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Happy 91st birthday to former Congressman Herb Klein

June 24, 2021 10:46 am

New Jersey’s second-oldest living former congressman is celebrating his 91st birthday today. Herbert C. Klein spent two years in the U.S. House of Representatives, serving from 1993 to 1995. The state’s oldest-living congressman is Frank J. Guarini, 96, a former...

Passaic GOP candidate picks Surrogate candidate in bid to end 29-year losing streak

March 11, 2021 7:45 pmMarch 11, 2021 10:59 pm

A longtime county employee will run as a Republican for Passaic County Surrogate, county chairman Peter Murphy announced today. Aisha Mamkej, a senior election clerk at the Passaic County Clerk’s office and a 28-year county employee, is expected to face...

Joseph Lobosco, former Passaic freeholder, dies at 85.

April 20, 2020 10:51 am

Joseph Lobosco, Sr., a former Passaic County freeholder and North Haledon councilman, died on April 17. He was 85. Lobosco began his political career as a North Haledon school board member in the 1960s and in 1972 became the first...

Passaic surrogate says she’s innocent, plans to complete term

January 4, 2020 1:33 pmJanuary 8, 2020 9:02 am

Embattled Passaic County Surrogate Bernice Toledo would not say if she will seek re-election to a second term in 2021. The state Supreme Court’s Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct has alleged that Toledo abused her office by naming a longtime...

Bucco would be the 5th sitting Senator to run for Assembly

September 25, 2019 1:29 amSeptember 25, 2019 1:50 am

Anthony Bucco would not be the first sitting State Senator to seek a seat in the New Jersey State Assembly, but he is the first to run with no intention of keeping the job. Some Senators have gone to the...