William Cahill Archives - New Jersey Globe

Trailblazer: Justice James J. Coleman

January 19, 2026 12:09 amJanuary 18, 2026 10:26 pm

James H. Coleman, J. (1933-2024), the son of a sharecropper who was forced to attend racially segregated public schools in Virginia, was the first Black to serve on the New Jersey Supreme Court. Coleman joined the New Jersey Department of...

Mikie Sherrill is now a former congresswoman as N.J. awaits writ of special election

November 20, 2025 11:59 pmNovember 21, 2025 10:00 am

Mikie Sherrill’s resignation in the U.S. House of Representatives is now effective, leaving New Jersey’s 11th district seat vacant for the first time since Republican Dean A. Gallo (R-Parsippany) died on November 6, 1994. Sherrill filed her resignation letter on...

Labor Leader: Vincent J. Murphy was NJ AFL-CIO president, two-term Mayor of Newark

September 1, 2025 12:14 amAugust 31, 2025 11:18 pm

One of the most influential labor leaders in New Jersey’s history was Vincent J. Murphy (1893-1976), who spent nine years as the president of the New Jersey AFL-CIO after serving two terms as Mayor of Newark. He was the Democratic...

Happy 101st Birthday, Congressman Frank Guarini

August 20, 2025 12:00 amAugust 21, 2025 11:22 am

Frank J. Guarini, Jr., who served as a congressman from a Hudson County district for fourteen years, celebrates his 101st birthday today. The Jersey City Democrat is the oldest living former congressman from New Jersey, the oldest living former statewide...

Catherine Costa, former N.J. senator, dies at 99

June 27, 2025 7:42 pmJune 29, 2025 9:34 am

Catherine A. Costa, a Democrat who served in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature in the 1980s and was the first woman to serve on the Burlington County Board of Freeholders, died today. She was 99. The Brooklyn-born lawmaker...

Trailblazer: Justice James J. Coleman

January 20, 2025 12:09 amJanuary 20, 2025 1:18 am

James H. Coleman, J. (1933-2024), the son of a sharecropper who was forced to attend racially segregated public schools in Virginia, was the first Black to serve on the New Jersey Supreme Court. Coleman joined the New Jersey Department of...

Labor Leader: Vincent J. Murphy was NJ AFL-CIO president, two-term Mayor of Newark

September 2, 2024 12:12 amSeptember 1, 2024 8:39 pm

One of the most influential labor leaders in New Jersey history was Vincent J. Murphy (1893-1976), who spent nine years as the president of the New Jersey AFL-CIO after two terms as the Mayor of Newark. He was the Democratic...