrow in Newark, the group said. State Sen. Nellie Pou (D-Paterson), Bergen County freeholder Germaine Ortiz, Perth Amboy Mayor Wilda Diaz, former state...

Petrick, Pabon, Tejeda win Perth Amboy Council race

November 7, 2018 6:04 am

All three of the Perth Amboy Council candidates aligned against Mayor Wilda Diaz won their elections Friday. Council President William Petrick, Councilman Joel Pabon and School Board member Milady Tejeda secured 20%, 23% and 21% of the votes in the...

Perth Amboy candidates want Diaz to stop acting as surrogate

October 5, 2018 12:37 pm

Candidates in Perth Amboy on Friday called for their opponents to stop allowing Mayor Wilda Diaz to act as a surrogate. Diaz has leveled attacks against the challengers over Facebook posts made by Council President Bill Petrick that described women...